Gaia Narciso

Services Inputs and Firm Productivity in Sub-Saharan Africa: Evidence from Firm-Level Data (2008)

Arnold, Jens Matthias, Mattoo, Aaditya, Narciso, Gaia

This paper investigates the relationship between the productivity of African manufacturing firms and their access to services inputs. We use data from the World Bank Enterprise Survey for over 1,000...

Services inputs and firm productivity in Sub-Saharan Africa : evidence from firm-level data

Arnold, Jens Matthias, Mattoo, Aaditya, Narciso, Gaia

The authors investigate the relationship between the productivity of African manufacturing firms and their access to services inputs. They use data from the World Bank Enterprise Survey for over...

Differentiated products and evasion of import tariffs

Javorcik, Beata S., Narciso, Gaia

Emerging literature has demonstrated some unique characteristics of trade in differentiated products. This paper contributes to the literature by postulating that differentiated products may be...

Differentiated Products and Evasion of Import Tariffs

Javorcik, Beata Smarzynska, Narciso, Gaia

An emerging literature has demonstrated some unique characteristics of trade in differentiated products. This paper contributes to the literature by postulating that differentiated products may be...

Differentiated products and evasion of import tariffs

Javorcik, Beata S., Narciso, Gaia

An emerging literature has demonstrated some unique characteristics of trade in differentiated products. This paper contributes to the literature by postulating that differentiated products may be...

Services Inputs and Firm Productivity in Sub-Saharan Africa: Evidence from Firm-Level Data

Jens Matthias Arnold, Aaditya Mattoo, Gaia Narciso

This paper investigates the relationship between the productivity of African manufacturing firms and their access to services inputs. We use data from the World Bank Enterprise Survey for over 1,000...

The Role of Technology, Investment and Ownership Structure in the Productivity Performance of the Manufacturing Sector in Vietnam

Carol Newman, Gaia Narciso, Finn Tarp

This paper explores the productivity performance of the manufacturing sector in Vietnam between 2001 and 2007. Total Factor Productivity indices are computed using an index number approach and the...