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R&d subsidy and import substitution : growing in the shadow of protection
Souza, Gustavo Moreira de - 2023 - Revised: October 5, 2023
I study the effect of an innovation subsidy on the growth of firms in a developing country. Using administrative microdata for Brazil and difference-in-differences, I find that innovation subsidies drive firm growth by facilitating firm entry into high-tariff markets with domestically produced,...
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Trade protectionism and the manufacturing sector : a review of border closure policy in Nigeria
Ajoje, Olufunke Iyabo; Adegboyo, Olufemi Samuel - In: Future Business Journal 8 (2022), pp. 1-10
theory of protectionism as its theoretical framework. The chow breakpoint result revealed that there is a significant change …
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French Oil Protectionism and the International Political Economy of Rent Seeking
Brault, Julien - 2015
Quantitative protectionism, more precisely import substituting industrialization through quantitative trade … and rent capture. One of the most ambitious implementations of import substitution, French oil protectionism created … case of French oil, quantitative protectionism was macroeconomically efficient in the long run, but created medium term …
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Reassessing Effective Protection Rates in a Trade in Tasks Perspective : Evolution of Trade Policy in 'Factory Asia'
Escaith, Hubert; Diakantoni, Antonia - 2012
With international trade moving from "trade in (final) goods" to "trade in tasks", effective protection rates (EPRs) are back to the stage. Input-output matrices are used in this paper to monitor the production structure of 10 Asian-Pacific countries between 1995 and 2005, and to calculate...
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"Trade, Reform, And Structural Transformation in South Korea"
Betts, Caroline; Giri, Rahul; Verma, Rubina - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2013
quantify the impact of international trade and trade reform for industrialization. The model features Arming- ton motivated …
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Markets vs. Government. Foreign Direct Investment and Industrialization in Malaysia
Kinuthia, Bethuel Kinyanjui - In: Economía Mexicana NUEVA ÉPOCA XX (2011) 2, pp. 409-443
This paper examines the changing role of government and foreign firms in Malaysia’s industrialization process …. Economists have held different views on the role of government in industrialization. Some believed that the developing world was … suggests a new era in industrialization. Based on this evidence we conclude that, for successful industrialization, developing …
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Trading Away Stability and Growth: United States Trade Agreements in Latin America
Gallagher, Kevin - Political Economy Research Institute (PERI), University … - 2011
Since the early 1990s Latin American nations have been signing trade treaties with the United States that have brought small gains and high costs. Pending deals between the United States and Colombia and the United States and Panama are no different. Each is based on the same template that has...
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Innovation Promotion and Learning in International Trade: the Case of Colombian Manufacturing Exports
Teitel, Simon - International Centre for Economic Research (ICER) - 2008
Colombian manufacturing exporting firms survey results are analyzed highlighting innovation, promotion, and learning, as well as the influence of factors such as: size, ownership, output objectives, destination of exports, competition and pricing, export incentives, and firm configuration, in...
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Impact of Selectivity and Neutrality of trade Policy Incentives on Industrialization of Developing Countries; Implications for NAMA Negotiations
Shafaeddin, Mehdi - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2009
policy in trade and industrialization for targeting industries and firms and provides a brief historical review of practices …
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From Natural Resources to High-Tech Production: The Evolution of Industrial Competitiveness in Sweden and Finland
Blomström, Magnus; Kokko, Ari - The European Institute of Japanese Studies, … - 2002
This paper analyzes the evolution of industrial competitiveness in Sweden and Finland in a long-term perspective. The first part looks at the foundations for industrial take-off in Sweden, with some focus on the development of institutions for the creation and dissemination of the skills and...
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