Do taxes affect firm-to-firm trade? Evidence from India Taxes affect which domestic suppliers firms choose to trade with in India, leading to less within-country trade and firm growth Firms Lucie Gadenne Roland Rathelot Published 31.01.20
Mark-ups in the Bangladeshi garment industry: The importance of buyer procurement How much do international buyers in the garment industry use their market power to squeeze the mark-ups of Bangladeshi garment suppliers? Firms Rocco Macchiavello Published 15.01.20
China’s 2009 VAT reform and lumpy investment behaviour Tax policies that reduce firm inaction are more effective at stimulating investment than policies that simply lower the cost of investment Firms Zhao Chen Xian Jiang Zhikuo Liu Juan Carlos Suárez Serrato Daniel Yi Xu Published 13.01.20
The politics of order in informal markets: Evidence from Lagos In the absence of the threat of state interference, leaders of private trader associations may extort from their own traders Firms Shelby Grossman Published 06.01.20
Pathways to profits: Can entrepreneurship training really work for small businesses? Evidence from South Africa shows that both marketing and financial entrepreneurship training can help small businesses boost profits Firms Stephen Anderson Rajesh Chandy Bilal Zia Published 28.10.19
Multinational enforcement of labour laws: Evidence from Bangladesh Can multinational buyers provide their suppliers in developing countries with incentives to comply with local labour laws? Firms Laura Boudreau Published 23.10.19
Should low-income countries open up to foreign capital? The India experiment Better access to foreign capital reduces misallocation and stimulates growth, with the highest gains where local capital markets are least developed Firms Natalie Bau Adrien Matray Published 11.10.19
Can managers boost development? Why a country is rich or poor may be explained by the quality of its managers. Can better management practices improve firm productivity? Firms John Van Reenen Published 25.09.19
Managerial quality and productivity dynamics Manager characteristics matter for productivity, but Indian garment manufacturers may not know what constitutes good management or how valuable it is Firms Achyuta Adhvaryu Sadish D Anant Nyshadham Jorge Tamayo Published 13.09.19
