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We characterise optimal trade and industrial policy in dynamic oligopolistic markets. If governments can commit to future policies, optimal first-period intervention should diverge from the…
- Authors J Peter Neary & Dermot Leahy
- Year 2000
- Organisation Royal Economic Society
- Publisher Blackwell Publishers
Published in
Industrial Policy Reference Resource
01 January 2006
Europeans Industrial Policy
This survey of European industrial policy aims to set out and explain the great significance of European integration in determining (changes in) structure and performance…
- Authors Jacques Pelkmans
- Year 2006
- Organisation College of Europe
- Publisher E. Elgar
Published in
Industrial Policy Reference Resource
01 January 2006
Industrial Policy in Europe in the 20th Century
This survey outlines the characteristics and drivers of the phases of European industrial policy over the last century and attempts some conclusions about policy impacts.…
- Authors James Foreman-Peck
- Year 2006
- Organisation European Invest ment Bank
- Publisher Economic and Finance Studies Division of the EIB
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Industrial Policy Reference Resource
01 January 2007
Does Brazil Need an Industrial Policy
This article discusses the convenience of adopting industrial policy in Brazil. We argue that the success of East Asian countries, usually explained by industrial policy,…
- Authors Mauricio Canedo-Pinheiro, Pedro Cavalcanti Ferreira, Samuel De Abreu Pessoa & Luiz Guilherme Schymura
- Year 2007
- Organisation IBRE/FGV
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Industrial Policy Reference Resource
01 January 2003
The Emerging Industrial Architecture of the Wider Europe: The Co-Evolution of Industrial and Political Structures
Project results show that the international industrial networks in CEE are organized by MNCs and are limited in scope (mainly intra-firm). The weakest node for…
- Authors Slavo Radosevic
- Year 2003
- Organisation University College of London
- Publisher UCL
Published in
Industrial Policy Reference Resource
25 May 2007
Southern African Trade Database Workshop
TIPS will conduct a Southern African Trade Database workshop on 21 June in Windhoek, Namibia as a follow-up to the workshop held in 2006, but this time the focus will be on the updated SADC trade data and the Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) negotiations, as well as on agricultural trade…
- Date Thursday, 21 June 2007
- Venue Windhoek, Namibia
Published in
Events Archive
01 January 2005
South Africa's Trade Policy
The paper attempts to provide a concise and holistic overview of post-apartheid South Africa's competing imperatives in designing its economic policy, in which trade and…
- Authors Barbara Kalima-Phiri
- Year 2005
- Organisation SARPN
- Publisher SARPN
Published in
Industrial Policy Reference Resource
TIPS has added Economic Regulation as one of its main research areas, where we'll focus mainly on essential services (energy, telecoms, transport and water) because of their social impact and network characteristics, to ensure universal and affordable access to essential…
Published in
Economic Regulation
01 January 2004
China Standard Time: A Study in Strategic Industrial Policy
China's industrial policy for high-technology industries combines key features of the policies pursued elsewhere in East Asia, such as opening to foreign investors and supporting…
- Authors Greg Linden
- Year 2004
- Organisation UC Berkeley
- Publisher Berkeley Electronic Press
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Industrial Policy Reference Resource
01 January 2002
Between Two Coordination Failures: Automotive Industrial Policy in China with a Comparison to Korea
For twelve years now, China has attempted to develop and to consolidate its automotive industry through an industrial policy approach closely modeled on that implemented…
- Authors Yasheng Huang
- Year 2002
- Organisation Harvard Business School
- Publisher Routledge. Tailor and Francis Group
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Industrial Policy Reference Resource
01 January 2005
Industrial Policy Corporate Governance and the Competitiveness of China's National Champions: The Case of Shanghai Baosteel
The paper presents an in-depth case study of the Shanghai Baosteel Group as a contribution to overall assessment of the competitiveness and catch-up capability of…
- Authors Yasheng Huang
- Year 2005
- Organisation The Chinese Economic Association
- Publisher Routledge. Tailor and Francis Group
Published in
Industrial Policy Reference Resource
This chapter aims to examine whether there are indeed certain institutional prerequisites that a country should have before it can implement selective industrial and trade…
- Authors Ha-Joon Chang
- Year 2004
- Organisation The International Development Research Centre
- Publisher IDRC/CRDI
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Industrial Policy Reference Resource
01 January 2004
Zimbabwe: Economic Policy-Making and Implementation. A Study of Strategic Trade and Selective Industrial Policies
This paper characterises the process of economic policymaking and implementation in Zimbabwe, focusing on trade and industrial policies. Specifically, the study investigates the mechanisms through…
- Authors Benson Zwizwai, Admore Kambudzi and Bonface Mauwa
- Year 2004
- Organisation The International Development Research Centre
- Publisher IDRC/CRDI
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Industrial Policy Reference Resource
01 January 2004
Senegal: Institutional Aspects of Trade and Industrial Policy
The aim of this chapter is to bring to the fore the historical context in which economic policies and industrial strategies have been carried out…
- Authors Gaye Daffe and Momar Coumba Diop
- Year 2004
- Organisation The International Development Research Centre
- Publisher IDRC/CRDI
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Industrial Policy Reference Resource
01 January 2003
The Impact of Tariff Liberalisation on the Competitiveness of the South African Manufacturing Sector During the 1990s
During the 1990s, South Africa's trade policy was drastically reformed. This mainly entailed rapid tariff liberalisation agreed to under the General Agreement on Tariffs and…
- Authors Juganathan Rangasamy
- Year 2003
- Organisation University of Pretoria
- Publisher n/a
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Industrial Policy Reference Resource
01 January 2004
Trade Liberalization, Imported Inputs and Factor Efficiencies: Evidence from the Auto Components Industry in India
Firm-level data were used to estimate changes in factor efficiencies - imported inputs being one of them - over three sub-periods, 1977-84,1985-91,1992-99. These respectively denote…
- Authors Sanghamitra Das and Sambasiva Rao
- Year 2004
- Organisation Indian Statistical Institute
- Publisher Indian Statistical Institute
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Industrial Policy Reference Resource
01 January 2003
HRD Review 2003: Overview of Industrial Policy
This paper analyses the impact of industrial policy on the demand for labour. It shows that South Africa's industrial development has historically been driven by…
- Authors Miriam Altman and Marina Mayer
- Year 2003
- Organisation HSRC
- Publisher n/a
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Industrial Policy Reference Resource
01 January 2003
To Liberalise or Not to Libealise? A Review of the South African Government's Trade Policy
Trade policy is a central feature of the South African government's economic policy. In the early post-transition years it was widely debated. This debate is…
- Authors Peter Draper
- Year 2003
- Organisation SAIIA
- Publisher SAIIA
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Industrial Policy Reference Resource
01 January 2002
An Overview of the South African White Goods Manufacturing Industry: Issues for Industrial Strategy
This research project on the South African white goods manufacturing industry is part of a broader initiative bringing together researchers globally to study changes taking…
- Authors Andries Bezuidenhout
- Year c
- Organisation NUMSA
- Publisher n/a
Published in
Industrial Policy Reference Resource
Japan, South Korea, and Taiwan are regarded as primary examples of countries that have derived great benefits from increasing integration with the international economy, without…
- Authors Marcus Noland and Howard Pack
- Year 2005
- Organisation Institute for International Economics
- Publisher Institute for International Economics
Published in
Industrial Policy Reference Resource