Policies for competitiveness

Impact of Transportation Policies on Competitiveness of Brazilian and U.S. Soybeans

As the world’s two principal soybean producers, Brazil and the United States also export the majority of the world’s soybeans and, thus, compete for the edge in the world’s largest soybean-consuming markets of China and the European Union. Currently, the world’s three principal soybean exporting nations—the United States, Brazil, and Argentina—contribute to nearly 90% of the international trade...

Economic and Social Policies in Support of Competitiveness in the Global Economy: The Challenges Facing Poland

Sink or Swim: Current Tax Policies Affecting the United States’ Competitiveness Abroad Honors Thesis

1 Abstract This study uses labor productivity in terms of real GDP as a basis for comparing a nation's competitiveness. We evaluate how corporate income tax, dividend tax, and the tax on the highest income bracket affect productivity while controlling for several environmental factors. A set of 24 OECD member nations is observed from 1996-2006. It is found that statutory corporate income tax ra...

Determinants and policies to foster the competitiveness of SME clusters: Evidence from Latin America

This paper attempts to identify key determinants of competitiveness in SME clusters, with especial reference to Latin America. It takes the debate forward as its extended framework adds countryand firm-level determinants to the existing cluster-level factors of the “collective efficiency” approach. Based on an enlarged analytical framework, policies recommendations to foster clusters’ competiti...

R&D Policies, Budgets, and Economic Competitiveness: Twelfth Annual AAAS Colloquium on R&D Policy.

Trends and prospects for R&D in defense, energy, health, space, and other areas will be explored by leaders from industry, universities, agencies of the federal government, Congress, the White House, and the scientific and engineering communities. + Perspectives will be provided on topics such as budget deficit targets and their impacts on R&D, Japanese science and technology policy, U.S. econo...