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Varieties of clean energy transitions in Europe: Political-economic foundations of onshore and offshore wind developmentThe paper introduces a novel framework for classifying different types of national political economies...
Capitalism Industrial productivity Renewable energy sourcesBook Chapter
Development as Diffusion: Manufacturing Productivity and Africa's Missing MiddleFrom the book: Oxford Handbook of Africa and Economics, Vol. 1...
Cost, Industrial Econometric models (Economic development) Industrial organization (Economic theory)Research Brief
Clustering, competition, and spillover effects in CambodiaWhat types of businesses benefit or suffer due to geographic clustering?...
Economic development Industrial productivity Informal sector (Economics)Research Brief
The effect of clustering in TunisiaThe clustering of industries in specific areas has improved industrial productivity in a number of countries...
Industrial productivity Infrastructure (Economics) Regional economicsJournal Article
The economics of counterinsurgency: Some evidence from Andhra PradeshPresent in India since the 1960s, the Naxalite insurgency has steadily spread across the country...
Conflict management Construction industries CreditWorking Paper
Development as Diffusion: Manufacturing Productivity and Sub-Saharan Africa’s Missing MiddleWe consider economic development of sub-Saharan Africa from the perspective of slow convergence of productivity, both across sectors and firms within sectors...
Cost, Industrial Econometric models (Economic development) Industrial organization (Economic theory)Journal Article
Industry Switching in Developing CountriesFirm turnover (i.e., firm entry and exit) is a well-recognized source of sector-level productivity growth. In contrast, the role and importance of firms that switch activities from one sector to another is not well understood...
Industrial organization (Economic theory) Industrial productivity Labor economicsBook Chapter
Industrial Policy in the Twenty-First Century: Challenges for the FutureFrom the book: Pathways to Industrialization in the Twenty-First Century
Industrial policy Industrial productivity IndustrializationWorking Paper
Enterprise Agglomeration, Output Prices, and Physical Productivity: Firm-Level Evidence from EthiopiaWe use census panel data on Ethiopian manufacturing firms to analyze the connections between enterprise agglomeration, firm-level output prices and physical productivity...
Industrial productivity Manufacturing industries PricesWorking Paper
Industrial Policy in the Twenty-First Century: Challenges for the FutureIndustrial policy has attracted considerable controversy in the development context...
Industrial policy Industrial productivity IndustrializationWorking Paper
Industry Switching in Developing CountriesFirm turnover (i.e. firm entry and exit) is a well-recognized source of sector level productivity growth across developing and developed countries...
Industrial organization (Economic theory) Industrial productivity Labor economicsJournal Article
Southern Growth Engines and Technology Giants: IntroductionPart of Journal Special Issue Southern Growth Engines and Technology Giants
Economic development Industrial organization (Economic theory) Industrial productivityJournal Special Issue
Southern Growth Engines and Technology GiantsFast-growing developing countries have emerged as an important destination and source of trade, investments and technology...
Economic development Industrial organization (Economic theory) Industrial productivityWorking Paper
Energy Consumption and Carbon Emission-Based Productivity Change and Industrialization in Post-Reform ChinaThe paper investigates the determinants of productivity growth in China...
Economic development Industrial productivity Panel analysisWorking Paper
The Finnish Developmental State and its Growth RegimeThis paper reviews Finland’s growth strategy in the postwar decades. Finland was able to initiate an impressive mobilization of resources during this period, reflected mostly in a high rate of capital accumulation for manufacturing industries...
Credit Economic development Economic growthWorking Paper
A Tale of Two Countries: Spatial and Temporal Patterns of Rice Productivity in China and BrazilThis paper looks at differences in spatial and temporal variation of rice yields in China and Brazil. We find that rice yields in China have converged over time and that rice production has become more and more homogeneous...
Agricultural industries Agricultural innovations Farm produce