We analyze how pro-market institutions affect firm performance in emerging markets.
Integrating transaction costs and signaling theory, we advance three arguments. First, we …

Using manufacturing and services firm-level data for 30 African countries, we show that
taxation is not a significant driver for the location of foreign firms in Africa, while other …

This article uses firm-level data to analyse the drivers of Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) to
the manufacturing and services sectors of 30 Sub-Saharan African countries. It shows that …

We explore the nexus between tourism, exchange rate and economic growth in Sri Lanka
over the period 1980–2014. Using the augmented Solow (QJ Econ 70 (1): 65–94, 1956) …

Abstract Drawing on World Bank enterprise surveys, this paper shows that investment
climate (IC) is correlated with firms' technical efficiency (TE) in eight manufacturing industries …

Linear and non-linear long-run association between tourism and economic growth is
examined using the autoregressive distributed lag procedure with Sri Lanka as a reference …

ABSTRACT Drawing on the World Bank Enterprise Surveys, we revisit the link between firm-
level investment climate and productive performance for a panel of enterprises surveyed …

This study investigates the effect of agglomeration on technical efficiency of small and
medium‐sized garment firms in Egypt. Using a sample of 502 firms, we estimated a translog …

The elimination of trade contingency measures in 2005 triggered a process of renewal in the
textile sector, requiring major investments. The divide between efficiency and innovation has …

There is a larges literature on technical efficiency (TE) of manufacturing sector firms in
developing country contexts, much less so for developing country contexts. Most of empirical …