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GVC centrality and productivity : are hubs key to firm performance?
Criscuolo, Chiara; Timmis, Jonathan - 2018
central hubs and peripheral countries and sectors, and examine how these changes impact firm productivity. Using cross … productivity growth of smaller firms, nonfrontier businesses, and of firms in smaller economies and in post-2004 EU member … (centrality weighted) average productivity of buyers matters for the productivity of firms in our data overall, however this is …
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The determinants of Foreign Direct Investment : do statutory restrictions matter?
Mistura, Fernando; Roulet, Caroline - 2019
Over the past two decades, governments worldwide have continued to liberalise restrictions on international investment with only occasional relapses. Yet, FDI liberalisation remains an unfinished agenda in various parts of the world and across sectors. This paper sheds light on their potential...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012147278
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Services trade costs in the United States : a simulation based on the OECD Services Trade Restrictiveness Index
Benz, Sebastian; Jaax, Alexander - 2020
While services account for almost 80% of GDP in the United States and a growing share of global trade, regulatory barriers to services trade around the world are still high. Using a hypothetical liberalisation scenario, this paper assesses the potential reduction of trade costs that could be...
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The most favoured nation and non-discrimination provisions in international trade law and the OECD codes of liberalisation
Odio, Andrea Marín - 2020
Increasing moves away from multilateralism have created a fragmented trade and investment scenario where economies progressively combine the application of restrictive unilateral actions with bilateral and regional preferences. The application of, and exceptions to, the non-discrimination...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012249090
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Exploring changes in world production and trade : insights from the 2018 update of OECD's ICIO/TIVA database
Guilhoto, Joaquim José Martins; Hewings, Geoffrey; … - 2019
Drawing on the 2018 update of OECD’s Inter-Country Input-Output (ICIO) database, this paper explores the evolution of trade in value added (TiVA) between 2005 and 2015. Changes in international production systems are examined with particular attention given to four key sectors heavily...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012136151
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Structural reforms to boost growth and living standards in Argentina
González Pandiella, Alberto - 2018
. Putting Argentina on a path to stronger, inclusive and job-rich growth requires boosting productivity and strengthening …
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Trade liberalisation and product mix adjustments : evidence from South African firms
Fall, Falilou; Längle, Katharina - 2020
products when competition intensifies in their export destinations and that these dynamics lead to productivity gains at the …
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Policies bearing on product market competition and growth in Europe
Gjersem, Carl E. - 2004
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GVCs and centrality : mapping key hubs, spokes and the periphery
Criscuolo, Chiara; Timmis, Jonathan - 2018
This paper uses “centrality” metrics to reflect position with Global Value Chains (GVCs). Central sectors reflect those that are highly connected (both directly and indirectly) and influential within globalproduction networks, whereas peripheral sectors exhibit weak linkages and are less...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011853636
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Moving up the global value chain in Latvia
Yashiro, Naomitsu; De Backer, Koen; Fuentes, Andrés; … - 2017
living standards. Participation in global value chains (GVCs) offers opportunities for boosting productivity through … draws less value added from GVCs compared to many OECD economies. Nevertheless, GVC participation boosts the productivity of … the large informal economy and establishing an effective judiciary and insolvency regime would unlock productivity growth …
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