The dynamic linkages between exporting and importing in Colombian manufacturing | LAER 31
This paper analyses the dynamic linkages between firms’ imports of intermediate inputs and exports, for Colombia, an emerging economy. We use data for manufacturing firms from the Colombian Annual Manufacturing Survey, for the period 2007-2016. We specially focus on the identification of direct and indirect effects of past importing/exporting experience on the likelihood of exporting
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Does the commodities boom support the export led growth hypothesis? Evidence from Latin American countries
Commodity prices are characterized by boom and bust cycles. In this article written by Werner Kristjanpoller, Josephine E. Olson and Rodolfo I. Salazar, the impact of the commodity boom of the 2000s on Latin American and Caribbean economies is studied by analyzing four categories of commodity exports (agricultural raw materials, fuel, food, ore and minerals)
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Real exchange rate and manufacturing growth in Latin America
The manufacturing sectors in Latin America have been more affected by the currency over/undervaluation than their counterpart in industrialized economies. From a panel data set covering 39 countries and 22 manufacturing sectors (2-digit) within 1995–2008, Paulo Henrique Vaz & Werner Baer formally test the hypothesis that there exists a Latin American effect and then investigate the
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