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Measuring the inward FDI potential of South African regions
(University of Johannesburg, Department of Business Management, 2008)
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to construct an index that captures the factors expected to affect a local economy's attractiveness to foreign investors. Problem statement: Following South Africa's reintegration into ...
The optimal distance to Port for Exporting Firms
(Wiley-Blackwell, 2009)
Success in international trade depends, among other things, on distance from markets. Most new economic geography models focus on the distance between countries. In contrast, much less theorizing and empirical analysis ...
The determinants of regional manufactured exports from a developing country
(Sage Publications, 2008)
In this article, the question of the location of exporters of manufactured goods within a country is investigated. Data from 354 magisterial districts in South Africa are used with a variety of estimators to identify the ...
Measuring the export capability of South African regions
(Routledge, 2009)
Recent research has identified what determines local exports and what policies might make them grow. Regions with higher Gross Domestic Product per capita, faster population growth, higher levels of skills, greater export ...