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Technology and Production Fragmentation : Domestic Versus Foreign Sourcing

Fort, Teresa - 2016

This paper provides direct empirical evidence on the relationship between technology and firms' global sourcing strategies. Using new data on U.S. firms' decisions to contract for manufacturing services from domestic or foreign suppliers, I show that a firm's adoption of communication technology...

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Contract Enforcement and Productive Efficiency : Evidence from the Bidding and Renegotiation of Power Contracts in India

Ryan, Nicholas - 2019

enforcement affects efficiency in procurement auctions for the largest power projects in India. I gather data on bidding and ex …

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Vaccine Allocation Priorities Using Disease Surveillance and Economic Data

Malani, Anup; Soman, Satej; Ramachandran, Sabareesh; … - 2022

procurement decisions in the context of India. We compare 3 different allocation strategies (oldest first, highest contact rate … vaccination using novel, local seroprevalence data from India. Second, we estimate the value of statistical life-years using … vaccines that can practically guide government procurement decisions. Our analysis yields 4 novel findings. First, the need to …

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Modern Management : Good for the Environment or Just Hot Air?

Bloom, Nicholas - 2014

We use an innovative methodology to measure management practices in over 300 manufacturing firms in the UK. We then match this management data to production and energy usage information for establishments owned by these firms. We find that establishments in better managed firms are significantly...

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Growing Like China : Firm Performance and Global Production Line Position

Chor, Davin; Manova, Kalina; Yu, Zhihong - 2022

Global value chains have fundamentally transformed international trade and development in recent decades. We use matched firm-level customs and manufacturing survey data, together with Input-Output tables for China, to examine how Chinese firms position themselves in global production lines and...

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Supply Chain Resilience : Evidence from Indian Firms

Khanna, Gaurav; Morales, Nicolas; Pandalai-Nayar, Nitya - 2022

We characterize what features make supply chains more resilient. Using new data on the universe of firm-to-firm transactions from an Indian state, we identify firms with larger supplier risk following the Covid-19 lockdowns. Using an event-study design we find firms with suppliers in...

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Energy Productivity and Energy Demand : Experimental Evidence from Indian Manufacturing Plants

Ryan, Nicholas - 2018

This paper studies a field experiment among energy-intensive Indian manufacturing plants that offered energy consulting to raise energy productivity, the amount plants can produce with each unit of energy. Treatment plants, after two years and relative to the control, run longer hours, demand...

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Trade Reforms, Labor Regulations and Labor-Demand Elasticities : Empirical Evidence from India

Hasan, Rana; Mitra, Devashish; Ramaswamy, K. V. - 2021

Using industry-level data disaggregated by states, this paper finds a positive impact of trade liberalization on labor-demand elasticities in the Indian manufacturing sector. These elasticities turn out to be negatively related to protection levels that vary across industries and over time....

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The Unequal Effects of Liberalization : Evidence from Dismantling the License Raj in India

Aghion, Philippe; Burgess, Robin; Redding, Stephen; … - 2021

We study the effects of the progressive elimination of the system of industrial regulations on entry and production, known as the "license raj," on registered manufacturing output, employment, entry and investment across Indian states with different labor market regulations. The effects are...

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Deregulation, Misallocation, and Size : Evidence from India

Alfaro, Laura - 2014

This paper examines the impact of the deregulation of compulsory industrial licensing in India on firm-size dynamics …

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