This paper brings new evidence on the impact of services liberalization on the performance of manufacturing firms. Using a unique database of Ukrainian firms in 2001-2007, the authors utilize an external push for liberalization in the services sector as a source of exogenous variation to identify the impact of services liberalization on total factor productivity (TFP) of manufacturing firms. The results indicate that a standard deviation increase...
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ПОДРОБНАЯ ИНФОРМАЦИЯ
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2012/01/01
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Рабочий документ в рамках исследования вопросов политики
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WPS5944
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1
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2012/01/01
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Disclosed
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Services liberalization and productivity of manufacturing firms : evidence from Ukraine
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small and medium enterprise