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The dynamics of state–business relations between the Ethiopian state and Chinese private firms: A case study of the Eastern Industry Park

Despite the Ethiopian government’s commitment to attracting foreign direct investment to its emerging manufacturing sector and its shared interests with Chinese private businesses in building profitable investments, relations between Chinese pr...

Foreign firms Political economy Bargaining
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Key behavioural characteristics of small-business owners: A lab-in-the-field experiment in Myanmar

This study investigates the role of owners’ personal preferences and behaviour in determining the success of micro, small and medium-sized enterprises using a lab-in-the-field experiment with small-business owners in Myanmar...

Entrepreneurship Risk-taking Trust
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Gender and bargaining: Evidence from an artefactual field experiment in rural Uganda

We study gender differences in bilateral bargaining using an artefactual field experiment in rural Uganda, through variation in gender composition of bargaining pairs and in disclosure of identities...

Artefactual field experiment Bargaining Gender
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