Firms’ Locational Choice and Infrastructure Development in Tanzania : Instrumental Variable Spatial Autoregressive Model

Firms’ Locational Choice and Infrastructure Development in Tanzania : Instrumental Variable Spatial Autoregressive Model

Agglomeration economies are among the most important factors in increasing firm productivity. However, there is little evidence supportive of this in Africa. Using the firm registry database in Tanzania, this paper examines a new application of the...

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Main Authors: Iimi, Atsushi, Humphreys, Richard Martin, Melibaeva, Sevara
Format: Working Paper
Language:English
en_US
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2015
Subjects:
BUSINESS ACTIVITIES
EMPLOYMENT
VEHICLE OPERATING COSTS
ECONOMIC GROWTH
INFRASTRUCTURE SERVICES
PRODUCTION
AGGLOMERATION EFFECT
MATERIALS
CARGO HANDLING
TRANSPORT INFRASTRUCTURE
GENERATION
EXPORTS
ELASTICITY
INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT
POLITICAL ECONOMY
ECONOMIC STRUCTURE
PUBLIC INFRASTRUCTURE
INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT
VARIABLES
LOCAL CONNECTIVITY
HIGHWAY SYSTEM
TAX
INPUTS
REGISTRY
LOCAL GOVERNMENT FINANCE
TRANSPORTATION INFRASTRUCTURE
TRANSPORT ACCESS
DRIVERS
COMPUTER
OPEN ACCESS
TRANSPORT MODES
ECONOMIC ACTIVITY
CHOICE
VEHICLE
DATA
INFLUENCE
TRANSPORT INVESTMENTS
ROAD
INFRASTRUCTURE ACCESS
CARGO
COSTS
ROAD NETWORK
TRANSPORT
INTERSTATE HIGHWAY SYSTEM
INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECT
RENT
CUSTOMS
RAIL LINE
COST OF POWER
GROWTH PATH
PRODUCTIVITY
ECONOMETRICS
EXTERNALITIES
INDUSTRIALIZATION
INCREASING RETURNS
CRITERIA
MARKETS
PRIVATE INVESTMENT
ELECTRICITY SUPPLY
CONNECTIVITY
WEB
ENTERPRISES
RAIL STATIONS
PORTS
NATURAL RESOURCES
ROUTE
ECONOMIC RESEARCH
RESIDENTIAL USERS
INFRASTRUCTURE
INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENT
MANUFACTURING
USERS
TECHNOLOGY
ECONOMIC ZONES
TRANSACTION
VALUE ADDED
FIRMS
TRANSPORTATION
MARKET POTENTIAL
WAGES
GLOBAL MARKET
POLICIES
RESULTS
MARKET CONDITIONS
NESTED LOGIT MODEL
VALUE
COMPETITIVENESS
POWER
FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT
ELECTRICITY
ELASTICITIES
CREDIT
PRODUCT DIFFERENTIATION
ACCESSIBILITY
MARKET ACCESSIBILITY
AGRICULTURE
INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENTS
MEASUREMENT
TRANSACTION COSTS
RAILWAY
HIGHWAYS
GOOD TRANSPORT
ENDOGENOUS VARIABLES
DIVERSIFICATION
TAX REVENUE
ROADS
ADMINISTRATION
INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENTS
RESULT
TAXATION
HIGHWAY
TRADE
RAILWAYS
INTERSTATE HIGHWAYS
THEORY
BUSINESSES
BUSINESS
INVESTMENT
NETWORK
AGGLOMERATION ECONOMIES
POSITIVE EXTERNALITIES
RAILROADS
AUTOREGRESSION
PERFORMANCE
RAIL
POLICY SUPPORT
PROFIT
INVESTMENTS
COMMODITIES
ROAD CONDITIONS
ECONOMIC GEOGRAPHY
DATABASE
TRANSPORT COSTS
VEHICLE OPERATING
COMMODITY
INTERNATIONAL MARKETS
AGGLOMERATION
PRICES
AGGLOMERATION EFFECTS
DEVELOPMENT POLICY
HISTORIC CITIES
Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2015/06/24637459/firms’-locational-choice-infrastructure-development-tanzania-instrumental-variable-spatial-autoregressive-model
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/22178

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http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2015/06/24637459/firms’-locational-choice-infrastructure-development-tanzania-instrumental-variable-spatial-autoregressive-model
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/22178

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