Assessing the Impact of the Investment Climate on Productivity Using Firm-Level Data : Methodology and the Cases of Guatemala, Honduras, and Nicaragua

Assessing the Impact of the Investment Climate on Productivity Using Firm-Level Data : Methodology and the Cases of Guatemala, Honduras, and Nicaragua

Developing countries are increasingly concerned about improving country competitiveness and productivity as they face the increasing pressures of globalization and attempt to improve economic growth and reduce poverty. Among such countries, investment climate assessments (ICA) have become a standard...

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Main Authors: Escribano, Alvaro, Guasch, J. Luis
Format: Policy Research Working Paper
Language:English
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2012
Subjects:
ACCOUNTING
ACCOUNTING PROCEDURES
ASSETS
AVERAGE PRODUCTIVITY
BENCHMARK
BENCHMARKING
COLLATERAL
COMPETITIVE MARKETS
COMPETITIVE PRODUCTS
COMPETITIVENESS
CONDITIONS
CONSTANT RETURNS TO SCALE
COST OF CAPITAL
ECONOMETRIC ANALYSIS
ECONOMIC ACTIVITY
ECONOMIC GROWTH
ELASTICITIES
ELASTICITY
EMPLOYMENT
EQUATIONS
EQUILIBRIUM
FINANCIAL SERVICES
FUNCTIONAL FORMS
GOVERNMENT REGULATION
GROWTH
GROWTH RATE
HUMAN CAPITAL
INCOME
INDEX NUMBERS
INPUT PRICES
LABOR PRODUCTIVITY
MACROECONOMIC STABILITY
MARGINAL COST
MARGINAL PRODUCT
MARKET POWER
PATERNALISM
PRICE TAKERS
PRODUCT MARKETS
PRODUCTION FUNCTION
PRODUCTION FUNCTIONS
PRODUCTIVITY
PRODUCTIVITY GROWTH
PROPERTY RIGHTS
STATISTICAL ESTIMATION
TECHNOLOGICAL PROGRESS
TELECOMMUNICATIONS
TOTAL FACTOR PRODUCTIVITY
TRANSACTION COSTS
TRANSPORT
Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2005/06/6030527/assessing-impact-investment-climate-productivity-using-firm-level-data-methodology-cases-guatemala-honduras-nicaragua
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/8218

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