Trade reform and quality upgrading in South Africa: A product-level analysis

The relationship between trade liberalization and product quality is both empirically and theoretically ambiguous. This paper empirically investigates the impact of tariff liberalization on product quality upgrading in the South African manufacturing sector using highly disaggregated product-level d...

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Autor principal: Kwarambo, Marko
Formato: Artículo preliminar
Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: International Food Policy Research Institute 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/153798
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description The relationship between trade liberalization and product quality is both empirically and theoretically ambiguous. This paper empirically investigates the impact of tariff liberalization on product quality upgrading in the South African manufacturing sector using highly disaggregated product-level data. The study employs panel data techniques exploiting variation at the product level using HS8 product-level data from 1988 to 2009.
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spelling CGSpace1537982025-11-06T07:36:42Z Trade reform and quality upgrading in South Africa: A product-level analysis Kwarambo, Marko trade liberalization tariffs markets The relationship between trade liberalization and product quality is both empirically and theoretically ambiguous. This paper empirically investigates the impact of tariff liberalization on product quality upgrading in the South African manufacturing sector using highly disaggregated product-level data. The study employs panel data techniques exploiting variation at the product level using HS8 product-level data from 1988 to 2009. 2013 2024-10-01T13:57:43Z 2024-10-01T13:57:43Z Working Paper https://hdl.handle.net/10568/153798 en Open Access application/pdf International Food Policy Research Institute Kwaramba, M., 2013. Trade Reform and Quality Upgrading in South Africa: A Product-Level Analysis. AGRODEP Working Paper 0002. Washington, DC: International Food Policy Research Institute. https://hdl.handle.net/10568/153798
spellingShingle trade liberalization
tariffs
markets
Kwarambo, Marko
Trade reform and quality upgrading in South Africa: A product-level analysis
title Trade reform and quality upgrading in South Africa: A product-level analysis
title_full Trade reform and quality upgrading in South Africa: A product-level analysis
title_fullStr Trade reform and quality upgrading in South Africa: A product-level analysis
title_full_unstemmed Trade reform and quality upgrading in South Africa: A product-level analysis
title_short Trade reform and quality upgrading in South Africa: A product-level analysis
title_sort trade reform and quality upgrading in south africa a product level analysis
topic trade liberalization
tariffs
markets
url https://hdl.handle.net/10568/153798
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