Market power versus supply chain regulations: Lessons from Bangladesh A ban on intermediary oil traders, intended to reduce their market power, backfired: prices rose 10% as wholesalers lost intermediary trade credit Firms Shahe Emran Dilip Mookherjee Forhad Shilpi M. Helal Uddin Published 01.05.20
The causal effects of competition on prices and quality Governments can outsource public services and achieve lower prices, without sacrificing quality, if they can ensure that there is enough competition Firms Matias Busso Sebastian Galiani Published 09.03.20
Is quality upgrading a motive for vertical integration? Vertically integrating suppliers is a strategy firms use to improve product quality by ensuring higher-quality inputs Firms Christopher Hansman Jonas Hjort Gianmarco León-Ciliotta Matthieu Teachout Published 06.03.20
Gold mining in Burkina Faso: Who wins? While the state benefits more from industrial than artisanal mining, only artisanal mines increase the consumption of local populations Firms Rémi Bazillier Victoire Girard Published 28.02.20
Eight things policymakers should know about foreign direct investment Policymakers in developing countries often clash over the impact of foreign direct investment, but what does the existing literature tell us? Firms Beata Javorcik Published 17.02.20
Helping microenterprises grow: What works and what doesn’t Policy interventions in non-agricultural small-scale enterprises shed light on what matters for firm growth and profitability Firms Seema Jayachandran Published 06.02.20
Do taxes affect firm-to-firm trade? Evidence from India Taxes affect which domestic suppliers firms choose to trade with in India, leading to less within-country trade and firm growth Firms Lucie Gadenne Roland Rathelot Published 31.01.20
Mark-ups in the Bangladeshi garment industry: The importance of buyer procurement How much do international buyers in the garment industry use their market power to squeeze the mark-ups of Bangladeshi garment suppliers? Firms Rocco Macchiavello Published 15.01.20
China’s 2009 VAT reform and lumpy investment behaviour Tax policies that reduce firm inaction are more effective at stimulating investment than policies that simply lower the cost of investment Firms Zhao Chen Xian Jiang Zhikuo Liu Juan Carlos Suárez Serrato Daniel Yi Xu Published 13.01.20
