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Publikováno v:
The Review of Economics and Statistics. :1-10
While recent work suggests democracy does cause growth, the channels through which this effect occurs remain unclear. Exploiting quasi-random variation in the timing of district-level political regime changes induced by the collapse of President Suha
Publikováno v:
The World Bank Economic Review. 35:1-18
One of the commonly cited obstacles to firms’ operations in developing economies is inadequate access to electricity. This paper explores the impact of electricity outages on firm productivity using arguably exogenous variation in outages, induced
Autor:
Ama Baafra Abeberese, Ritam Chaurey
Publikováno v:
Economics Letters. 176:23-27
We show that place-based policies can lead to a decline in the number of firms in the targeted areas. While the number of formal firms rises, the number of informal firms falls leading to an overall decline in the number of firms.
Autor:
Mary Chen, Ama Baafra Abeberese
Publikováno v:
Journal of Development Economics. 156:102791
We examine the potential for a reduction in intranational trade costs to increase firm pro-ductivity. Recent trade theories highlight a channel through which this increase may occur – a reduction in trade costs increases competition and leads firms
Autor:
Ama Baafra Abeberese
Publikováno v:
Journal of African Economies.
Access to electricity has been widely acknowledged as playing an important role in economic growth. However, there has been relatively little research on how access to electricity affects the decisions of firms. Electrification rates in developing co
Autor:
Ama Baafra Abeberese
Despite the widely acknowledged importance of infrastructure for economic growth, there has been relatively little research on how infrastructure affects the decisions of firms. Using data on Indian manufacturing firms, this paper provides evidence o
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Publikováno v:
SSRN Electronic Journal.
We evaluate a program that aims to improve children's reading skills by providing classes with age-appropriate reading material and incentivizing children to read through a 31 day read-a-thon. During the read-a-thon, the program significantly increas