The determinants of survival among African manufacturing firms

Economic Development and Cultural Change

Volumn 54, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 533-555

  Söderbom, Måns ^a   Teal, Francis ^a   Harding, Alan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b Department for International Development ^*  (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC POLICY; ECONOMIC REFORM; FISCAL POLICY; LIBERALIZATION; MANUFACTURING; PRIVATIZATION; SURVIVAL; TRADE POLICY;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICA; GHANA; KENYA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; TANZANIA; WEST AFRICA;

EID: 33646440203     PISSN: 00130079     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/500030     Document Type: Article

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