Multinationals and Exports in a Large and Protected Developing Country

This paper examines an industry-level model developed to analyze the impact of affiliates of multinational firms (MNFs) on the host country's revealed comparative advantages (RCAs), which predicts that the referred impact is given by both technology service and industry orientation. Based on Brazilian manufacturing industries during the import-substitution industrialization, panel data estimates show that MNFs negatively affected RCA, which is explained by location advantages in industries presenting comparative disadvantages, as reinforced by a location model. Two other important results are: (i) import protection had a stronger anti-export effect on multinationals than on national firms; (ii) MNFs were concentrated in industries with lower world-export growth.

Frutificação, características físicas de frutos e produtividade em cultivares e seleções de pessegueiro em Vista Alegre do Alto-SP

Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo (FAPESP)

Empresas multinacionais e desempenho comercial do Brasil: uma revisão da literatura

Fazemos uma releitura dos estudos empíricos sobre empresas multinacionais (EMNs) e comércio exterior no Brasil a partir dos modelos teóricos e empíricos de comércio internacional com firmas multinacionais. Percebe-se que aqueles estudos não examinam como características econômicas do país (Brasil) condicionaram a emergência e tipo das EMNs e, assim, seus respectivos impactos sobre comércio exterior. Conseguem isolar, nas análises de impacto comercial, evidências dos serviços tecnológicos das estrangeiras, relativamente às domésticas do mesmo setor, mas não examinam se essas firmas se concentraram ou não em atividades com vantagens comparativas no país, o que seria crucial para determinar seu impacto comercial comparativo.

The outlook for agriculture and rural development in the Americas: a perspective on Latin America and the Caribbean, 2009

Includes bibliography

Aglomeraciones en torno a los recursos naturales en América Latina y el Caribe: políticas de articulación y articulación de políticas

Incluye Bibliografía

The contribution of biofuels to the sustainability of development in Latin America and the Caribbean

Includes bibliography

Trade reforms and trade patterns in Latin America

Includes bibliography

El debate sobre el sector agropecuario mexicano en el Tratado de Libre Comercio de América del Norte

Incluye Bibliografía

Productivity, growth and industrial exports in Brazil

Includes bibliography

Post-conflict peace-building: a challenge for the United Nations

Includes bibliography

The industrial policy debate

Includes bibliography

Structural changes and productivity in Latin American industry, 1970-1996

Includes bibliography

The dynamic of employment in Chilean industry

Includes bibliography

Free trade agreements in Latin America since 1990: an evaluation of export diversification

Includes bibliography