Showing 21 - 30 of 3,119
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 …. Consequently, formulating policies that effectively relax restrictive barriers to trade in the economy could speed up firm …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012406182
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 …. Consequently, formulating policies that effectively relax restrictive barriers to trade in the economy could speed up firm …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012269319
A region can internationalise in various ways. The question is what type of internationalisation at regional level can be regarded as "smart" and what role should be played in it by foreign owned entities (FOEs)? The paper aims at identifying the role played by FOEs in NUTS-2 smart...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012270456
improved trade facilitation could bring huge gain as a large part of Indo-Pacific trade has remained unrealized. The trade … transaction cost is one of the major trading barriers prohibiting the growth of Indo-Pacific intra-regional trade. The study … reinforces that improvement in infrastructure and connectivity that leads to less trade transportation costs should be a …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012256640
trade between the parties is discussed, with a particular focus on the trade in textiles under ASEM. The time range includes …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012020303
The pre-eminence of trade and investment in the economic prosperity of developed and developing countries cannot be … overemphasized. Many studies have shown a strong positive impact of trade on economic growth across developed and the emerging market …. However, very little is known about the simultaneous effect of trade and investment on growth in SSA when institutional …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012023952
highlighting two aspects: (1) the link between growth and income inequality; (2) the effects of trade openess and other key factors … in income inequality was identified due to the trade openess, the inward stock of ISD and the market capitalization and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011841836
SSA countries. This latter finding clearly poses a challenge to efforts to increase intra-Africa trade. These findings … and diversification of trade partners. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011845408
This study examines whether the relationship between exports and productivity growth differs across firm size. Using panel data from three Sub-Saharan African countries, I use propensity score matching procedure to examine this relationship. This study finds evidence of productivity differences...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012215187
President Trump’s actions on trade have not quite matched his rhetoric, but the worst may be to come. Though the … of instruments to pursue his goals. The trade doctrine he has espoused makes for trade policy instability both at home … and abroad. It may lead to a large deterioration in the operating environment of international business. America’s trade …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011789458