Taxing the good ? distortions, misallocation, and productivity in Sub-Saharan Africa

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This paper uses comprehensive and comparable firm-level manufacturing census data from four Sub-Saharan African countries to examine the extent, costs, and nature of within-industry resource misallocation across heterogeneous firms. The paper finds evidence of severe misallocation in which resources are diverted away from high-productivity firms toward low-productivity ones in all four countries, although the magnitude differs across countries. The...

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Cirera,Xavier;

Fattal Jaef,Roberto N.;

Maemir,Hibret Belete;
Document Date
2017/01/23
Document Type
Policy Research Working Paper
Report Number
WPS7949
Volume No
1
Total Volume(s)
1
Country
Kenya, Cote d'Ivoire, Africa,
Region
Western and Central Africa, Eastern and Southern Africa, Africa,
Disclosure Date
2017/01/23
Disclosure Status
Disclosed
Doc Name
Taxing the good ? distortions, misallocation, and productivity in Sub-Saharan Africa
Keywords
trade and competitiveness

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Cirera,Xavier; Fattal Jaef,Roberto N.; Maemir,Hibret Belete.

Taxing the good ? distortions, misallocation, and productivity in Sub-Saharan Africa (English). Paper is funded by the Strategic Research Program (SRP)|Policy Research working paper|no. WPS 7949 Washington, D.C. : World Bank Group. http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/492891485178180375

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