Firm Productivity in Bangladesh Manufacturing Industries

World Development

Volumn 36, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 1725-1744

  Fernandes, Ana M ^a  

^a WORLD BANK   (United States)

Author keywords

Asia; Bangladesh; business environment; openness; simultaneity and production functions; skilled labor; total factor productivity

Indexed keywords

BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT; FIRM SIZE; INDUSTRIAL LOCATION; INDUSTRIAL PERFORMANCE; INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION; MANUFACTURING; TOTAL FACTOR PRODUCTIVITY;

ASIA; BANGLADESH; EURASIA; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 53749096768     PISSN: 0305750X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.worlddev.2008.01.001     Document Type: Article

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