Just-in-Case Inventories : A Cross-Country Analysis

The authors find that raw materials inventories in the manufacturing sector in the 1970s and 1980s were two to three times higher in developing countries than in the United States, despite the fact that in most developing countries real interest ra...

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Main Authors:	Guasch, J. Luis, Kogan, Joseph
Format:	Policy Research Working Paper
Language:	English en_US
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2014
Subjects:	RAW MATERIALS INVENTORIES VALUATION MANUFACTURING SECTOR DEVELOPING COUNTRIES REAL INTEREST RATES COMPETITIVENESS INFRASTRUCTURE REGULATORY FRAMEWORK MARKET DIFFICULTIES CROSS-COUNTRY EXPERIENCE STANDARD DEVIATIONS INDUSTRIAL STATISTICS ACCOUNTING ACTUAL COSTS AFFILIATES BASIC METALS CENTRAL GOVERNMENTS COAL COST OF CAPITAL CURRENT EXPENDITURES DEFICITS DEVELOPED COUNTRIES ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMICS LITERATURE ECONOMIES OF SCALE ECONOMISTS EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS EMPLOYMENT EXPECTED VALUE EXPORT GROWTH EXPORTS FIXED COSTS GDP GDP DEFLATOR GDP PER CAPITA GROSS SALES GROSS VALUE GROWTH RATE IMPORTS INCOME INEFFICIENCY INFLATION INFLATION RATE INSURANCE INTEREST RATE INTERMEDIATE GOODS INVENTORIES INVENTORY INVENTORY MODELS LOW INTEREST RATES MARGINAL COST MERCHANDISE MERCHANDISING OBSOLESCENCE OPTIMIZATION PENALTIES PRODUCTION COSTS PRODUCTION TECHNOLOGY PUBLIC ENTERPRISES PURCHASING QUALITY ASSESSMENT RENT SEEKING RETAIL RETAILING SAVINGS SOCIAL SERVICES STATISTICAL ANALYSIS STOCKS SUPPLIERS TAX REVENUE TELECOMMUNICATIONS TRANSACTION COSTS TRANSPORT VALUE ADDED VOLATILITY WORKING CAPITAL INDUSTRIAL STATISTICS ACCOUNTING
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2003/04/2191897/just-in-case-inventories-cross-country-analysis http://hdl.handle.net/10986/18262

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