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Economic Performance Under NAFTA : A Firm-Level Analysis of the Trade-Productivity Linkages

De Hoyos, Rafael E. - 2017

Did the North American Free Trade Agreement make Mexican firms more productive? If so, through which channels? This paper addresses these questions by deploying an innovative microeconometric approach that disentangles the various channels through which integration with the global markets (via...

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Regional Integration and Technology Diffusion : The Case of the North America Free Trade Agreement

Schiff, Maurice W. - 2017

Mexico through its impact on trade-related technology transfers from OECD countries. They estimate trade-related technology … industry-specific R&D in the OECD, OECD-Mexico trade patterns, and input-output relations in Mexico. The authors find that …: Mexico's trade with its NAFTA partners had a large and significant impact on Mexico's total factor productivity, while trade …

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Openness and Industrial Response in a Wal-Mart World : A Case Study of Mexican Soaps, Detergents, and Surfactant Producers

Javorcik, Beata K. Smarzynska - 2016

effect of the NAFTA and the GATT on the SDS industry was to help induce Wal-Mart to enter Mexico. Once there, Walmex … and processes from their headquarters to Mexico. Finally, although Mexican detergent exports captured an increasing share …

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Openness and Industrial Response in a Wal-Mart World : A Case Study of Mexican Soaps, Detergents, and Surfactant Producers

Javorcik, Beata K. Smarzynska - 2006

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MENA Export Performance and Specialization -- the Role of Financial Sector Development and Governance

Wood, Christina A. - 2017

Industry and financial profiles of MENA firms may underpin the observation that MENA country exports are below potential and skewed toward low value-added goods that are unable to spur rapid job creation and inclusive growth. To assess this link, the paper combines analysis highlighting external...

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What are the Causes of the Growing Trend of Excess Savings of the Corporate Sector in Developed Countries? An Empirical Analysis of Three Hypotheses

Brufman, Leandro - 2017

This paper analyzes annual accounting data for a sample of 5,000 publicly traded manufacturing firms from Germany, France, Italy, Japan, and the United Kingdom. The analysis uses data from 1997 to 2011 and finds an increasing trend of excess savings (defined as the difference between gross...

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Export Destinations and Input Prices

Verhoogen, Eric - 2017

This paper examines the extent to which the destination of exports matters for the input prices paid by firms, using detailed customs and firm-product-level data from Portugal. The authors use exchange rate movements as a source of variation in export destinations and find that exporting to...

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Exporters, Engineers, and Blue-Collar Workers

Brambilla, Irene - 2017

This paper investigates differences in the composition of employment between exporting and non-exporting firms. In particular, it asks whether exporting firms hire more engineers relative to blue-collar workers than non-exporting firms. In a stylized partial-equilibrium model, firms produce...

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Supporting Export Competitiveness Through Port and Rail Network Reforms : A Case Study of South Africa

Pieterse, Duncan - 2017

Transport and logistics infrastructure is a critical determinant of the competitiveness of a country's producers and exporters. Well-functioning transport and logistics infrastructure relies not just on hardware, but critically on the operating environment that emerges from the interaction...

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A Product Space Perspective on Structural Change in Morocco

Osorio-Rodarte, Israel - 2017

Drawing on international trade data, this paper uses the product space approach to analyze changes in Morocco?s goods exports in 1990?2010 and future export priorities. The level of Morocco?s gross domestic product and its moderate growth match the predictions of product space analysis, informed...

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