Learning versus stealing : how important are market-share reallocations to Indias productivity growth? (English)

Recent trade theory emphasizes the role of market-share reallocations across firms ("stealing") in driving productivity growth, whereas previous literature focused on average productivity improvements ("learning"). We use comprehensive, firm-level data from India’s organized manufacturing sector to show that market-share reallocations were briefly relevant to explain aggregate productivity gains following the beginning of India’s trade reforms in...

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Harrison,Ann E.;

Martin,Leslie A.;

Nataraj,Shanthi;
Document Date
2012/11/21
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Journal Article
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94102
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1
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1
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World,
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Other,
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2015/03/26
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Disclosed
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Learning versus stealing : how important are market-share reallocations to Indias productivity growth?
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average productivity

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Harrison,Ann E.; Martin,Leslie A.; Nataraj,Shanthi.

Learning versus stealing : how important are market-share reallocations to Indias productivity growth? (English). Washington, DC: World Bank Group. http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/156421468128413776

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