How efficiently is capital allocated? Evidence from the knitted garment industry in Tirupur

Review of Economic Studies

Volumn 71, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 19-42

  Banerjee, Abhijit ^a   Munshi, Kaivan ^b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAPITAL FLOW; GARMENT INDUSTRY; INDUSTRIAL INVESTMENT; INVESTMENT INCENTIVE; MANUFACTURING;

ASIA; EURASIA; INDIA; SOUTH ASIA; TAMIL NADU; TIRUPUR;

EID: 0842322901     PISSN: 00346527     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/0034-6527.00274     Document Type: Article

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