Abstract
We provide evidence on whether informal competition has a negative bearing on firm productivity in the formal sector. To do this we employ the World Bank’s Enterprise Survey (WBES) with detailed information for more than sixty thousand manufacturing and services formal firms from over 127 countries. We find a negative association between these two variables, which is further supported when using instrumental variables.
| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 1243-1246 |
| Number of pages | 4 |
| Journal | Applied Economics Letters |
| Volume | 27 |
| Issue number | 15 |
| Early online date | 11 Oct 2019 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - 1 Sep 2020 |
Bibliographical note
Publisher Copyright:© 2019 Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group.
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SDG 8 Decent Work and Economic Growth -
SDG 9 Industry, Innovation, and Infrastructure -
SDG 10 Reduced Inequalities -
SDG 17 Partnerships for the Goals
Keywords
- Productivity
- competition
- developing countries
- informality
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