Electricity shortages and firm productivity: Evidence from China's industrial firms

Journal of Development Economics

Volumn 114, Issue , 2015, Pages 172-188

  Fisher Vanden, Karen ^a   Mansur, Erin T ^b,c   Wang, Qiong Juliana ^d  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b DARTMOUTH COLLEGE   (United States)

^c NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Blackouts; China; Electricity; Outsourcing; Productivity

Indexed keywords

ELECTRICITY SUPPLY; INDUSTRIAL PERFORMANCE; INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION; OPTIMIZATION; OUTSOURCING; PRODUCTIVITY;

CHINA;

EID: 84921979624     PISSN: 03043878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jdeveco.2015.01.002     Document Type: Article

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