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Manuel García-Santana
Researcher at Barcelona Graduate School of Economics
Publications - 24
Citations - 458
Manuel García-Santana is an academic researcher from Barcelona Graduate School of Economics. The author has contributed to research in topics: Total factor productivity & Rules of origin. The author has an hindex of 9, co-authored 23 publications receiving 334 citations. Previous affiliations of Manuel García-Santana include Center for Economic and Policy Research & Pompeu Fabra University.
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Growing Like Spain: 1995-2007
Manuel García-Santana,Enrique Moral-Benito,Enrique Moral-Benito,Josep Pijoan-Mas,Josep Pijoan-Mas,Roberto Ramos +5 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors show that deterioration in the allocative efficiency of productive factors across firms was at the root of low TFP growth in Spain, while misallocation across sectors played only a minor role.
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From Final Goods to Inputs: The Protectionist Effect of Rules of Origin
TL;DR: In this article, the authors focus on the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), the world's largest FTA, and construct a unique dataset that allows them to map the input-output linkages in its RoO.
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The Reservation Laws in India and the Misallocation of Production Factors
TL;DR: In this article, a span-of-control model is extended into a multisector setting to quantify the aggregate productivity costs of the small-scale reservation laws (SSRL) in India.
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Competition and the Welfare Gains from Transportation Infrastructure: Evidence from the Golden Quadrilateral of India
TL;DR: In this paper, a modelo de comercio interno with margenes variables was used to investigate the efecto of a proyecto of the Golden Quadrilateral of the India.
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Distortions and the size distribution of plants: evidence from cross-country data
TL;DR: The authors studied the relationship between economic distortions and the size distribution of plants using comparable plant-level data across 104 developing countries and found that countries with larger economic distortions allocate more labor to small unproductive units.