Predation, Protection, and Productivity: A Firm-Level Perspective
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- Timothy Besley & Hannes Mueller, 2016. "Predation, Protection and Productivity: A Firm-Level Perspective," Working Papers 900, Barcelona School of Economics.
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- D22 - Microeconomics - - Production and Organizations - - - Firm Behavior: Empirical Analysis
- D24 - Microeconomics - - Production and Organizations - - - Production; Cost; Capital; Capital, Total Factor, and Multifactor Productivity; Capacity
- J24 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demand and Supply of Labor - - - Human Capital; Skills; Occupational Choice; Labor Productivity
- K40 - Law and Economics - - Legal Procedure, the Legal System, and Illegal Behavior - - - General
- L84 - Industrial Organization - - Industry Studies: Services - - - Personal, Professional, and Business Services
- O17 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Development - - - Formal and Informal Sectors; Shadow Economy; Institutional Arrangements
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