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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

China's import penetration in Chilean markets is higher in unskilled-labor intensive sectors as predicted by traditional endowment-based theories of comparative advantage. However, there is also evidence of within-industry specialization. In particular, high-income countries receive higher...

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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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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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A VAR analysis of FDI and wages : the Romania's case

Mutascu, Mihai Ioan; Fleischer, Anne-Marie - In: International journal of economic sciences and applied … 3 (2010) 2, pp. 41-56

(markets, natural resources, competitiveness), host country policies (macro policies, private sector, trade and industry, FDI …

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Impact of FDI on economic development : a causality analysis for Singapore ; 1976 - 2002

Feridun, Mete; Sissoko, Yaya - In: International journal of economic sciences and applied … 4 (2011) 1, pp. 7-17

This study examines the relationship between economic growth as measured by GDP per capita and foreign direct investment for Singapore, using the methodology of Granger causality and vector auto regression (VAR). Evidence shows that there is a unidirectional Granger causation from foreign direct...

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The comparative financial managerial performance of US firms and Chinese firms

Asheghian, Parviz - In: Journal of finance and investment analysis 1 (2012) 2, pp. 119-135

This paper evaluates the relative financial managerial performance of thirty matched-pairs of US firms and Chinese (CN) firms. In this study, financial managerial performance is measured in terms of profitability, debt management, and asset management. Paired comparison is employed and eight...

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Foreign direct investment and productivity spillovers : evidence from Turkey

Erdogan, Aysa Ipek - In: Journal of applied finance & banking 1 (2011) 4, pp. 185-199

This article analyzes the horizontal productivity spillover effects of foreign ownership on Turkish firms that are among the top 500 industrial enterprises in Turkey. Using a panel of 215 firms over the period 2004-2008, we find that domestic firms benefit from productivity spillovers from...

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Foreign direct investment effect on urban wages in MENA countries

Asli, Ali Reza Daghighi; Behname, Mehdi; Noormohamadi, … - In: Advances in management & applied economics 2 (2012) 3, pp. 33-39

This paper use the urban set data for studding the FDI impact on average wage level in MENA countries. The results show that the openness to FDI tends to increase wage level of MENA countries. The positive impact remains significant after controlling for the capital labor ratio, industrial...

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Foreign direct investment and urban infrastructure an evidence from Southern Asia

Behname, Mehdi - In: Advances in management & applied economics 2 (2012) 4, pp. 253-259

This paper applies the panel data model for estimation of the parameters for southern Asia countries. Before proceeding to estimate panel data, we carry out unit root tests to examine whether the variables are stationary. The data set used covers southern Asia countries over the period...

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Lower exchange rates and FDI inflows in least developing economies : evidence from Tanzania

Nyamrunda, Godfrey Charles - In: Advances in management & applied economics 2 (2012) 4, pp. 1-12

The hypothesis that devaluating and depreciating the exchange rate in developing economies will lead to fast growth and economic development has drawn some controversies and debates during the past 20 years in the area of development economics. Mainly, due to the delayed results in some...

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