Industrial development is necessary for higher standard of living of people. It is need of every state in India, to achieve the economic prosperity of peoples/society, various studies reveals that infrastructure is necessary for industrial development. It is also necessary to make plan for...

This article investigates the sources and determinants of output growth of Italian manufacturing firms. Applying stochastic frontier techniques, we decompose output growth into factor accumulation and TFP growth for the period 1998–2003. TFP growth is further decomposed into technological...

This article provides the first examination of the relationship between public expenditures and labor productivity that focuses on municipalities, rather than states or nations. We use data for 1880-1920, a period of rapid industrialization in which there were both high levels of public...

It has been frequently quoted in the literature that one decisive cause of the productive performance of an economy might be infrastructure investment. This paper provides a dual profit theoretical framework of measuring the effects of infrastructure on economic performance in terms of gains in...

A consistent set of disaggregated industrial output data for four Eastern European countries is examined in order to determine the extent to which structural adjustment has taken place since the initiation of market-oriented reform. The latter created a massive relative price shock whose effects...

We assess the real effects of a recent opening of the energy sector in Mexico to private investment. We look at one particular channel, which operates through the change in the structure of electricity generation in favor of cheaper sources of energy, such as natural gas. We look at the...

What are the prospects of Kenya's long-term economic growth and development? This paper provides an analytical description of the Kenyan economy by looking at Kenya Vision 2030 with a special focus on underlying structural dimensions. One of the important factors affecting Kenya's development...

Capital allowance is granted to attract and support investors in strategic productive sectors of an economy. This study examines the extent to which capital allowance serves as veritable captivating investment incentive to stakeholders in the Nigerian manufacturing sector. The corporate...

This paper assesses the real effects of the energy reform in Mexico by looking at its impact on manufacturing output through changes in energy prices. Using sub-sector and state-level manufacturing output data, along with past variation in energy prices, we find electricity prices - relative to...

I analyse the effect of Brexit vote on UK manufacturing divisions using a synthetic control methodology. My results show that in the three years following the Brexit referendum, the UK total manufacturing sector's employment decreased by an average of 1.7% per quarter. When investigating the...