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Export Competitiveness in the Indian auto-component industry : Does Low Wage Cost matter?
Saripalle, Madhuri - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2007
costs, any difference in export performances could arise because of higher productivity of labor. The paper tests whether … multinational firms, it is not just cheap labor in terms of low wage rate per worker, but low wage in relation to productivity of … more than the productivity of the labor. Among other factors discussed, of the reasons is the low value added nature of the …
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Globalization and the Need for Strategic Government-Industry Cooperation in the Philippine Automotive Industry
Aldaba, Rafaelita M. - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2008
The industrys lack of competitiveness, absence of economies of scale and a weak supply base are the fundamental issues that must be addressed in order to strengthen the industry and integrate it with regional production networks of foreign automakers. The entry of cheap, smuggled second-hand...
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Assessing the Competitiveness of the Philippine Auto Parts Industry
Aldaba, Rafaelita M. - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2007
The development of the Philippine automotive parts and components sector is critical to the automotive assembly industry. The availability of competitive parts and components that are locally manufactured can significantly contribute to boost the competitiveness of the assembly sector. Given the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009365356
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Industrial Upgrading and Global Recession : Evidence of Hard Disk Drive and Automotive Industries in Thailand
Kohpaiboon, Archanun; Poapongsakorn, Nipon - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2011
This paper illustrates the upgrading experiences of the automotive and hard disk drive (HDD) industries in Thailand, chosen because of their outstanding export performance in the developing world. An understanding of their upgrading experiences can shed some light on the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009653144
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Industrial Upgrading and Global Recession : Evidence of Hard Disk Drive and Automotive Industries in Thailand
Kohpaiboon, Archanun; Poapongsakorn, Nipon - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2011
This paper illustrates the upgrading experiences of the automotive and hard disk drive (HDD) industries in Thailand, chosen because of their outstanding export performance in the developing world. An understanding of their upgrading experiences can shed some light on the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009653175
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Impact Assessment of National and Regional Policies Using the Philippine Regional General Equilibrium Model
Briones, Roehlano M. - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2009
For the Philippines, quantitative policy analysis should incorporate regional differences in welfare and economic structure, which arise partly from geographic constraints. However, existing CGE models offer limited analysis of regional effects or national impacts of region-specific...
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Can Imports Discipline Collusive Firms? Case of the Philippine Cement Industry
Aldaba, Rafaelita M. - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2008
Applying a conjectural variations (CV) model introduced by Haskel and Scaramozzino (H&S model 1997), the paper examines the impact of trade liberalization on the Philippine cement industry where alleged cartel activities have taken place after the entry of the worlds Big Three cement firms :...
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The Impact of Market Reforms on Competition, Structure and Performance of the Philippine Economy
Aldaba, Rafaelita M. - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2005
The paper studies the impact of trade liberalization on competition and productivity. Competition is the main channel …, competition and productivity growth have remained weak due to inadequate physical and institutional infrastructure. …
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Informality, Corruption and Trade Reform
Marjit, Sugata; Biswas, Amit K. - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2011
Stringent regulations coupled with corruption generate and sustain extra legal or informal transactions in the developing countries. Does trade related reform discourage informal activities and corruption? This paper attempts to analyze such a phenomenon. An import competing firm allocates...
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Trade Liberalization under New Realities
Ali, Syed Zahid; Anwar, Sajid - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2005
The last decade has witnessed significant influx of direct foreign investment in developing countries. The increased flow of foreign investment has contributed to the ability of developing countries to produce import competing manufactured goods by combining imported and domestically produced...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009365155