Export Processing Zones, Backward Linkages and Unemployment
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Export restrictions , urban unemployment , and the location of processing activities *
In a general equilibrium model with processing and urban unemployment, we demonstrate that export restrictions enhance welfare only when processing is labor intensive and located rurally. When processing is capital intensive or located in the urban region, welfare necessarily falls. 2001 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved.
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Economic Integration
سال: 2003
ISSN: 1225-651X,1976-5525
DOI: 10.11130/jei.2003.18.2.360