Essays on institutions and productivity
The thesis contains three essays on the determinants of productivity. The first essay studies how costly supplier contract enforcement shapes firm boundaries, and quantifies the impact of this transaction cost on aggregate productivity and welfare. Contract enforcement costs lead suppliers to underp...
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London School of Economics and Political Science (University of London)
2014
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| Online Access: | http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.631548 |