Immiserizing Growth in a Developing Economy Export Enclave

Nitesh Saha and John Gilbert
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Nitesh Saha: Department of Economics, Utah State University, U.S.A.

International Journal of Business and Economics, 2004, vol. 3, issue 3, 217-224

Abstract: Using a general equilibrium model of a protected developing economy, we demonstrate that imperfect labor mobility may eliminate the possibility of immiserizing growth from foreign investment in an export enclave by allowing job creation to countervail losses in tariff revenue.

Keywords: export enclaves; protection; immiserizing growth (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: F11 F13 F21 J60 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2004
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