The apparel sector has traditionally been a gateway to export diversification and industrial development for low-income countries (LICs). In the context of heightened competition and recent changes in the global apparel sector related to trade liberalization and global buyers' sourcing policies,...

Das Bekleidungsgewerbe in Europa hat weite Teile seiner industriellen Basis verloren. In deutlich eingeschränkterem Maße trifft dies mittlerweile auch für das Textilgewerbe zu. Dennoch können sich die Textil- und Bekleidungsunternehmen einiger weniger europäischer Länder vergleichsweise...

We test the menu cost model of Ball and Mankiw (1994, 1995), which implies that the impact of price dispersion on inflation should differ between inflation and deflation episodes, using data for Japan and Hong Kong. We use a random crosssection sample split when calculating the moments of the...