Pyramid Capitalism : Political Connections, Regulation, and Firm Productivity in Egypt

This paper uses an original database of 469 politically connected firms under the Mubarak regime in Egypt to explore the economic effects of close state-business relations. Previous research has shown that political connections are lucrative. The p...

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Main Authors: Diwan, Ishac, Keefer, Philip, Schiffbauer, Marc
Format: Working Paper
Language:English
en_US
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2015
Subjects:
PC
WEB
SEE
Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2015/07/24744323/pyramid-capitalism-political-connections-regulation-firm-productivity-egypt
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/22236