Misallocation and manufacturing TFP in Ecuador: formal, semi-formal and informal firms

Misallocation and manufacturing TFP in Ecuador: formal, semi-formal and informal firms

Abstract Resource misallocation can lower the aggregate total factor productivity (TFP). We use micro-data on manufacturing establishments from the Instituto Ecuatoriano de Estadística y Censos to quantify the differences in productivity and diagnose the efficiency in the allocation of resources bet...

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Main Authors: Rafaela Bastidas, Nicolás Acosta
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SpringerOpen 2019-04-01
Series:Journal of Economic Structures
Subjects:
Total factor productivity
Informality
Distortions
Reallocation of resources
Production factors
Ecuador
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s40008-019-0147-1

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