Non-scale endogenous growth effects of subsidies for exporters |
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Authors: | Oscar Afonso Armando Silva |
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Institution: | 1. Faculdade de Economia, Universidade do Porto, CEFUP, OBEGEF, NIFIP and ISSSP, Portugal;2. Instituto Politécnico do Porto-ESEIG, CEFUP, Portugal |
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Abstract: | We built a general equilibrium endogenous growth model in which final goods are produced either in the relatively skilled-labour intensive exports sector or in the relatively unskilled-labour intensive domestic sector. We show that, by affecting the technological-knowledge bias, subsidies explain the simultaneous rise in the exports sector, the skill wage premium and the economic growth rate. Then, to shed light upon the causal nexus between production-related subsidies and exports, we use a Portuguese longitudinal database (1996–2003) and implement a propensity score matching approach. Empirical results seem to prove the theoretical predictions: subsidies generate the rise in the wage premium of exporters and the increase in the relative size of export sector, even if no impact of subsidies is found in the capacity of transforming domestic firms into new exporters. |
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Keywords: | C61 J31 O31 F13 F14 H29 |
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