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Tables of Contents for Trade Liberalization in Sri Lanka
Chapter/Section Title
Page #
Page Count
List of Tables
xi
3
List of Figures
xiv
1
Foreword
xv
3
Sanjaya Lall
Preface and Acknowledgements
xviii
3
List of Abbreviations
xxi
PART I INTRODUCTION AND ANALYTICAL FRAMEWORK
3
52
1 Introduction
3
8
2 Analytical Framework
11
44
2.1 Introduction
11
1
2.2 Macroeconomic Determinants of Overall Export Performance
11
4
2.3 Theories of Comparative Advantage
15
13
2.4 Predictions of Comparative Advantage Theories and the Capability Approach
28
21
2.5 Issues to be Addressed
49
6
PART II EXPLAINING OVERALL EXPORT PERFORMANCE IN SRI LANKA
55
108
3 Growth and Export Performance of Manufacturing
55
22
3.1 Introduction
55
1
3.2 Policy Background and Recent Manufacturing Performance
55
2
3.3 Growth of Manufactured Exports
57
4
3.4 Structure of Manufactured Exports
61
3
3.5 Ownership of Exporters
64
1
3.6 Some Comparisons of Sri Lanka's Export Performance with East Asia and Thailand
65
9
3.7 Summary
74
3
4 Macroeconomic Determinants of Export Performance
77
10
4.1 Introduction
77
1
4.2 Cointegration Analysis and Error Correction Models
77
2
4.3 An Econometric Model of Export Supply
79
6
4.4 Summary
85
2
5 The Incentive Structure for Manufacturing
87
44
5.1 Introduction
87
1
5.2 The 1977 Policy Reforms
87
2
5.3 Macroeconomic and Political Stability
89
3
5.4 Incentives for Export-Oriented Foreign Investment
92
8
5.5 Incentives for the Domestic Manufacturing Sector
100
15
5.6 Policies in Electronics in Sri Lanka, South Korea and Taiwan
115
13
5.7 Summary
128
3
6 Supply-Side Determinants of Competitiveness
131
20
6.1 Introduction
131
1
6.2 Background
131
3
6.3 Industrial Finance
134
1
6.4 Foreign Information
135
2
6.5 Local Technological Information
137
5
6.6 Skills
142
7
6.7 Summary
149
2
7 Interventions in Manufacturing: Main Findings
151
12
7.1 Introduction
151
1
7.2 Main Findings on Industrial Interventions
151
6
7.3 Some Constraints on Intervention
157
6
PART III EXPLAINING FIRM-LEVEL EXPORT PERFORMANCE IN SRI LANKA
163
66
8 Sample Background
163
8
8.1 Introduction
163
1
8.2 Methodology
163
2
8.3 Characteristics of Manufacturing Firms
165
5
8.4 Summary
170
1
9 The Determinants of Firm-Level Export Performance
171
16
9.1 Introduction
171
1
9.2 Existing Econometric Studies of Firm-Level Export Performance
171
4
9.3 An Econometric Model of Firm-Level Export Performance
175
7
9.4 Leading Exporters
182
2
9.5 Summary
184
3
10 The Acquisition of Industrial Technological Capabilities
187
42
10.1 Introduction
187
1
10.2 Classification of Technological Capabilities
187
2
10.3 Technological Capabilities in the Sri Lankan Sample
189
26
10.4 An Econometric Model of the Technological Capability Index
215
9
10.5 Summary
224
5
PART IV CONCLUSION
229
10
11 Conclusions and Policy Implications
229
10
11.1 Introduction
229
1
11.2 Analytical Framework
229
1
11.3 Overall Manufactured Export Performance
230
2
11.4 Firm-Level Analysis
232
3
11.5 Some Policy Implications
235
4
Notes
239
20
Bibliography
259
18
Index
277