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Trade, technology, and productivity : a study of Brazilian manufacturers, 1986-1998
Muendler, Marc-Andreas - 2004
Brazil's trade liberalization between 1990 and 1993, and its partial reversal in 1995, are used to study how reduced …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011402582
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Trade, Technology and Productivity : A Study of Brazilian Manufacturers 1986-1998
Muendler, Marc-Andreas - 2021
Brazil's trade liberalization between 1990 and 1993, and its partial reversal in 1995, are used to study how reduced …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013319413
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The Impact of Trade Liberalization on Firm Profitability in Ghana : Panel Evidence from Private Firms in the Manufacturing Sector
Hoedoafia, Mabel - 2021
Since 1983, Ghana has witnessed trade liberalization policies that were introduced as part of structural adjustment and economic recovery programmes and meant to open up the once closed economy. As part of such reforms, tariffs were reduced, and non-tariff trade barriers lessened. The adjustment...
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Does Freer Trade Really Lead to Productivity Growth? Evidence from Africa
Bresnahan, Lauren; Coxhead, Ian; Foltz, Jeremy D.; … - 2016
Theory predicts that trade liberalization should raise average total factor productivity (TFP) among manufacturing firms. However, this is a generic prediction and depends on maintained assumptions about industries, factor markets, and trade patterns that may not fit well for developing...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014158855
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The Influence of Services Trade Liberalization on Service Flows and Industry Productivity in CIS Countries and Russia
Knobel, Alexander - 2012
This paper estimates the influence of the service sector's liberalization on service flows in transition economies and on productivity of the Russian industry that uses these services as intermediate consumption. Empirical analysis of the international statistics shows that service trade between...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014167557
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Between sticky floors and glass ceilings : the effect of trade liberalization on double discrimination in Brazil
Barros, Laura; Santos Silva, Manuel - 2020
by an intersectional perspective, we consider overlapping effects across gender, race, and wage levels. We exploit Brazil …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012312008
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Trade liberalization and the rise of populism in Brazil
Iacoella, Francesco; Justino, Patricia; Martorano, Bruno - 2020
by the trade liberalization process implemented in Brazil between 1990 and 1995. This high impact and low duration event … and 2018 presidential elections in Brazil, which resulted in the election of a left-wing and a rightwing populist … president, respectively. The results show that trade reforms explain the rise of populism in Brazil during the last two decades …
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FDI inflows and domestic firms : adjustments to new export opportunities
McCaig, Brian; Pavcnik, Nina; Wong, Woan Foong - 2022
We investigate the long-term effects of export opportunities to a large destination market on multinational affiliates and domestic firms in a low-income host country. The US-Vietnam Bilateral Trade Agreement reduced US import tariffs on exports from Vietnam. Tariff reductions led to entry...
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The effect of trade liberalization on inter-industry wage difference in Indonesia's manufacturing sector
Watekhi, Watekhi; Nachrowi, Nachrowi D. - In: Cogent economics & finance 8 (2020) 1, pp. 1-12
This study analyzes the effect of trade liberalization on wage inequality through industry wage premiums in Indonesia's manufacturing sector between 2000 and 2015, a period marked by low import tariffs. The study was undertaken by adopting a two-stage estimation approach. Using the national...
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The trade liberalization and productivity growth : firm-level analysis from Kenya
Esaku, Stephen; Krugell, Waldo - In: Review of Economic Analysis : REA 12 (2020) 4, pp. 439-460
We analyze the impact of trade liberalization on firm productivity growth in Kenya’s manufacturing sector, using a panel spanning 8 years; 1992-1999. Our analysis reveals that liberalizing trade generates high productivity improvements in the manufacturing sector. We find that a one-unit...
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