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Manufacturing Fetishism: The Neo-Mercantilist Preoccupation with Protecting Manufacturing

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  • Edward Tower
  • Xiaolu Wang

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Two common views are that a country cannot develop without a strong manufacturing base and that trade restrictions are essential to facilitate the development of that strong manufacturing base and thus spur economic growth. We ask …

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  • Alecia Waite Cassidy & Edward Tower & Xiaolu Wang, 2015. "Manufacturing Fetishism: The Neo-Mercantilist Preoccupation with Protecting Manufacturing," World Scientific Book Chapters, in: Amitrajeet A Batabyal & Peter Nijkamp (ed.), THE REGION AND TRADE New Analytical Directions, chapter 6, pages 137-175, World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd..
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    Interregional Trade; Input-Output System; Economics; Regional Economics; Region and Trade; Natural Resources; Labor; Capital; Computational Methods;
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