Use of Imported Inputs and the Cost of Importing : Evidence from Developing Countries

For a representative sample of manufacturing firms in 26 countries, the article shows that changes in the cost of importing over time is significantly and negatively correlated with changes in the percentage of firm’s material inputs that are of foreign origin. Furthermore, we show that there may be...

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Main Authors: Amin, Mohammad, Islam, Asif
Language:en_US
Published: Taylor and Francis 2014
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10986/20485