IGC Evidence Paper - Firms
Authors
Imran Rasul
Professor of Economics, University College London
Andrés Rodríguez-Clare
Professor of Economics, University of California - Berkeley
Tavneet Suri
Associate Professor of Applied Economics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Chris Udry
Robert E. and Emily King Professor of Economics, Northwestern University
Eric Verhoogen
Professor of International and Public Affairs and Economics, Columbia University
Christopher Woodruff
Professor of Development Economics, University of Oxford
Giulia Zane
Postdoctoral Fellow, Harvard University-
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The IGC Firm Capabilities Research Programme pulls economists with a common interest in firm capabilities together to focus on three core questions: (i) what are the key proximate determinants of firm productivity? (ii) Where does the productive capacity of firms originate? (iii) What are the barriers that prevent resources from moving from unproductive firms and sectors to areas of higher productivity? In addition to the focus on larger firms within the manufacturing and service sector, small firms (and farms) are also examined to reflect the fact that the majority of citizens in developing countries are not employed by large firms.