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Debunking Protectionist Myths : Free Trade, the Developing World, and Prosperity

Panagariya, Arvind - 2020

Second World War and of China during more recent decades as being the result of selective protection and industrial targeting …

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Product Restructuring, Exports, Investment, and Growth Dynamics

Shen, Leilei - 2016

This paper estimates a dynamic general equilibrium model of entry, exit, and endogenous productivity growth …. Productivity is endogenous both at the industry level (firms enter and exit) and at the firm level (firms invest in productivity …-enhancing activities). The focus of the paper is on two activities that make productivity-enhancing investments more attractive, namely …

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Regional, Multilateral, and Unilateral Trade Policies of Mercosur for Growth and Poverty Reduction in Brazil

Tarr, David G. - 2016

Harrison, Rutherford, Tarr, and Gurgel estimate that the Free Trade Agreement of the Americas (FTAA), the EU-MERCOSUR agreement, and multilateral trade policy changes will all be beneficial for Brazil. The Brazilian government strategy of simultaneously negotiating the FTAA and the EU-MERCOSUR...

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Regional, Multilateral and Unilateral Trade Policies of Mercosur for Growth and Poverty Reduction in Brazil

Harrison, Glenn W.; Rutherford, Thomas F.; Tarr, David G.; … - 2004

This paper determines the impacts of the Free Trade Agreement of the Americas (FTAA) for Brazil under alternative assumptions concerning the returns to scale and the nature of competition in several industries, emphasizing the effects on the agribusiness activities. The GTAPinGAMS applied...

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Does Trade Reform Promote Economic Growth? A Review of Recent Evidence

Irwin, Douglas A. - 2019

barriers may increase productivity. A consistent finding is that trade reforms that significantly reduce import barriers have a …

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Trade Policy and Growth in Asia

Kawai, Masahiro - 2014

This paper examines the changing relationship between trade policy, production networks, and economic growth in Asia. It traces East Asia's rise to the coveted “Factory Asia” league with rapid growth over several decades through trade policy anchored on outward-oriented industrialization...

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The Rhetoric and Reality of Trade Liberalisation in Developing Countries

Thirlwall, A. P. - 2013

The paper reviews the evidence of the impact of trade liberalisation on the economic performance of poor developing countries with respect to trade and the balance of payments, economic growth, poverty reduction, the distribution of income within countries, and the distribution of income between...

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Trade policy and growth in Asia

Kawai, Masahiro; Wignaraja, Ganeshan - 2014

This paper examines the changing relationship between trade policy, production networks, and economic growth in Asia. It traces East Asia’s rise to the coveted "Factory Asia" league with rapid growth over several decades through trade policy anchored on outward-oriented industrialization...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010389681

Competition, Firm Innovation, and Growth under Imperfect Technology Spillovers

Jo, Karam; Kim, Seula - 2021

This paper studies the effect of competition on firm innovation by developing a discrete-time endogenous growth model where multi-product firms do two types of innovation subject to friction in technology spillovers. Firms improve their existing products through internal innovation while...

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The Effects of Trump Trade Policy on China’s Economic Performance

Ruiz Estrada, Mario Arturo - 2019

China under different tariff rates (1%, 5%, 25%, 50%, and 100%) to evaluate the final impact on its ratio of exports, ratio …

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