Four - Trade and Export Promotion.
Class 4 overview: Hilary Term Week 9. One hour lecture, MSc. Dev. room.
Discussion Freund and Pierola (2015).
Slides posted on Teams and Canvas for the following:
Freund, C., & Pierola, M. D. (2015). Export Superstars. The Review of Economics and Statistics, 97(5), 1023–1032. http://www.jstor.org/stable/43830293
Discussion Harding and Javorcik (2011)
Slides posted on Teams and Canvas:
Harding, T., & Javorcik, B. S. (2011). Foreign Direct Investment and Export Upgrading. The Review of Economics and Statistics, 94(4), 964–980. https://doi.org/10.1162/REST_a_00226
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