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Export superstars, input-output linkages, and structural change: Evidence from Uganda

Project Active from to Sustainable Growth, Firms and Trade

This project investigates how international trade affects structural transformation in Uganda, focusing on how larger firms respond to trade shocks. Using comprehensive VAT transaction data and leveraging export demand shocks as the main trade shock measure, it examines how export demand influences local economies through linkages with domestic suppliers.

Researchers

Alessandro Palucci

Research Assistant, Laboratory for Effective Anti-poverty Policies (LEAP)

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