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Made in China: Export competition and structural changes in the OECD countries
Flückiger, Matthias; Ludwig, Markus - 2012
This paper assesses the existence and extent of transition cost for the OECD economies associated with the increasing Chinese competition in the export markets. We find that intensified Chinese competition is an important factor in explaining structural changes not only within the manufacturing...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011390682
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Manufacturing productivity, deindustrialization, and reindustrialization
Tregenna, Fiona - 2011
many countries have actually been deindustrializing. This paper analyses deindustrialization experiences internationally … importance of robust industrial policies if countries are to move from deindustrialization to reindustrialization. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010330122
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The contribution of the microfinance model to Bosnia's post-war reconstruction and development: How to destroy an economy and society without really trying
Bateman, Milford; Sinković, Dean; Škare, Marinko - 2012
Academic analyses and impact evaluation studies produced by the international development community almost all conclude that the microfinance model has made an important net contribution to the economic and social recovery of post-war Bosnia and Herzegovina (hereafter Bosnia). However, as we now...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010369654
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Desindustrialização precoce e sobrevalorização da taxa de câmbio
Marconi, Nelson; Rocha, Marcos - 2011
The aim of this study is to evaluate the potential process of early deindustrialization in Brazil, or the reduction of … reduction process of manufacturing share in the added value, which has been observed in Brazil since the 1980`s. Our major … interest is to evaluate if the overvaluation of the exchange rate in Brazil could exert some influence on this process and the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010330662
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Dinâmica do emprego industrial no Brasil entre 1990 e 2009: Uma visão regional da desindustrialização
Oliveira Cruz, Bruno; Soares Santos, Iury Roberto - 2011
This paper attempts to analyze the process of deindustrialization under a regional aspect. The loss of relevance of the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010330727
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Desindustrialização: Luzes e sombras no debate brasileiro
Squeff, Gabriel Coelho - 2012
This paper discusses the de-industrialization hypothesis in Brazil based on indicators usually not found in the … Brazil is suffering a de-industrialization process in the negative sense. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010330825
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Insumos importados e evolução do setor manufatureiro no Brasil
Marconi, Nelson; Rocha, Marcos - 2012
This paper analyzes the evolution of the share of imported intermediate goods in the production process and its influence on the share of manufacturing in value added for the Brazilian economy, covering the period span 1995-2008. In a first step, we estimate input-output matrices, at constant...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010330768
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Couple's behaviour in the Brazilian labour market: The influence of social security and individual characteristics on married individuals' labour supply decisions
Queiroz, Bernardo Lanza; de Souza, Laetícia Rodrigues - 2013
In recent years, a large number of studies have investigated the relationship between social security benefits and male retirement decisions in developed countries. However, women's and couples' labour supply decisions and the patterns of withdrawal from the labour force in emerging economies...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010293260
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Integrating local ecological services into intergovernmental fiscal transfers: the case of the ICMS-E in Brazil
Ring, Irene - 2004
-E that has first been intro-duced by a few states in Brazil during the 1990s. Part of the revenue of this value-added tax is …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010304527
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Cultures of Innovation of the African Poor – Common roots, shared traits, joint prospects? On the articulation of multiple modernities in African societies and Black Diasporas in L...
Kohnert, Dirk - In: Auf dem Boden der Tatsachen. Festschrift für Thomas …, (pp. 241-262). 2011
innovative strategic groups are demonstrated, analyzing the case of the African poor in Benin and the African Diasporas of Brazil …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011331376