Market Size, Sunk Costs of Entry, and Transport Costs : An Empirical Evaluation of the Impact of Demand-Side Factors versus Supply-Side Factors on Manufacturing Productivity

Market Size, Sunk Costs of Entry, and Transport Costs : An Empirical Evaluation of the Impact of Demand-Side Factors versus Supply-Side Factors on Manufacturing Productivity

This paper uses plant-level, panel data from the Ethiopian manufacturing census to estimate the effects of demand-side and supply-side factors on industrywide aggregate productivity. The paper focuses on the effects of three factors: (1) local mark...

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Main Authors: Jones, Patricia, Lartey, Emmanuel, Mengistae, Taye, Zeufack, Albert
Format: Working Paper
Language:English
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2019
Subjects:
MANUFACTURING
INDUSTRIALIZATION
MICROECONOMIC ANALYSES
TRANSPORTATION COST
FIRM ENTRY
Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/732571560169924956/Market-Size-Sunk-Costs-of-Entry-and-Transport-Costs-An-Empirical-Evaluation-of-the-Impact-of-Demand-Side-Factors-versus-Supply-Side-Factors-on-Manufacturing-Productivity
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/31865

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http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/732571560169924956/Market-Size-Sunk-Costs-of-Entry-and-Transport-Costs-An-Empirical-Evaluation-of-the-Impact-of-Demand-Side-Factors-versus-Supply-Side-Factors-on-Manufacturing-Productivity
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/31865

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