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American Economic Review

ISSN 0002-8282 (Print) | ISSN 1944-7981 (Online)

Why Do Firms in Developing Countries Have Low Productivity?

  • Nicholas Bloom
  • Aprajit Mahajan
  • David McKenzie
  • John Roberts
American Economic Review
vol. 100, no. 2, May 2010
(pp. 619–23)
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Citation

Bloom, Nicholas, Aprajit Mahajan, David McKenzie, and John Roberts. 2010. "Why Do Firms in Developing Countries Have Low Productivity?" American Economic Review, 100 (2): 619–23. DOI: 10.1257/aer.100.2.619

JEL Classification

  • D24 Production; Cost; Capital, Total Factor, and Multifactor Productivity; Capacity
  • M10 Business Administration: General
  • M50 Personnel Economics: General
  • O16 Economic Development: Financial Markets; Saving and Capital Investment; Corporate Finance and Governance