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increased international trade. This study tests two theories as to why democracies might trade more. First, political freedom … trade more. Second, democracy implies higher quality governance either through institutions or policy-making procedures. I … utilize a bilateral gravity trade model covering approximately 150 countries from 1950 to 1999, with fixed effects for time …
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Industrial policy has attracted considerable controversy in the development context. This paper makes a case for a pragmatic and limited approach to interventions as a means of stimulating industrialization in the context of current and future challenges facing newly industrializing economies....
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ofthe world. The issues considered include changing patterns in trade, capital flows,and commodity prices. Both positive …
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The debate on industrial policy (IP) has been characterized by a number of contractions over the concept of industrial policy, its merits, contents and application. The purpose of this exploratory paper is to review the debate on IP. Outlining the concept and instruments of industrial policy,...
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This paper examines the relationship between trade (exports), growth, and inequality, using a panel of 100 countries … over 30 years (1980 to 2010). As there is no clear theoretical relationship between trade (exports) and inequality, and as …
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This paper offers a medium-term perspective for analysing the trade openness.inequality relationship in Latin America … estimation of the association between trade openness and income distribution over the 30-year period. Our central conclusion in … this regard is that greater trade openness is associated with contemporaneous increases in inequality in the region. The …
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countries while simultaneously decreasing the likelihood of severe precipitation deficits in Tanzania. Trade restrictions, like …
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bureaucratic there is also the complexity of a close neighbourship with the EU.s foreign policy in general, trade and the eternal …
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Vietnam.s development performance since the early 1990s has been one of the strongest in the world, following the introduction of its doi moi (.renovation.) economic reform programme in 1986. The core of Vietnam.s economic strategy has been rapid integration into the world economy, with a...
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their impact on manufacturing employment? This paper attempts to answer this question by estimating the effects of trade … estimate the effects of trade with China and India on the level of employment in Argentina?s manufacturing sector. Results … suggest that trade with China and India only had a small negative effect on industrial employment, even during the swift trade …
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