Exports of manufactures from developing countries : performance and prospects for market access / William R. Cline.

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Main Author: Cline, William R.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Washington, D.C. : Brookings Institution, 1984.
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Table of Contents:
  • 1. Trends in the 1970s. Magnitude, growth, market destination, and suppliers ; Real growth in major sectors ; Market penetration ; Product composition ; Trading partners ; Substitution among developing-country suppliers ; Substitution of Japanese supply ; Conclusion
  • 2. Determinants of protection in industrial countries. A model of the decision to protect ; A logit analysis of protection ; Protection data ; The effect of protection on trade ; The level of aggregation ; Data for statistical tests ; Protection function estimates ; Implications
  • 3. Prospects for exports of manufactures and for protection. Export projections for 1990 ; Allocation by import market ; Projections of independent variables ; Protection estimates for 1990 ; Conclusion
  • 4. Conclusion and policy implications. Export performance ; Explaining protection ; Prospects for future protection ; Merits of a moderate course ; Further policy implications
  • Appendixes. A. Estimates of import penetration ; B. Price indexes for imports of manufactured goods from developing countries, 1969-78 ; C. Quantitative studies of protectionist response ; D. Can the East Asian export model of development be generalized? ; E. Definition of manufactures ; F. Supplementary tables.