Trade liberalization and South African manufacturing: Looking back with data

Ciaran Driver

No wp-2019-30, WIDER Working Paper Series from World Institute for Development Economic Research (UNU-WIDER)

Abstract: This paper provides a retrospective assessment of the effects of trade policies on South African manufacturing since the transition to democracy, examining the differences and commonalities in the views of economists in favour of and against an acceleration of trade liberalization. Data from the Bureau of Economic Research are used to test a number of effects on manufacturing industry that were envisaged to flow from trade policy reforms, including effects on mark-ups, productivity, exports, employment, and investment.

Keywords: Trade policy; Manufacturing; Trade liberalization; Exports; Exchange rate; Data (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2019
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