Explaining Enterprise Performance In Developing Countries With Business Climate Survey Data

Dethier, Jean-Jacques; Hirn, Maximilian; Straub, Stéphane

doi:10.1596/1813-9450-4792

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“…30 To varying degrees in South Asia, Sub-Saharan Africa, the Middle East and North Africa, and Latin America and Caribbean, corruption is facilitated by burdensome practices for licenses and permits; inefficient tax administration; heavy-handed customs and trade regulations; and weak judicial system that fail to robustly protect investor and property rights. Dethier, Hirn, and Straub (2008);and Hanusch (2012). 28 Drawing policy conclusions at the national level from micro-studies faces two limitations.…”

Section: Governance Reformsmentioning

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Slowdown in Emerging Markets: Rough Patch or Prolonged Weakness?

Didier¹,

Köse

Ohnsorge

et al. 2016

SSRN Journal

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Standard-Nutzungsbedingungen:Die Dokumente auf EconStor dürfen zu eigenen wissenschaftlichen Zwecken und zum Privatgebrauch gespeichert und kopiert werden.Sie dürfen die Dokumente nicht für öffentliche oder kommerzielle Zwecke vervielfältigen, öffentlich ausstellen, öffentlich zugänglich machen, vertreiben oder anderweitig nutzen.Sofern die Verfasser die Dokumente unter Open-Content-Lizenzen (insbesondere CC-Lizenzen) zur Verfügung gestellt haben sollten, gelten abweichend von diesen Nutzungsbedingungen die in der dort genannten Lizenz gewährten Nutzungsrechte. Abstract: Emerging markets (EM) face their fifth consecutive year of slowing growth and a possibly longer period of sluggish performance than previously thought. This paper presents a comprehensive analysis of the nature of and the appropriate policy responses to the growth slowdown in EM. It reports three main results. First, the slowdown is synchronous and protracted, affecting a sizable number of EM, especially large ones. Second, it has been driven by both external factors, including weak world trade, low commodity prices, and tightening financial conditions; and domestic factors, including slowdown in productivity growth, bouts of policy uncertainty, and an erosion of policy buffers. Both structural and cyclical factors have contributed to the slowdown. Third, the room for accommodative cyclical fiscal and monetary policies is limited in many EM, lending urgency to putting in place structural reforms to upgrade governance structures, improve business environments, raise human and physical capital, and manage demographic pressures. JEL Classification Numbers: E60, F6, F43, O4, O43. Terms of use: Documents in

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Section: Governance Reformsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Slowdown in Emerging Markets: Rough Patch or Prolonged Weakness?

Didier¹,

Köse

Ohnsorge

et al. 2016

SSRN Journal

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“…Arnold et al, 2006;Dethier et al, 2010;Dollar et al, 2005;Eifert et al, 2008). Harrison et al (2014:59-60) finds in fact that 'if we control for infrastructure, access to finance, the political and business environment, African firms lead in productivity levels and growth rates'.…”

Section: Business Environmentmentioning

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Entrepreneurship and the Reallocation of African Farmers

Naudé

2016

Agrekon

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Standard-Nutzungsbedingungen:Die Dokumente auf EconStor dürfen zu eigenen wissenschaftlichen Zwecken und zum Privatgebrauch gespeichert und kopiert werden.Sie dürfen die Dokumente nicht für öffentliche oder kommerzielle Zwecke vervielfältigen, öffentlich ausstellen, öffentlich zugänglich machen, vertreiben oder anderweitig nutzen.Sofern die Verfasser die Dokumente unter Open-Content-Lizenzen (insbesondere CC-Lizenzen) zur Verfügung gestellt haben sollten, gelten abweichend von diesen Nutzungsbedingungen die in der dort genannten Lizenz gewährten Nutzungsrechte. The Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) in Bonn is a local and virtual international research center and a place of communication between science, politics and business. IZA is an independent nonprofit organization supported by Deutsche Post Foundation. The center is associated with the University of Bonn and offers a stimulating research environment through its international network, workshops and conferences, data service, project support, research visits and doctoral program. IZA engages in (i) original and internationally competitive research in all fields of labor economics, (ii) development of policy concepts, and (iii) dissemination of research results and concepts to the interested public. Terms of use: Documents in D I S C U S S I O N P A P E R S E R I E S Entrepreneurship and the Reallocation of African FarmersIZA Discussion Papers often represent preliminary work and are circulated to encourage discussion. Citation of such a paper should account for its provisional character. A revised version may be available directly from the author.

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“…Dethier et al (2011) suggest that empirical analyses covering "hippopotami" should be carried out using a different frameworks (e.g., entry or exit models).…”

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What factors influence firm perceptions of labour market constraints to growth in the MENA region?

Fakih

Ghazalian

2015

International Journal of Manpower

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Standard-Nutzungsbedingungen:Die Dokumente auf EconStor dürfen zu eigenen wissenschaftlichen Zwecken und zum Privatgebrauch gespeichert und kopiert werden.Sie dürfen die Dokumente nicht für öffentliche oder kommerzielle Zwecke vervielfältigen, öffentlich ausstellen, öffentlich zugänglich machen, vertreiben oder anderweitig nutzen.Sofern die Verfasser die Dokumente unter Open-Content-Lizenzen (insbesondere CC-Lizenzen) zur Verfügung gestellt haben sollten, gelten abweichend von diesen Nutzungsbedingungen die in der dort genannten Lizenz gewährten Nutzungsrechte. Labour market constraints constitute prominent obstacles to firm development and economic growth of countries located in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region. This paper aims at examining the implications of firm characteristics, national locations, and sectoral associations for the perceptions of firms concerning two basic labour market constraints: labour regulations and labour skill shortages. The empirical analysis is carried out using firmlevel dataset sourced from the World Bank's Enterprise Surveys database. A bivariate probit estimator is used to account for potential correlations between the errors in the two labour market constraints' equations. We implement overall estimations and comparative crosscountry and cross-sector analyses, and use alternative estimation models. The empirical results reveal some important implications of firm characteristics (e.g., firm size, labour compositions) for firm perceptions of labour regulations and labour skill shortages. They also delineate important cross-country and cross-sector variations. We also find significant heterogeneity in the factors' implications for the perceptions of firms belonging to different sectors and located in different MENA countries. This paper provides policy-makers with information needed in the design of labour policies that attenuate the impacts of labour market constraints and enhance the performance of firms and the long-run economic growth. Terms of use: Documents in D I S C U S S I O N P A P E R S E R I E S What Factors Influence Firm Perceptions of Labour Market Constraints toJEL Classification: J20, K20, K31, O53

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Explaining Enterprise Performance In Developing Countries With Business Climate Survey Data

Cited by 64 publications

References 37 publications

Slowdown in Emerging Markets: Rough Patch or Prolonged Weakness?

Slowdown in Emerging Markets: Rough Patch or Prolonged Weakness?

Entrepreneurship and the Reallocation of African Farmers

What factors influence firm perceptions of labour market constraints to growth in the MENA region?

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