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Technology and Production Fragmentation : Domestic versus Foreign Sourcing

Fort, Teresa C. - 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; … - National Bureau of Economic Research - 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 - 2008

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 - 2020

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 - National Bureau of Economic Research - 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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Weathering the Storm : Supply Chains and Climate Risk

Castro-Vincenzi, Juanma; Khanna, Gaurav; Morales, Nicolas; … - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2024

We characterize how firms structure supply chains under climate risk. Using new data on the universe of firm-to-firm transactions from an Indian state, we show that firms diversify sourcing locations, and suppliers exposed to climate risk charge lower prices. Our event-study analysis finds that...

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

Hasan, Rana - 2003

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 Market Value of R&D in Weak Innovation Regimes : Evidence from India

Kanwar, Sunil - 2015

We revisit the relationship between market value and innovation in the context of manufacturing firms in a developing country, using data for Indian firms from 2001 through 2010. Surprisingly, we find that financial markets value the R&D investment of Indian firms the same or higher than it...

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The Value of Regulatory Discretion : Estimates from Environmental Inspections in India

Duflo, Esther - 2014

In collaboration with a state environmental regulator in India, we conducted a field experiment to raise the frequency …

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