Productivity and the Investment Climate: What Matters Most?

The authors explore the links between the investment climate and firm-level productivity and attempt to identify which dimensions of the investment climate matter most for productivity. Their analysis is based on data collected in a recent investme...

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Main Authors:	Bastos, Fabiano, Nasir, John
Format:	Policy Research Working Paper
Language:	English en_US
Published:	World Bank, Washington, D.C. 2013
Subjects:	BARRIERS TO ENTRY BRIBERY BUREAUCRACY BUSINESS CLIMATE BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT CAPACITY UTILIZATION CENTRALLY PLANNED ECONOMIES CLOSED ECONOMIES COMMODITIES COMPETITIVE MARKETS COMPETITIVE PRESSURE COMPETITIVENESS CORRUPTION CRIME CUSTOMS DIRECT INVESTMENT DOMESTIC COMPETITION DOMESTIC COMPETITORS ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMIC RESEARCH ECONOMIC RESOURCES ELASTICITIES EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS EXCHANGE RATE EXCHANGE RATES EXPORTS FOREIGN COMPETITION FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT FOREIGN INVESTMENT FOREIGN INVESTORS FOREIGN OWNERSHIP FOREIGN TRADE GDP GLOBAL ECONOMY GOOD INVESTMENT CLIMATE GOVERNANCE ISSUES GOVERNMENT REGULATIONS INFLATION INTEREST RATES INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION INVESTMENT CLIMATE INVESTMENT EXPENDITURES LABOR INPUTS LABOR REGULATIONS LIBERALIZATION EFFORTS MARKET COMPETITION MARKET POWER MEASUREMENT ERROR NET INFLOWS OIL OPEN ECONOMIES POLICY ENVIRONMENT POLICY REFORMS POVERTY ALLEVIATION PRICE TAKERS PRIVATE SECTOR PRODUCERS PRODUCTION FUNCTION PRODUCTIVE ASSETS PRODUCTIVITY PRODUCTIVITY GROWTH PROPERTY RIGHTS PUBLIC OFFICIALS PUBLIC SERVICES REAL EXCHANGE RATES REGULATORY POLICY REGULATORY REGIME REMOVING BARRIERS RENT SEEKING TAX RATES TELECOMMUNICATIONS TOTAL FACTOR PRODUCTIVITY TRADABLE GOODS TRANSITION COUNTRIES TRANSITION ECONOMIES TRANSITION ECONOMY VALUE OF OUTPUT WAGE RATES WORLD ECONOMY WORLD MARKET WORLD PRICES INVESTMENT ENVIRONMENT INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTIVITY GARMENT INDUSTRY FOOD PROCESSING INDUSTRY INFRASTRUCTURAL INVESTMENTS GOVERNMENT SUBSIDIES OPEN MARKET OPERATIONS
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2004/06/4991083/productivity-investment-climate-matters-most http://hdl.handle.net/10986/14174

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http://hdl.handle.net/10986/14174

Productivity and the Investment Climate: What Matters Most?

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