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Where are the real bottlenecks? Evidence from 20,000 firms in 60 countries about the shadow costs of constraints to firm performance
Carlin, Wendy; Schaffer, Mark E.; Seabright, Paul - 2007
We use data from over 20,000 firms in 60 countries to identify constraints on the growth of firms. We interpret managers' answers to survey questions on the extent to which various aspects of their external environment inhibit the performance of their firm as measuring the shadow cost of...
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Finance, Informal Competition, and Expectations: A Firm-Level Analysis
Brancati, Emanuele; Di Maio, Michele; Rahman, Aminur - 2022
This paper documents the link between finance and informal competition. Using longitudinal firm-level data, we show … in firms' access to finance. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013351979
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[Rezension von: Auerbach, Alan J., ...,, Handbook of public economics, Vol. 3]
Nechyba, Thomas J. - In: Journal of economic literature 41 (2003) 4, pp. 1301-1303
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Where Are the Real Bottlenecks? Evidence from 20,000 Firms in 60 Countries about the Shadow Costs of Constraints to Firm Performance
Carlin, Wendy; Schaffer, Mark; Seabright, Paul - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2007
We use data from over 20,000 firms in 60 countries to identify constraints on the growth of firms. We interpret managers’ answers to survey questions on the extent to which various aspects of their external environment inhibit the performance of their firm as measuring the shadow cost of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005763555