Taxing the Good? Distortions, Misallocation, and Productivity in Sub-Saharan Africa

Taxing the Good? Distortions, Misallocation, and Productivity in Sub-Saharan Africa

This paper uses comprehensive and comparable firm-level manufacturing census data from four Sub-Saharan African countries to examine the extent, costs, and nature of within-industry resource misallocation across heterogeneous firms. The paper finds...

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Main Authors: Cirera, Xavier, Fattal Jaef, Roberto N., Maemir, Hibret B.
Format: Working Paper
Language:English
en_US
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2017
Subjects:
total factor productivity
distortions
misallocation
business environment
taxes
Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/492891485178180375/Taxing-the-good-distortions-misallocation-and-productivity-in-Sub-Saharan-Africa
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/25958

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http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/492891485178180375/Taxing-the-good-distortions-misallocation-and-productivity-in-Sub-Saharan-Africa
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/25958

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