This paper traces the time series (?Growth of Firms?) tradition in the study of market structure and looks at how …

evidence on media markets, knowledge transmission, and city growth across Europe 1450-1600. The paper construct- s …-level supply induced by heterogeneous manager deaths is used to identify the impact of print media on city-level population growth …. Local access to printed merchants' manuals used in business education was particularly associated with growth. New micro …

We study the relation between firm growth and managerial incentive provision under moral hazard when a long-lived firm … provide incentives, but also when outside managers are at a comparative advantage to lead the firm through a new growth phase …-loaded compensation schemes. Growth-induced turnover can result in positive severance if the principal needs to incentivize the manager to …

Bank mandated that a commercial bank can open a branch in a location with one or more bank branches only if it opens four … in locations with no bank branches. We show that between 1977 and 1990 this rule caused banks to open relatively more … exploit this fact to identify the impact of opening a rural bank on poverty and output. Our estimates suggest that the Indian …

In recent times there has been a renewed interest in relationships between redistribution, growth and welfare. Land … reforms have been central to strategies to improve the asset base of the poor in developing countries thought their … appreciable impact on growth and poverty. The evidence presented suggests that land reforms do appear to be associated with …