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Comparative Costs, Factor Proportions and Industrial Efficiency in Pakistan

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  • NURUL ISLAM

    (Pakistan Institute of Development Economics)

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The paper presents, in Section I, new and additional evidence on the comparative costs of manufacturing industries in Pakistan. Furthermore, the findings of the present study are compared with those of earlier studies. Comparative costs in this context are defined as the ratios of ex-factory prices of specific domestic products to elf prices of closely competing imports. In Section II, it examines whether the tariff rates are an adequate index of the comparative cost ratios i.e .• in other words, whether the differences in the tariff rates reflect the differential cost structure of Pakistani industries? We also examine, in Section III, whether the available data provide any evidence on the relationship between the magnitude of cost disabilities of the Pakistani industries and their stage of infancy, i.e .•

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  • Nurul Islam, 1967. "Comparative Costs, Factor Proportions and Industrial Efficiency in Pakistan," The Pakistan Development Review, Pakistan Institute of Development Economics, vol. 7(2), pages 213-246.
    • Handle: RePEc:pid:journl:v:7:y:1967:i:2:p:213-246
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    1. Amjad, Rashid, 1977. "Profitability and industrial concentration in Pakistan," MPRA Paper 35085, University Library of Munich, Germany.
    2. A.R. Kemal, 1997. "Pakistan’s Industrial Experience and Future Directions," The Pakistan Development Review, Pakistan Institute of Development Economics, vol. 36(4), pages 929-944.

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