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In recent years, manufacturing firms in the United States have faced increasing import competition from low-wage countries, especially China. Does this competition hurt or help innovation by firms? This paper studies the effect of the surge in imports from China on innovation in the US...
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share for intermediate goods in its total exports has increased from 31.18% in 2011 to 32.52% in 2016. Moreover, India …'s overall share in world merchandise exports has itself increased from 0.6% in 1993 to 0.8% in 2003 to 1.7% in 2016 (WTO, 2017 … usefulness of imported inputs that feed into manufacturing exports, but focus is required for assessing the capacity as …
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Purpose of the article: The Ready-Made Garment (RMG) industry remains the most crucial segment of Bangladesh's economy besides the agricultural sector in terms of foreign currency earning via export and employment generation. Several international studies predict that Bangladesh will be the next...
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, and high institutional quality enhance manufactured exports. The study also showed scope for quality upgrading through …
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Industrial clusters are increasingly being viewed as channels for economic growth both at the country level and as sources of enhanced performance at the firm-level by strengthening the agglomerated firms and providing them a platform to access global markets more successfully. Previous studies...
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We evaluate the duration of the China trade shock and its impact on a wide range of outcomes over the period 2000 to 2019. The shock plateaued in 2010, enabling analysis of its effects for nearly a decade past its culmination. Adverse impacts of import competition on manufacturing employment,...
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Czechia is one of the most export-oriented countries, reaching high levels of economic complexity. However, its innovative capabilities remain limited. Taking these factors into consideration, we determined the country's optimal diversification path by identifying prospective export sectors...
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We investigate the impact of environmental regulation on firm performance and Investment behavior. Exploiting the case of a German water withdrawal regulation that is managed on the state level, we analyze firms' reactions to an increase in the water tax using a regression-adjusted...
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