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Structural Reforms and Firms' Productivity: Evidence from Developing Countries

This paper assesses the effects of structural reforms on firm-level productivity for 37 developing countries from 2006 to 2014 period. It takes advantage of the IMF Monitoring of Fund Arrangements dataset for reform indexes and the World Bank Enterprise Surveys for firm-level productivity. The paper highlights the following results. Structural reforms such as financial, fiscal, real sector, and trade reforms, significantly improve firm-level productivity. Interestingly, real sector reforms have the most sizeable effects on firm-level productivity. The relationship between structural reforms and firm-level productivity is nonlinear and shaped by some firms' characteristics such as the financial access, the distortionary environment, and the size of firms. The pace of structural reforms matters since being a "strong reformer" is associated with a clear productivity dividend for firms. Finally, except for financial and trade reforms, all structural reforms under consideration are bilaterally complementary in improving firm-level productivity. These findings are robust to several sensitivity checks including alternatives methodology and measure of productivity, and a counterfactual experiment based on unsuccessful reforms.

Sprache
Englisch

Erschienen in
Series: FERDI Working Paper ; No. P216

Klassifikation
Wirtschaft
Firm Behavior: Empirical Analysis
Economic Development: Financial Markets; Saving and Capital Investment; Corporate Finance and Governance
Fiscal and Monetary Policy in Development
Development Planning and Policy: Trade Policy; Factor Movement; Foreign Exchange Policy
Thema
Structural Reforms
Firm-level productivity
Developing countries

Ereignis
Geistige Schöpfung
(wer)
Kouamé, Wilfried A.
Tapsoba, Sampawende J.-A.
Ereignis
Veröffentlichung
(wer)
Fondation pour les études et recherches sur le développement international (FERDI)
(wo)
Clermont-Ferrand
(wann)
2018

Handle
Letzte Aktualisierung
20.09.2024, 08:24 MESZ

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Objekttyp

  • Arbeitspapier

Beteiligte

  • Kouamé, Wilfried A.
  • Tapsoba, Sampawende J.-A.
  • Fondation pour les études et recherches sur le développement international (FERDI)

Entstanden

  • 2018

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