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We study the impact of government's budget constraint on the privatization decision of increasing returns to scale industry. Privatization is associated with prices liberalization, public…
- Authors Emmanuelle Auriol and Pierre Picard
- Year 2004
- Organisation University of Toulouse and University of Manchester
- Publisher SSRN
Published in
Industrial Policy Reference Resource
01 January 2001
The Impact of Industrial Policy on Japan's Trade Specialization
Recent research has demonstrated the possibility of welfare-enhancing industrial policy. This paper analyses the impact of industrial policy on Japan's trade pattern, and explores the…
- Authors Marcus Noland
- Year 2001
- Organisation John Hopkins University
- Publisher John Hopkins University
Published in
Industrial Policy Reference Resource
This paper explores how growth and job creation depend on private sector choices concerning how to produce, that is the relative proportions of capital and…
- Authors Michael Samson, Kenneth Mac Quene and Ingrid van Niekerk
- Year 2001
- Organisation TIPS/EPRI/USAID
- Publisher TIPS
Published in
Industrial Policy Reference Resource
01 January 2000
The Political Economy of Protectionism and Industrial Policy
This paper develops a model of joint determination of trade and industrial policies where the politicians in charge of the government can direct the rents…
- Authors Hadi Salehi Esfahani & Munir Mahmud
- Year 2000
- Organisation University of Illinois
- Publisher SSRN
Published in
Industrial Policy Reference Resource
A market economy allocates too few resources to an industry with increasing returns to scale, such as an agglomerated cluster. A subsidy to the cluster…
- Authors Linda Orvedal
- Year 2004
- Organisation Norwegian School of Economics and Business Administration
- Publisher European Trade Study Group
Published in
Industrial Policy Reference Resource
01 January 2003
Revenue-Constrained Strategic Trade and Industrial Policy
The theory of strategic trade policy highlights differences in the commitment ability of firms and governments as a key motivation for intervention in oligopolistic markets.…
- Authors J Peter Neary and Dermot Leahy
- Year 2003
- Organisation University of Dublin
- Publisher CEPR
Published in
Industrial Policy Reference Resource
01 January 2000
Prospect of Industrial Policy Regime After WTO
Since China promulgated the first explicit industrial policy in 1989, state intervention with respect to business in China has become more industry-oriented. National economic planning…
- Authors Lu Ding
- Year 2000
- Organisation CPB, the National Bureau for Economic Policy Analysis
- Publisher n/a
Published in
Industrial Policy Reference Resource
01 January 2004
Chinese Industrial Policy and the Reduction of State-Owned Shares in China's Listed Companies
Reducing the proportion of state-owned shares (SOSs) in China is a complicated undertaking related to several reform issues, including the strategic reform of the economy…
- Authors Ke Li and Tongliang An
- Year 2004
- Organisation University of Connecticut
- Publisher Blackwell Publishers
Published in
Industrial Policy Reference Resource
Government is studied as a supporter of science and of the transformation of scientific discoveries into new technology and firm formation. The importance of scientific…
- Authors Gunnar Eliasson
- Year 2000
- Organisation The Royal Institute of Technology
- Publisher Springer
Published in
Industrial Policy Reference Resource
01 January 2004
South Africa: Economic Policy-Making and Implementation in Africa: A Study of Strategic Trade and Selective Industrial Policies
This paper examines selected policies, programmes and institutions that are central to industrial and trade policy in South Africa. Attention is principally focused on policy…
- Authors David Lewis, Kabelo Reed and Ethel Teljeur
- Year 2004
- Organisation The International Development Research Centre
- Publisher IDRC/CRDI
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Industrial Policy Reference Resource
01 January 2002
Manufacturing Competitiveness and Industrial Policy
The Government Integrated Manufacturing Strategy identifies competitiveness as its primary focus, and value matrices as the framework within which to assess manufacturing performance. This paper…
- Authors Simon Roberts
- Year 2002
- Organisation TIPS
- Publisher TIPS
Published in
Industrial Policy Reference Resource
The broad industrial strategy followed since the 1920s, even though not consciously framed in those terms, seemed to display three main characteristics. First, it contained…
- Authors A Bezuidenhout
- Year 2002
- Organisation NEDLAC
- Publisher Umanyano Publications
Published in
Industrial Policy Reference Resource
This article argues that skills development in South Africa must be aligned to the economic and political imperatives of reducing unemployment and poverty, while fostering…
- Authors Miriam Altman and Marina Mayer
- Year 2005
- Organisation Human Sciences Research Council
- Publisher Routledge: Tailor and Francis Group
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Industrial Policy Reference Resource
01 January 2004
Reflections on South Africa First Wave of Economic Reforms
This paper looks at economic reform against the backdrop of lower employment and increasing skill intensity of the economy and a consistently high gini-co-efficent ratio…
- Authors Rashad Cassim
- Year 2004
- Organisation UKZN
- Publisher HSRC Press
Published in
Industrial Policy Reference Resource
01 January 2005
Integration Through Common Policy: Industrial Policy in SACU
Customs unions represent a form of deep economic integration. The Southern African Customs Union (SACU), comprising four small members - Botswana, Lesotho, Namibia, Swaziland (BLNS)…
- Authors Colin McCarthy and Dirk Hansohm
- Year 2005
- Organisation University of Stellenbosch
- Publisher Tralac
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Industrial Policy Reference Resource
01 January 2004
Evaluating Irish Industrial Policy in Terms of Deadweight and Displacement: A Quantitative Methodological approach
During evaluation one should consider what would have happened in the absence of assistance. To produce an assessment of this counter-factual scenario involves considering the…
- Authors Helena Lenihan
- Year 2004
- Organisation University of Limerick
- Publisher Routledge. Tailor and Francis Group
Published in
Industrial Policy Reference Resource
01 January 2004
Industrial Policy and Global Big Business Revolution: The Case of the Chinese Coal Industry
China has actively implemented an industrial policy during the last two decades. However, despite important progress, the overall result is rather disappointing. Should China continue…
- Authors Peter Nolan and Huaichuan Rui
- Year 2004
- Organisation University of Cambridge
- Publisher Routledge. Tailor and Francis Group
Published in
Industrial Policy Reference Resource
This paper traces the evolution of the policy environment in Kenya with specific reference to strategic trade and industrial policies. It examines the role of…
- Authors Gerrishon K. Ikiara, Joshua Olewe-Nyunya and Walter Odhiambo
- Year 2004
- Organisation The International Development Research Centre
- Publisher IDRC/CRDI
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Industrial Policy Reference Resource
01 January 2002
The Status of B2B E-Commerce in the South African Manufacturing Sector: Evolutionary or Revolutionary?
While B2B e-commerce represents a major technological innovation and marks a significant development in organisational interconnectivity (i.e., the ability to network both internally and externally),…
- Authors Sagren Moodley
- Year 2002
- Organisation University of Witwatersrand
- Publisher IDRC/CRDI
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Industrial Policy Reference Resource
01 January 2004
Nigeria: The Political Economy of the Policy Process, Policy Choice and Implementation
Nigeria's experience with external trade and industrialisation is a classic case of tragedy. Since independence the country has experienced rapid de-industrialisation, continuing loss of market…
- Authors N. I. Ikpeze, C. C. Soludo and N. N. Elekwa
- Year 2004
- Organisation The International Development Research Centre
- Publisher IDRC/CRDI
Published in
Industrial Policy Reference Resource