South African trade policy matters -: Trade performance and trade policy

被引：23

作者：

Edwards, Lawrence ^{[1
]}

Lawrence, Robert ^{[2
]}

机构：

[1] Univ Cape Town, ZA-7925 Cape Town, South Africa

[2] Harvard Univ, John F Kennedy Sch Govt, Cambridge, MA 02138 USA

来源：

ECONOMICS OF TRANSITION | 2008年 / 16卷 / 04期

关键词：

South Africa; trade policy; trade performance;

D O I：

10.1111/j.1468-0351.2008.00338.x

中图分类号：

F [经济];

学科分类号：

02 ;

摘要：

South African trade policy has exerted a major influence on the composition and aggregate growth of trade. In the Apartheid period, South Africa developed a comparative advantage in capital-intensive primary and manufactured commodities partly because of its natural resource endowments, but also because the pattern of protection was particularly detrimental to exports of non-commodity manufactured goods. By contrast, trade liberalization from 1990 not only increased imports, but by reducing both input costs and the relative profitability of domestic sales also boosted exports. This evidence suggests that additional trade liberalization and policies that afford South African firms access to inputs at world prices could well be part of the strategy to enhance export diversification.

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页数：24