The Investment Climate and the Firm : Firm-Level Evidence from China

The Investment Climate and the Firm : Firm-Level Evidence from China

The importance of a country's "investment climate" for economic growth has recently received much attention. The authors address the general lack of appropriate data for measuring the investment climate and its effects. The authors u...

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Main Authors:	Hallward-Driemeier, Mary, Wallsten, Scott, Xu, Lixin Colin
Format:	Policy Research Working Paper
Language:	English en_US
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2014
Subjects:	ACCESS TO INFORMATION BANK LOANS BARRIERS TO ENTRY CAPITAL EQUIPMENT CAPITAL USE CITIES COLLABORATION COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY COMPETITIVENESS CONSUMERS DECENTRALIZATION DOMESTIC FIRMS DOMESTIC INVESTORS DOMESTIC MARKET ECONOMIC CONDITIONS ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMIC PERFORMANCE EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS EMPIRICAL RESEARCH EMPLOYMENT EMPLOYMENT GROWTH ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS EXCHANGE RATE EXCHANGE RATE POLICIES EXPORT MARKETS EXPORTS FINANCIAL MARKETS FOREIGN FIRMS FOREIGN INVESTORS FOREIGN OWNERSHIP GLOBAL ECONOMY GROWTH POTENTIAL GROWTH RATES IMPORT COMPETITION IMPORTS INCOME INNOVATION INTEGRATED MARKETS INVESTMENT CLIMATE INVESTMENT CLIMATES INVESTMENT LEVELS INVESTMENT RATE INVESTMENT RATES ITC LABOR MARKET LARGE SHAREHOLDERS LEGAL SYSTEMS LIBERAL POLICIES LOCAL FIRMS MACROECONOMIC POLICIES MANAGERS MARKET FAILURES MARKET POWER MARKET SHARE NATIONAL LAWS NATURAL ENDOWMENTS PER CAPITA INCOME PER CAPITA INCOMES PHONES POLICY MAKERS POSITIVE EFFECTS PRIVATE INVESTMENT PRIVATE SECTOR PRODUCERS PRODUCTION FUNCTION PRODUCTIVITY PROTECTIONISM REGIONAL DIFFERENCES REGIONAL LEVEL REGRESSION ANALYSIS REGULATORY AGENCIES REGULATORY ISSUES SCALE ECONOMIES SIDE PAYMENTS TAX RATES TAXATION TELEPHONES TOTAL FACTOR PRODUCTIVITY TRANSITION COUNTRIES TRANSITION ECONOMIES WORKERS WORKING CONDITIONS BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT INVESTMENT ENVIRONMENT INTERNATIONAL INTEGRATION ACCESS TO CREDIT EXTERNAL FINANCE REGULATORY FRAMEWORK ADMINISTRATIVE CONSTRAINTS
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2003/03/2183612/investment-climate-firm-firm-level-evidence-china http://hdl.handle.net/10986/18280

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http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2003/03/2183612/investment-climate-firm-firm-level-evidence-china
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/18280