Using a comprehensive dataset of all medium and large enterprises in China between 1998
and 2007, we show that industrial policies allocated to competitive sectors or that foster …

Conventional explanations for the post‐1991 growth of India's manufacturing sector focus on
goods trade liberalisation and industrial delicensing. We demonstrate the powerful …

Using data on Indian firms, I provide evidence on how electricity prices affect a firm's industry
choice and productivity growth. I construct an instrument for electricity price as the interaction …

The conventional wisdom on firm dynamics, productivity growth, and job creation in
developing countries is based on data that, by design, excludes a vast number of micro-and …

Despite a large literature investigating the impacts of trade on firm productivity, there is
almost no evidence on how small firms react to trade liberalization. Using a unique dataset …

We revisit the relationship between foreign investment and productivity of acquired firms.
First, we construct a panel firm-level dataset for eight advanced European countries …

While policies targeting particular geographic regions are widely used by governments,
there have been few rigorous evaluations of their causal impacts. In this paper, I study the …

This paper provides a comprehensive analytical account of the major industrial policies in
India since independence. It identifies three phases: 1948–1980, a period characterised by …

Using data on formal manufacturing plants in India, we report a large but imprecise speedup
in productivity growth starting in the early 1990s (eg, 1993–2007 compared to 1980–1992) …

The link between foreign ownership and environmental performance remains a
controversial issue. This paper contributes to our understanding of this subject by analyzing …