Learning versus Stealing How Important are Market-Share : Reallocations to India’s Productivity Growth?

Recent trade theory emphasizes the role of market-share reallocations across firms ("stealing") in driving productivity growth, while the older literature focused on average productivity improvements ("learning"). The authors us...

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Main Authors: Harrison, Ann E., Martin, Leslie A., Nataraj, Shanthi
Format: Policy Research Working Paper
Language:English
Published: 2012
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spelling okr-10986-35232021-04-23T14:02:10Z Learning versus Stealing How Important are Market-Share : Reallocations to India’s Productivity Growth? Harrison, Ann E. Martin, Leslie A. Nataraj, Shanthi ACCOUNTING AVERAGE PRODUCTIVITY BALANCE OF PAYMENTS BALANCE OF PAYMENTS CRISIS BARRIERS TO COMPETITION BASE YEAR BOOK VALUE BUSINESS PARTNERS CHECKS COLLECTION PROCESS COMMERCE CONDITIONS CONSUMERS CREDITORS CUSTOMS DEFLATORS DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS DEVELOPMENT POLICY DUMMY VARIABLE DUMMY VARIABLES ECONOMIC ANALYSIS ECONOMIC PERFORMANCE EMPLOYMENT EQUIPMENT EXCHANGE RATE EXPORTERS EXPORTS FISCAL DEFICIT FIXED CAPITAL FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT FOREIGN INVESTMENT FOREIGN MARKETS FOREIGN TRADE FREE TRADE GLOBAL ECONOMY HARMONIZATION IMPERFECT COMPETITION IMPUTATION INCREASING RETURNS INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION INDUSTRIAL DISPUTES INDUSTRIAL POLICIES INDUSTRIAL STATISTICS INDUSTRY PRODUCTIVITY INFORMATION SYSTEM INNOVATION INPUT DATA INTERNATIONAL BANK INTERNATIONAL ECONOMICS INTERNATIONAL TRADE INTERPOLATION INVENTORY LABOR DEMAND LABOR FORCE LABOR PRODUCTIVITY LABOR REGULATIONS LAYOFF LICENSE LICENSES LICENSING MANUFACTURING MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIES MANUFACTURING INDUSTRY MARKET SHARE MARKET STRUCTURE MATERIAL MISSING VALUES MULTIPLIERS OIL PRICES OPEN ACCESS POLITICAL ECONOMY PRODUCTION FUNCTION PRODUCTIVITY PRODUCTIVITY GROWTH PRODUCTIVITY INCREASES REGISTRY REMITTANCES RESULT RESULTS RETURN SCIENCE FOUNDATION SEARCH SERIAL NUMBER SERIAL NUMBERS SERVICE PROVIDERS TARIFF BARRIERS TELECOMMUNICATIONS TIME PERIOD TOTAL FACTOR PRODUCTIVITY TOTAL OUTPUT TOTAL REVENUE TRADE LIBERALIZATION TRADE POLICY TRADE REFORMS TRADE REGIME TURNOVER USES WEB WHOLESALE PRICE INDICES YIELDS Recent trade theory emphasizes the role of market-share reallocations across firms ("stealing") in driving productivity growth, while the older literature focused on average productivity improvements ("learning"). The authors use comprehensive, firm-level data from India's organized manufacturing sector to show that market-share reallocations did play an important role in aggregate productivity gains immediately following the start of India's trade reforms in 1991. However, aggregate productivity gains during the overall period from 1985 to 2004 were driven largely by improvements in average productivity, which can be attributed to India's trade liberalization and FDI reforms. 2012-03-19T18:03:59Z 2012-03-19T18:03:59Z 2011-08-01 http://www-wds.worldbank.org/external/default/main?menuPK=64187510&pagePK=64193027&piPK=64187937&theSitePK=523679&menuPK=64187510&searchMenuPK=64187283&siteName=WDS&entityID=000158349_20110816113526 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/3523 English Policy Research working paper ; no. WPS 5761 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper South Asia South Asia South Asia Asia India
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topic ACCOUNTING
AVERAGE PRODUCTIVITY
BALANCE OF PAYMENTS
BALANCE OF PAYMENTS CRISIS
BARRIERS TO COMPETITION
BASE YEAR
BOOK VALUE
BUSINESS PARTNERS
CHECKS
COLLECTION PROCESS
COMMERCE
CONDITIONS
CONSUMERS
CREDITORS
CUSTOMS
DEFLATORS
DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS
DEVELOPMENT POLICY
DUMMY VARIABLE
DUMMY VARIABLES
ECONOMIC ANALYSIS
ECONOMIC PERFORMANCE
EMPLOYMENT
EQUIPMENT
EXCHANGE RATE
EXPORTERS
EXPORTS
FISCAL DEFICIT
FIXED CAPITAL
FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT
FOREIGN INVESTMENT
FOREIGN MARKETS
FOREIGN TRADE
FREE TRADE
GLOBAL ECONOMY
HARMONIZATION
IMPERFECT COMPETITION
IMPUTATION
INCREASING RETURNS
INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION
INDUSTRIAL DISPUTES
INDUSTRIAL POLICIES
INDUSTRIAL STATISTICS
INDUSTRY PRODUCTIVITY
INFORMATION SYSTEM
INNOVATION
INPUT DATA
INTERNATIONAL BANK
INTERNATIONAL ECONOMICS
INTERNATIONAL TRADE
INTERPOLATION
INVENTORY
LABOR DEMAND
LABOR FORCE
LABOR PRODUCTIVITY
LABOR REGULATIONS
LAYOFF
LICENSE
LICENSES
LICENSING
MANUFACTURING
MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIES
MANUFACTURING INDUSTRY
MARKET SHARE
MARKET STRUCTURE
MATERIAL
MISSING VALUES
MULTIPLIERS
OIL PRICES
OPEN ACCESS
POLITICAL ECONOMY
PRODUCTION FUNCTION
PRODUCTIVITY
PRODUCTIVITY GROWTH
PRODUCTIVITY INCREASES
REGISTRY
REMITTANCES
RESULT
RESULTS
RETURN
SCIENCE FOUNDATION
SEARCH
SERIAL NUMBER
SERIAL NUMBERS
SERVICE PROVIDERS
TARIFF BARRIERS
TELECOMMUNICATIONS
TIME PERIOD
TOTAL FACTOR PRODUCTIVITY
TOTAL OUTPUT
TOTAL REVENUE
TRADE LIBERALIZATION
TRADE POLICY
TRADE REFORMS
TRADE REGIME
TURNOVER
USES
WEB
WHOLESALE PRICE INDICES
YIELDS
spellingShingle ACCOUNTING
AVERAGE PRODUCTIVITY
BALANCE OF PAYMENTS
BALANCE OF PAYMENTS CRISIS
BARRIERS TO COMPETITION
BASE YEAR
BOOK VALUE
BUSINESS PARTNERS
CHECKS
COLLECTION PROCESS
COMMERCE
CONDITIONS
CONSUMERS
CREDITORS
CUSTOMS
DEFLATORS
DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS
DEVELOPMENT POLICY
DUMMY VARIABLE
DUMMY VARIABLES
ECONOMIC ANALYSIS
ECONOMIC PERFORMANCE
EMPLOYMENT
EQUIPMENT
EXCHANGE RATE
EXPORTERS
EXPORTS
FISCAL DEFICIT
FIXED CAPITAL
FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT
FOREIGN INVESTMENT
FOREIGN MARKETS
FOREIGN TRADE
FREE TRADE
GLOBAL ECONOMY
HARMONIZATION
IMPERFECT COMPETITION
IMPUTATION
INCREASING RETURNS
INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION
INDUSTRIAL DISPUTES
INDUSTRIAL POLICIES
INDUSTRIAL STATISTICS
INDUSTRY PRODUCTIVITY
INFORMATION SYSTEM
INNOVATION
INPUT DATA
INTERNATIONAL BANK
INTERNATIONAL ECONOMICS
INTERNATIONAL TRADE
INTERPOLATION
INVENTORY
LABOR DEMAND
LABOR FORCE
LABOR PRODUCTIVITY
LABOR REGULATIONS
LAYOFF
LICENSE
LICENSES
LICENSING
MANUFACTURING
MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIES
MANUFACTURING INDUSTRY
MARKET SHARE
MARKET STRUCTURE
MATERIAL
MISSING VALUES
MULTIPLIERS
OIL PRICES
OPEN ACCESS
POLITICAL ECONOMY
PRODUCTION FUNCTION
PRODUCTIVITY
PRODUCTIVITY GROWTH
PRODUCTIVITY INCREASES
REGISTRY
REMITTANCES
RESULT
RESULTS
RETURN
SCIENCE FOUNDATION
SEARCH
SERIAL NUMBER
SERIAL NUMBERS
SERVICE PROVIDERS
TARIFF BARRIERS
TELECOMMUNICATIONS
TIME PERIOD
TOTAL FACTOR PRODUCTIVITY
TOTAL OUTPUT
TOTAL REVENUE
TRADE LIBERALIZATION
TRADE POLICY
TRADE REFORMS
TRADE REGIME
TURNOVER
USES
WEB
WHOLESALE PRICE INDICES
YIELDS
Harrison, Ann E.
Martin, Leslie A.
Nataraj, Shanthi
Learning versus Stealing How Important are Market-Share : Reallocations to India’s Productivity Growth?
geographic_facet South Asia
South Asia
South Asia
Asia
India
relation Policy Research working paper ; no. WPS 5761
description Recent trade theory emphasizes the role of market-share reallocations across firms ("stealing") in driving productivity growth, while the older literature focused on average productivity improvements ("learning"). The authors use comprehensive, firm-level data from India's organized manufacturing sector to show that market-share reallocations did play an important role in aggregate productivity gains immediately following the start of India's trade reforms in 1991. However, aggregate productivity gains during the overall period from 1985 to 2004 were driven largely by improvements in average productivity, which can be attributed to India's trade liberalization and FDI reforms.
format Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper
author Harrison, Ann E.
Martin, Leslie A.
Nataraj, Shanthi
author_facet Harrison, Ann E.
Martin, Leslie A.
Nataraj, Shanthi
author_sort Harrison, Ann E.
title Learning versus Stealing How Important are Market-Share : Reallocations to India’s Productivity Growth?
title_short Learning versus Stealing How Important are Market-Share : Reallocations to India’s Productivity Growth?
title_full Learning versus Stealing How Important are Market-Share : Reallocations to India’s Productivity Growth?
title_fullStr Learning versus Stealing How Important are Market-Share : Reallocations to India’s Productivity Growth?
title_full_unstemmed Learning versus Stealing How Important are Market-Share : Reallocations to India’s Productivity Growth?
title_sort learning versus stealing how important are market-share : reallocations to india’s productivity growth?
publishDate 2012
url http://www-wds.worldbank.org/external/default/main?menuPK=64187510&pagePK=64193027&piPK=64187937&theSitePK=523679&menuPK=64187510&searchMenuPK=64187283&siteName=WDS&entityID=000158349_20110816113526
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