Make (in) America Great Again? Technological and regional heterogeneities of U

What is the impact of protectionist trade policies on innovation and productivity growth?

The paper examines the complex issue of the association between protectionist trade policies and global trends in innovation and productivity growth, based on secondary sources in established organizations, including the World Bank, OECD, IMF, and NBER. Since the late 2010s, which has seen the revival of protectionism,...

Regional economic growth and disparities in advanced and emerging economies: Evidence from G7 and E7 Countries

This study investigates the determinants of economic growth by comparing advanced (G7) and emerging (E7) economies over the period 1995–2023. Employing the Method of Moments Quantile Regression (MM-QR), the research captures distributional heterogeneity that conventional mean-based estimators often overlook. The an...

Beyond Trade Preferences: Contingent Development and Structural Transformation Under Agoa in Lesotho

The African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA), introduced by the United States in 2000, has been one of the most significant trade preference initiatives aimed at integrating sub-Saharan African economies into global markets. Lesotho is often cited as an important AGOA beneficiary because of the expansion of its textil...

Working Paper Research July 2024

Kaldor´s Paradox, Industrial Equilibrium Exchange Rate and Technological Gap: a reconciliation of New-Developmentalism with stylized facts

Understanding Firm Dynamics and Performance Under COVID-19

Abstract We use data from the 2020/21 Egyptian Industrial Firm Behavior Survey (EIFBS) to examine the impact of the COVID-19 crisis on firm dynamics and performance. To gain a deeper understanding, our second objective is to explore potential underlying correlates of firm dynamics, specifically firm characteristics and...