Constraints or Complaints? Business Climate and Firm Performance Perceptions in Uganda

This paper identifies the business constraints that are most binding for firm performance. Using panel methods on novel quarterly Ugandan business climate data, we exploit perceived changes in business climate constraints to account for changes in firm performance. Not all identified constraints are...

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Main Authors:	Mawejje, Joseph, Sebudde, Rachel K.
Format:	Journal Article
Published:	Taylor and Francis 2019
Subjects:	FIRM PERFORMANCE BUSINESS CLIMATE BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT PERCEPTIONS CONSTRAINTS ACCESS TO FINANCE WEATHER EVENTS CORRUPTION MACROECONOMIC CONTEXT MARKET DEMAND
Online Access:	http://hdl.handle.net/10986/32600

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spelling	okr-10986-326002021-05-25T10:54:35Z Constraints or Complaints? Business Climate and Firm Performance Perceptions in Uganda Mawejje, Joseph Sebudde, Rachel K. FIRM PERFORMANCE BUSINESS CLIMATE BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT PERCEPTIONS CONSTRAINTS ACCESS TO FINANCE WEATHER EVENTS CORRUPTION MACROECONOMIC CONTEXT MARKET DEMAND This paper identifies the business constraints that are most binding for firm performance. Using panel methods on novel quarterly Ugandan business climate data, we exploit perceived changes in business climate constraints to account for changes in firm performance. Not all identified constraints are binding for firm performance. Macroeconomic instability, demand stability, access to finance, corruption/bribery, and weather variability are found to be binding constraints. Firms’ expectations about future performance outcomes are associated with current perceptions about these constraints, alleviating endogeneity concerns to some extent. While taxation constraints are usually highly ranked, we do not find evidence linking them to firm performance. 2019-10-22T20:07:15Z 2019-10-22T20:07:15Z 2019 Journal Article The Journal of Development Studies 0022-0388 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/32600 CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/igo World Bank Taylor and Francis Publications & Research :: Journal Article Publications & Research Africa Uganda
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topic	FIRM PERFORMANCE BUSINESS CLIMATE BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT PERCEPTIONS CONSTRAINTS ACCESS TO FINANCE WEATHER EVENTS CORRUPTION MACROECONOMIC CONTEXT MARKET DEMAND
spellingShingle	FIRM PERFORMANCE BUSINESS CLIMATE BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT PERCEPTIONS CONSTRAINTS ACCESS TO FINANCE WEATHER EVENTS CORRUPTION MACROECONOMIC CONTEXT MARKET DEMAND Mawejje, Joseph Sebudde, Rachel K. Constraints or Complaints? Business Climate and Firm Performance Perceptions in Uganda
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description	This paper identifies the business constraints that are most binding for firm performance. Using panel methods on novel quarterly Ugandan business climate data, we exploit perceived changes in business climate constraints to account for changes in firm performance. Not all identified constraints are binding for firm performance. Macroeconomic instability, demand stability, access to finance, corruption/bribery, and weather variability are found to be binding constraints. Firms’ expectations about future performance outcomes are associated with current perceptions about these constraints, alleviating endogeneity concerns to some extent. While taxation constraints are usually highly ranked, we do not find evidence linking them to firm performance.
format	Journal Article
author	Mawejje, Joseph Sebudde, Rachel K.
author_facet	Mawejje, Joseph Sebudde, Rachel K.
author_sort	Mawejje, Joseph
title	Constraints or Complaints? Business Climate and Firm Performance Perceptions in Uganda
title_short	Constraints or Complaints? Business Climate and Firm Performance Perceptions in Uganda
title_full	Constraints or Complaints? Business Climate and Firm Performance Perceptions in Uganda
title_fullStr	Constraints or Complaints? Business Climate and Firm Performance Perceptions in Uganda
title_full_unstemmed	Constraints or Complaints? Business Climate and Firm Performance Perceptions in Uganda
title_sort	constraints or complaints? business climate and firm performance perceptions in uganda
publisher	Taylor and Francis
publishDate	2019
url	http://hdl.handle.net/10986/32600
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Constraints or Complaints? Business Climate and Firm Performance Perceptions in Uganda

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