The notable rebound of U.S. manufacturing activity following the Great Recession has raised the question of whether the sector might be experiencing a renaissance. Using panel regressions, we find that a depreciating real exchange rate, an increasing spread in natural gas prices between the...

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Sprouts of capitalism : bamboo in springtime -- America's retail revolution : the hidden dragon -- Demand-led industrialization : big buyers in Taiwan -- An economic way of life : the round table -- Big business, small firms : meat and soup -- The search for a new economy : the tipping point --...

Conceptual ambiguities and statistical weaknesses hamper the assessment of external competitiveness. The term competitiveness, while applied extensively, is often imprecisely defined, which can result in analytical errors and mistaken policy advice. Furthermore, aggregate statistical measures of...