Determinants of the allocation of resources and their efficiency implications in less developed countries

Less developed countries typically exhibit lower output per worker and too few medium firms compared to developed economies. The purpose of this thesis is to isolate the distortions driving this misallocation of resources and examine their efficiency implications. Using firm-level data, we show that...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Goyette, Jonathan
Language:English
Published: University of British Columbia 2010
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/2429/30262