Effects of Improving Infrastructure Quality on Business Costs : Evidence from Firm-Level Data in Eastern Europe and Central Asia
Public infrastructure is one of the important determinants of economic growth. Not only access to but also quality of infrastructure affects firm productivity as well as people's livelihood. Frequent interruptions of the infrastructure-service supply impose extra backup costs on enterprises, hi...
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okr-10986-58652021-04-23T14:02:23Z Effects of Improving Infrastructure Quality on Business Costs : Evidence from Firm-Level Data in Eastern Europe and Central Asia Iimi, Atsushi National Government Expenditures and Related Policies: Infrastructures Other Public Investment and Capital Stock H540 Firm Performance: Size, Diversification, and Scope L250 Industrialization Manufacturing and Service Industries Choice of Technology O140 Socialist Systems and Transitional Economies: Factor and Product Markets Industry Studies Population P230 Public infrastructure is one of the important determinants of economic growth. Not only access to but also quality of infrastructure affects firm productivity as well as people's livelihood. Frequent interruptions of the infrastructure-service supply impose extra backup costs on enterprises, hinder their timely business activities, and result in large losses of sales opportunities. This paper focuses on the impacts of improving the quality of public utilities (electricity, water supply, and telecommunications), using firm-level data from 26 transition economies in Eastern Europe and Central Asia. The results suggest that firm costs would significantly increase when electricity outages occur frequently and the outage duration becomes longer. Similarly, when more time is required to restore suspended water supply, firms' competitiveness would be weakened. Not surprisingly, the impacts tend to vary depending on industry. The construction, manufacturing, and hotel and restaurant sectors are found particularly vulnerable. 2012-03-30T07:34:55Z 2012-03-30T07:34:55Z 2011 Journal Article Developing Economies 00121533 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/5865 EN http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/igo World Bank Journal Article Europe and Central Asia |
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National Government Expenditures and Related Policies: Infrastructures Other Public Investment and Capital Stock H540 Firm Performance: Size, Diversification, and Scope L250 Industrialization Manufacturing and Service Industries Choice of Technology O140 Socialist Systems and Transitional Economies: Factor and Product Markets Industry Studies Population P230 |
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National Government Expenditures and Related Policies: Infrastructures Other Public Investment and Capital Stock H540 Firm Performance: Size, Diversification, and Scope L250 Industrialization Manufacturing and Service Industries Choice of Technology O140 Socialist Systems and Transitional Economies: Factor and Product Markets Industry Studies Population P230 Iimi, Atsushi Effects of Improving Infrastructure Quality on Business Costs : Evidence from Firm-Level Data in Eastern Europe and Central Asia |
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Public infrastructure is one of the important determinants of economic growth. Not only access to but also quality of infrastructure affects firm productivity as well as people's livelihood. Frequent interruptions of the infrastructure-service supply impose extra backup costs on enterprises, hinder their timely business activities, and result in large losses of sales opportunities. This paper focuses on the impacts of improving the quality of public utilities (electricity, water supply, and telecommunications), using firm-level data from 26 transition economies in Eastern Europe and Central Asia. The results suggest that firm costs would significantly increase when electricity outages occur frequently and the outage duration becomes longer. Similarly, when more time is required to restore suspended water supply, firms' competitiveness would be weakened. Not surprisingly, the impacts tend to vary depending on industry. The construction, manufacturing, and hotel and restaurant sectors are found particularly vulnerable. |
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Iimi, Atsushi |
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Iimi, Atsushi |
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Iimi, Atsushi |
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Effects of Improving Infrastructure Quality on Business Costs : Evidence from Firm-Level Data in Eastern Europe and Central Asia |
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Effects of Improving Infrastructure Quality on Business Costs : Evidence from Firm-Level Data in Eastern Europe and Central Asia |
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Effects of Improving Infrastructure Quality on Business Costs : Evidence from Firm-Level Data in Eastern Europe and Central Asia |
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Effects of Improving Infrastructure Quality on Business Costs : Evidence from Firm-Level Data in Eastern Europe and Central Asia |
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Effects of Improving Infrastructure Quality on Business Costs : Evidence from Firm-Level Data in Eastern Europe and Central Asia |
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effects of improving infrastructure quality on business costs : evidence from firm-level data in eastern europe and central asia |
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