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Challenges and policy lessons for the growth-employment-poverty nexus in developing countries

Fields, Gary S. - In: IZA Journal of Labor Policy 1 (2012), pp. 1-24

Of the world’s 6.7 billion people (as of 2008), 1.3 billion lived on less than $1.25 Purchasing Power Parity dollars per person per day and another 1.7 billion lived on between $1.25 and $2.50 PPP dollars (Chen and Ravallion, 2012). The scourge of absolute economic misery among billions of the...

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Apertura económica y producto sectorial : alguna evidencia para la economía Argentina

Lanteri, Luis N. - In: Atlantic review of economics 2 (2011), pp. 1-28

vision for agriculture and manufacturing sectors. In this paper, we try to determine the impact of external terms of trade … and domestic (the latter considers foreign trade policy) on the product of both sectors and unemployment rates. To this …:1-2011:1. It is noted that the variance of agricultural GDP is mostly explained by shocks in the external terms of trade, unlike …

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NAFTA's trade effects : new evidence with a gravity model

Montenegro, Claudio E.; Soloaga, Isidro - In: Estudios de economía 33 (2006) 1, pp. 45-63

) trade flows. Using a traditional gravity-equation framework, we try to see to what extent the bilateral trade flows between … trade patterns. The main conclusion is that NAFTA did not have a significant effect on US trade patterns, neither with … Mexico nor with other countries in the world (with the exception of CACM). -- NAFTA ; gravity model ; trade diversion ; fixed …

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Discriminación arancelaria y decisiones de localización de las empresas

Méndez Naya, José - In: Estudios de economía 33 (2006) 1, pp. 5-19

The purpose of this paper is to analyse the effects of economic integration among countries on firms investment decisions when such decisions are taken strategically. It is shown that, in this context, the traditional "tariff jumping" argument is not always applicable and that localisation...

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Latin America’s trade and growth patterns, the China factor, and Prebisch’s nightmare

Ros, Jaime - In: Journal of globalization and development 3 (2012) 2, pp. 1-16

upside down: the terms of trade are moving in favor of the primary goods exports of South America which are outperforming in …

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Impact of foreign direct investment on economic growth of Pakistan

Saqib, Najia; Masnoon, Maryam; Rafique, Nabeel - In: Advances in management & applied economics 3 (2013) 1, pp. 35-45

over the period of 1981 till 2010. Besides FDI, four other variables including Debt, Trade, Inflation and Domestic … economy. Moreover, the nation’s debt, trade and inflation have found to have negative impact on its GDP. -- foreign direct …

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The China price : evidence and some implications

Álvarez, Roberto; Claro, Sebastián - In: Estudios de economía 33 (2006) 2, pp. 117-139

. -- import penetration ; China ; imports price ; extensive margin ; intensive margin …

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Competitividad de las exportaciones de carne vacuna de Argentina durante el período 1996 - 2007 : análisis comparativo con Brasil

Picardi, Marta Susana; Blanco, Josefina; Perrier, Julieta - In: Atlantic review of economics 2 (2011), pp. 1-29

The industry of the bovine meat is important in the economy of the Argentine Republic for being an activity with old tradition, has a world-wide recognition of quality and it constitutes a source of currency entrance by exports. The sector counts with comparative advantages for the production...

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Another empirical look at the Kuznets curve

Bhandari, Rabindra; Pradhan, Gyan; Upadhyay, Mukti - In: International journal of economic sciences and applied … 3 (2010) 2, pp. 7-19

This paper examines the functional relationships between income inequality, economic factors, institutions, and Kuznets' inverted-U hypothesis. A model that incorporates interactive as well as direct effects of several factors to capture their combined effect on inequality is developed. The...

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The startup process

Acs, Zoltan J.; Amorós, José Ernesto - In: Estudios de economía 35 (2008) 2, pp. 121-132

Entrepreneurship is considered to be an important mechanism for economic development through employment, innovation and … development, the factor-driven stage, the efficiency-driven stage and the innovation-driven stage. Second, to examine the … empirical evidence on the relationship between stages of economic development and entrepreneurship. Third, to present a summary …

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