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Preoccupation with Protecting Manufacturing? Preoccupation with Protecting Manufacturing?

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  • Edward Tower
  • Alecia Waite

    (Duke University)

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This paper explores the relationship between manufacturing and growth rate in recent years. Authors undertake a simple cross-country analysis using UN data. When controlling for variables relevant to growth, find no significant relationship between the two variables.

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  • Edward Tower & Alecia Waite, 2011. "Preoccupation with Protecting Manufacturing? Preoccupation with Protecting Manufacturing?," Working Papers 10611, Asia-Pacific Research and Training Network on Trade (ARTNeT), an initiative of UNESCAP and IDRC, Canada..
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    1. Krugman, Paul R, 1993. "What Do Undergrads Need to Know about Trade?," American Economic Review, American Economic Association, vol. 83(2), pages 23-26, May.
    2. David N. DeJong & Marla Ripoll, 2006. "Tariffs and Growth: An Empirical Exploration of Contingent Relationships," The Review of Economics and Statistics, MIT Press, vol. 88(4), pages 625-640, November.
    3. World Bank, 2011. "World Development Indicators 2011," World Bank Publications - Books, The World Bank Group, number 2315, December.
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    1. 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..
    2. Kumi Morioka, 2012. "BOOK REVIEW: "Review of 23 Things They Don't Tell You about Capitalism" by Ha-Joon Chang," The Singapore Economic Review (SER), World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd., vol. 57(04), pages 1-6.

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    Keywords

    manufacturing and growth rate; cross-country analysis; manufacturing protetionism;
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    • F1 - International Economics - - Trade

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