The impact of trade liberalization on the production structure of firms: evidence from India

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dc.contributor.advisorSundarum, Ashaen_ZA
dc.contributor.authorZacharia, Salmaen_ZA
dc.date.accessioned2016-09-30T11:36:06Z
dc.date.available2016-09-30T11:36:06Z
dc.date.issued2014en_ZA
dc.description.abstractRecent empirical works have looked at the effect of changes in trade policies on the pattern of production of firms in the developed world. In the context of an emerging economy, this paper looks at India's manufacturing firms' data for the period 1989 to 2003 focusing on reallocation of resources across products within a firm. This is done by evaluating the relationship between tariffs and diversification at product level. The model is further estimated to cater for possible differences in the responses to trade liberalization between exporting and non-exporting firms. This study finds that there is no association between low tariffs and specialization by firms in India. However, this analysis shows that exporting firms appear to diversify more than non-exporting firms following a reduction of tariffs.en_ZA
dc.identifier.apacitationZacharia, S. (2014). <i>The impact of trade liberalization on the production structure of firms: evidence from India</i>. (Thesis). University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Commerce ,School of Economics. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/11427/22026en_ZA
dc.identifier.chicagocitationZacharia, Salma. <i>"The impact of trade liberalization on the production structure of firms: evidence from India."</i> Thesis., University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Commerce ,School of Economics, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/22026en_ZA
dc.identifier.citationZacharia, S. 2014. The impact of trade liberalization on the production structure of firms: evidence from India. University of Cape Town.en_ZA
dc.identifier.ris TY - Thesis / Dissertation AU - Zacharia, Salma AB - Recent empirical works have looked at the effect of changes in trade policies on the pattern of production of firms in the developed world. In the context of an emerging economy, this paper looks at India's manufacturing firms' data for the period 1989 to 2003 focusing on reallocation of resources across products within a firm. This is done by evaluating the relationship between tariffs and diversification at product level. The model is further estimated to cater for possible differences in the responses to trade liberalization between exporting and non-exporting firms. This study finds that there is no association between low tariffs and specialization by firms in India. However, this analysis shows that exporting firms appear to diversify more than non-exporting firms following a reduction of tariffs. DA - 2014 DB - OpenUCT DP - University of Cape Town LK - https://open.uct.ac.za PB - University of Cape Town PY - 2014 T1 - The impact of trade liberalization on the production structure of firms: evidence from India TI - The impact of trade liberalization on the production structure of firms: evidence from India UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11427/22026 ER - en_ZA
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dc.identifier.vancouvercitationZacharia S. The impact of trade liberalization on the production structure of firms: evidence from India. [Thesis]. University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Commerce ,School of Economics, 2014 [cited yyyy month dd]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/11427/22026en_ZA
dc.language.isoengen_ZA
dc.publisher.departmentSchool of Economicsen_ZA
dc.publisher.facultyFaculty of Commerceen_ZA
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Cape Town
dc.subject.otherEconomicsen_ZA
dc.titleThe impact of trade liberalization on the production structure of firms: evidence from Indiaen_ZA
dc.typeMaster Thesis
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