Trade Liberalization and Firm Profitability: Insights from Ghana's Manufacturing Sector
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Keywords
profitability; tariffs; private sector; manufacturing; trade liberalization; Ghana;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- F1 - International Economics - - Trade
- F13 - International Economics - - Trade - - - Trade Policy; International Trade Organizations
- F14 - International Economics - - Trade - - - Empirical Studies of Trade
- O24 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Development Planning and Policy - - - Trade Policy; Factor Movement; Foreign Exchange Policy
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This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-AFR-2020-01-13 (Africa)
- NEP-EFF-2020-01-13 (Efficiency and Productivity)
- NEP-INT-2020-01-13 (International Trade)
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