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Workplace:Institutionen för Nationalekonomi med Statistik (Department of Economics and Statistics), Handelshögskolan (School of Business, Economics and Law), Göteborgs Universitet (University of Gothenburg), (more information at EDIRC)

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Working Papers

2019

  1. The Effects of Storage Technology and Training on Post-Harvest Losses: Evidence from Small-Scale Farms in Tanzania
    EfD Discussion Paper, Environment for Development, University of Gothenburg Downloads

2018

  1. Heterogeneous Effects of Property Rights on Housing Investment in Urban Peru
    Working Papers, Peruvian Economic Association Downloads View citations (2)
  2. Linked in by foreign direct investment: The role of firm-level relationships in knowledge transfers in Africa and Asia
    WIDER Working Paper Series, World Institute for Development Economic Research (UNU-WIDER) Downloads

2017

  1. Social Insurance Reform and Labor Market Outcomes in Sub-Saharan Africa: Evidence from Ethiopia
    IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) Downloads View citations (1)

2016

  1. Adoption with Social Learning and Network Externalities
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc Downloads View citations (5)

2015

  1. The cost of road infrastructure in low and middle income countries
    Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank Downloads View citations (11)
    See also Journal Article The Cost of Road Infrastructure in Low- and Middle-Income Countries, The World Bank Economic Review, World Bank (2016) Downloads View citations (17) (2016)

2013

  1. Network proximity and business practices in African Manufacturing
    Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank Downloads View citations (3)
    Also in CSAE Working Paper Series, Centre for the Study of African Economies, University of Oxford (2011) Downloads View citations (1)

    See also Journal Article Network Proximity and Business Practices in African Manufacturing, The World Bank Economic Review, World Bank (2014) Downloads View citations (8) (2014)
  2. Road Infrastructure and Enterprise Dynamics in Ethiopia
    Working Papers, Department of Economics, College of William and Mary Downloads View citations (14)
    See also Journal Article Road Infrastructure and Enterprise Dynamics in Ethiopia, Journal of Development Studies, Taylor & Francis Journals (2015) Downloads View citations (22) (2015)
  3. System GMM estimation of panel data models with time varying slope coefficients
    Working Papers in Economics, University of Gothenburg, Department of Economics Downloads View citations (1)

2012

  1. Enterprise Agglomeration, Output Prices, and Physical Productivity: Firm-Level Evidence from Ethiopia
    WIDER Working Paper Series, World Institute for Development Economic Research (UNU-WIDER) Downloads View citations (12)
  2. Heterogeneous returns to education in the labor market
    Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank Downloads View citations (8)
  3. Is Small Beautiful? Small Enterprise, Aid and Employment in Africa
    WIDER Working Paper Series, World Institute for Development Economic Research (UNU-WIDER) Downloads View citations (3)
    See also Journal Article Is Small Beautiful? Small Enterprise, Aid and Employment in Africa, African Development Review, African Development Bank (2015) Downloads View citations (46) (2015)
  4. Multi-product firms, product mix changes and upgrading: Evidence from China's state-owned forest areas
    Working Papers in Economics, University of Gothenburg, Department of Economics Downloads View citations (5)
    See also Journal Article Multi-product firms, product mix changes and upgrading: Evidence from China's state-owned forest areas, China Economic Review, Elsevier (2012) Downloads View citations (4) (2012)

2010

  1. Conditional Investment-Cash Flow Sensitivities and Financing Constraints
    Working Papers in Economics, University of Gothenburg, Department of Economics Downloads View citations (1)
    See also Journal Article CONDITIONAL INVESTMENT–CASH FLOW SENSITIVITIES AND FINANCING CONSTRAINTS, Journal of the European Economic Association, European Economic Association (2013) Downloads View citations (17) (2013)
  2. Household-Level Consumption in Urban Ethiopia: The Impact of Food Price Inflation and Idiosyncratic Shocks
    CSAE Working Paper Series, Centre for the Study of African Economies, University of Oxford Downloads View citations (3)
  3. Pursuing the Wrong Options? Adjustment Costs and the Relationship between Uncertainty and Capital Accumulation
    Working Papers in Economics, University of Gothenburg, Department of Economics Downloads
    See also Journal Article Pursuing the wrong options? Adjustment costs and the relationship between uncertainty and capital accumulation, Economics Letters, Elsevier (2011) Downloads View citations (4) (2011)

2009

  1. Gradual Trade Liberalization and Firm Performance in Ethiopia
    CSAE Working Paper Series, Centre for the Study of African Economies, University of Oxford Downloads View citations (12)
  2. Market integration and structural transformation in a poor rural economy
    Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank Downloads View citations (2)
  3. Mind the gap ? a rural-urban comparison of manufacturing firms
    Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank Downloads

2008

  1. Nonfarm microenterprise performance and the investment climate: evidence from rural Ethiopia
    Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank Downloads View citations (11)

2006

  1. Job Sorting in African Labor Markets
    CSAE Working Paper Series, Centre for the Study of African Economies, University of Oxford Downloads View citations (7)
  2. Post-conflict risks
    CSAE Working Paper Series, Centre for the Study of African Economies, University of Oxford Downloads View citations (7)
  3. Wage Gaps and Job Sorting in African Manufacturing
    CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers Downloads View citations (3)
    See also Journal Article Wage Gaps and Job Sorting in African Manufacturing, Journal of African Economies, Centre for the Study of African Economies (2009) Downloads View citations (29) (2009)

2005

  1. Adjustment Costs and the Identification of Cobb Douglas Production Functions
    Economics Papers, Economics Group, Nuffield College, University of Oxford Downloads View citations (99)
    Also in IFS Working Papers, Institute for Fiscal Studies (2005) Downloads View citations (118)
  2. What have we learned from a decade of manufacturing enterprise surveys in Africa ?
    Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank Downloads View citations (19)
    See also Journal Article What Have We Learned from a Decade of Manufacturing Enterprise Surveys in Africa?, The World Bank Research Observer, World Bank (2006) View citations (100) (2006)

2004

  1. Do African manufacturing firms learn from exporting?
    Development and Comp Systems, University Library of Munich, Germany Downloads View citations (131)
    Also in CSAE Working Paper Series, Centre for the Study of African Economies, University of Oxford (2002) Downloads View citations (26)

    See also Journal Article Do African Manufacturing Firms Learn from Exporting?, Journal of Development Studies, Taylor & Francis Journals (2004) Downloads View citations (149) (2004)
  2. Does firm size really affect earnings?
    Development and Comp Systems, University Library of Munich, Germany Downloads View citations (3)
    Also in CSAE Working Paper Series, Centre for the Study of African Economies, University of Oxford (2002) Downloads View citations (4)
  3. Openness and Human Capital as Sources of Productivity Growth: An Empirical Investigation
    Development and Comp Systems, University Library of Munich, Germany Downloads View citations (6)
    Also in CSAE Working Paper Series, Centre for the Study of African Economies, University of Oxford (2003) Downloads View citations (9)
  4. Size and Efficiency in African Manufacturing Firms:Evidence from Firm-Level Panel Data
    Development and Comp Systems, University Library of Munich, Germany Downloads View citations (111)
    Also in CSAE Working Paper Series, Centre for the Study of African Economies, University of Oxford (2002) Downloads View citations (3)

    See also Journal Article Size and efficiency in African manufacturing firms: evidence from firm-level panel data, Journal of Development Economics, Elsevier (2004) Downloads View citations (122) (2004)
  5. Survival and Success among African Manufacturing Firms
    CSAE Working Paper Series, Centre for the Study of African Economies, University of Oxford Downloads View citations (12)
    Also in Development and Comp Systems, University Library of Munich, Germany (2004) Downloads View citations (11)
  6. The Dynamics of Returns to Education in Kenyan and Tanzanian Manufacturing
    Development and Comp Systems, University Library of Munich, Germany Downloads View citations (14)
    Also in CSAE Working Paper Series, Centre for the Study of African Economies, University of Oxford (2003) Downloads View citations (6)

    See also Journal Article The Dynamics of Returns to Education in Kenyan and Tanzanian Manufacturing*, Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics, Department of Economics, University of Oxford (2006) Downloads View citations (40) (2006)
  7. Wages and Labor Management in African Manufacturing
    Development and Comp Systems, University Library of Munich, Germany Downloads View citations (9)
    See also Journal Article Wages and Labor Management in African Manufacturing, Journal of Human Resources, University of Wisconsin Press (2006) Downloads View citations (11) (2006)

2003

  1. Risk Sharing in Labour Markets
    Tinbergen Institute Discussion Papers, Tinbergen Institute Downloads View citations (2)

2001

  1. Are African manufacturing firms really inefficient? Evidence from firm-level panel data
    CSAE Working Paper Series, Centre for the Study of African Economies, University of Oxford Downloads View citations (2)
  2. Firm size and human capital as determinants of productivity and earnings
    CSAE Working Paper Series, Centre for the Study of African Economies, University of Oxford Downloads View citations (15)
  3. On the duration of civil war
    Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank Downloads View citations (41)
  4. Trade and human capital as determinants of growth
    CSAE Working Paper Series, Centre for the Study of African Economies, University of Oxford Downloads View citations (6)

2000

  1. Credit constraints in manufacturing enterprises in Africa
    CSAE Working Paper Series, Centre for the Study of African Economies, University of Oxford Downloads View citations (26)
  2. Exports and firm-level efficiency in African manufacturing
    CSAE Working Paper Series, Centre for the Study of African Economies, University of Oxford Downloads View citations (34)
  3. Managerial Risk Attitudes and Firm Performance in Ghanaian Manufacturing: an Empirical Analysis Based on Experimental Data
    CSAE Working Paper Series, Centre for the Study of African Economies, University of Oxford Downloads View citations (11)
  4. Skills, investment and exports from manufacturing firms in Africa
    CSAE Working Paper Series, Centre for the Study of African Economies, University of Oxford Downloads View citations (23)

1999

  1. Contract Flexibility and Dispute Resolution in African Manufacturing
    CSAE Working Paper Series, Centre for the Study of African Economies, University of Oxford Downloads View citations (16)
    See also Journal Article Contract flexibility and dispute resolution in African manufacturing, Journal of Development Studies, Taylor & Francis Journals (2000) Downloads View citations (59) (2000)

1998

  1. Contract flexibility and conflict resolution: Evidence from African manufacturing
    CSAE Working Paper Series, Centre for the Study of African Economies, University of Oxford Downloads View citations (10)
  2. Rates of return on physical and human capital in Africa's manufacturing sector
    CSAE Working Paper Series, Centre for the Study of African Economies, University of Oxford Downloads View citations (27)
    See also Journal Article Rates of Return on Physical and Human Capital in Africa's Manufacturing Sector, Economic Development and Cultural Change, University of Chicago Press (2000) Downloads View citations (28) (2000)

1997

  1. Investment in Africa's manufacturing sector: A four country panel data analysis
    CSAE Working Paper Series, Centre for the Study of African Economies, University of Oxford Downloads View citations (16)
    See also Journal Article Investment in Africa's Manufacturing Sector: A Four Country Panel Data Analysis, Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics, Department of Economics, University of Oxford (1999) Downloads View citations (24) (1999)

Journal Articles

2020

  1. Linked-in by FDI: The Role of Firm-Level Relationships for Knowledge Transfers in Africa and Asia
    Journal of Development Studies, 2020, 56, (3), 451-468 Downloads View citations (2)
  2. The relationship among enterprise clustering, prices, and productivity in Ethiopia’s manufacturing sector
    Review of Development Economics, 2020, 24, (3), 831-854 Downloads

2018

  1. Is R&D cash flow sensitive? Evidence from Chinese industrial firms
    China Economic Review, 2018, 47, (C), 77-95 Downloads View citations (7)

2017

  1. GMM estimation of panel data models with time-varying slope coefficients
    Applied Economics Letters, 2017, 24, (21), 1511-1518 Downloads View citations (2)

2016

  1. Tariffs and Firm Performance in Ethiopia
    Journal of Development Studies, 2016, 52, (7), 986-1001 Downloads View citations (17)
  2. The Cost of Road Infrastructure in Low- and Middle-Income Countries
    The World Bank Economic Review, 2016, 30, (3), 522-548 Downloads View citations (17)
    See also Working Paper The cost of road infrastructure in low and middle income countries, Policy Research Working Paper Series (2015) Downloads View citations (11) (2015)

2015

  1. Is Small Beautiful? Small Enterprise, Aid and Employment in Africa
    African Development Review, 2015, 27, (S1), 44-55 Downloads View citations (46)
    See also Working Paper Is Small Beautiful? Small Enterprise, Aid and Employment in Africa, WIDER Working Paper Series (2012) Downloads View citations (3) (2012)
  2. Road Infrastructure and Enterprise Dynamics in Ethiopia
    Journal of Development Studies, 2015, 51, (11), 1541-1558 Downloads View citations (22)
    See also Working Paper Road Infrastructure and Enterprise Dynamics in Ethiopia, Working Papers (2013) Downloads View citations (14) (2013)

2014

  1. Network Proximity and Business Practices in African Manufacturing
    The World Bank Economic Review, 2014, 28, (1), 99-129 Downloads View citations (8)
    See also Working Paper Network proximity and business practices in African Manufacturing, Policy Research Working Paper Series (2013) Downloads View citations (3) (2013)

2013

  1. CONDITIONAL INVESTMENT–CASH FLOW SENSITIVITIES AND FINANCING CONSTRAINTS
    Journal of the European Economic Association, 2013, 11, (1), 112-136 Downloads View citations (17)
    See also Working Paper Conditional Investment-Cash Flow Sensitivities and Financing Constraints, Working Papers in Economics (2010) Downloads View citations (1) (2010)
  2. The Effects of Risk and Shocks on Non-Farm Enterprise Development in Rural Ethiopia
    World Development, 2013, 45, (C), 119-136 Downloads View citations (25)

2012

  1. Firm Size and Structural Change: A Case Study of Ethiopia-super- †
    Journal of African Economies, 2012, 21, (suppl_2), -ii151 Downloads View citations (8)
  2. Household-Level Consumption in Urban Ethiopia: The Effects of a Large Food Price Shock
    World Development, 2012, 40, (1), 146-162 Downloads View citations (75)
  3. Multi-product firms, product mix changes and upgrading: Evidence from China's state-owned forest areas
    China Economic Review, 2012, 23, (4), 801-818 Downloads View citations (4)
    See also Working Paper Multi-product firms, product mix changes and upgrading: Evidence from China's state-owned forest areas, Working Papers in Economics (2012) Downloads View citations (5) (2012)

2011

  1. Industrial Strategies for Economic Recovery and Long-term Growth in Africa
    African Development Review, 2011, 23, (2), 161-171 View citations (7)
  2. Pursuing the wrong options? Adjustment costs and the relationship between uncertainty and capital accumulation
    Economics Letters, 2011, 111, (3), 249-251 Downloads View citations (4)
    See also Working Paper Pursuing the Wrong Options? Adjustment Costs and the Relationship between Uncertainty and Capital Accumulation, Working Papers in Economics (2010) Downloads (2010)

2010

  1. A Rural-Urban Comparison of Manufacturing Enterprise Performance in Ethiopia
    World Development, 2010, 38, (9), 1278-1296 Downloads View citations (21)

2009

  1. Wage Gaps and Job Sorting in African Manufacturing
    Journal of African Economies, 2009, 18, (5), 824-868 Downloads View citations (29)
    See also Working Paper Wage Gaps and Job Sorting in African Manufacturing, CEPR Discussion Papers (2006) Downloads View citations (3) (2006)

2006

  1. Exporting from Manufacturing Firms in Sub-Saharan Africa
    Journal of African Economies, 2006, 15, (4), 671-687 View citations (40)
  2. The Determinants of Survival among African Manufacturing Firms
    Economic Development and Cultural Change, 2006, 54, (3), 533-55 Downloads View citations (30)
  3. The Dynamics of Returns to Education in Kenyan and Tanzanian Manufacturing*
    Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics, 2006, 68, (3), 261-288 Downloads View citations (40)
    See also Working Paper The Dynamics of Returns to Education in Kenyan and Tanzanian Manufacturing, Development and Comp Systems (2004) Downloads View citations (14) (2004)
  4. Wages and Labor Management in African Manufacturing
    Journal of Human Resources, 2006, 41, (2) Downloads View citations (11)
    See also Working Paper Wages and Labor Management in African Manufacturing, Development and Comp Systems (2004) Downloads View citations (9) (2004)
  5. What Have We Learned from a Decade of Manufacturing Enterprise Surveys in Africa?
    The World Bank Research Observer, 2006, 21, (2), 241-265 View citations (100)
    See also Working Paper What have we learned from a decade of manufacturing enterprise surveys in Africa ?, Policy Research Working Paper Series (2005) Downloads View citations (19) (2005)

2005

  1. Adjustment Costs and Irreversibility as Determinants of Investment: Evidence from African Manufacturing
    The B.E. Journal of Economic Analysis & Policy, 2005, 4, (1), 1-27 Downloads View citations (21)
  2. Unobserved heterogeneity and the relation between earnings and firm size: evidence from two developing countries
    Economics Letters, 2005, 87, (2), 153-159 Downloads View citations (52)

2004

  1. Do African Manufacturing Firms Learn from Exporting?
    Journal of Development Studies, 2004, 40, (3), 115-141 Downloads View citations (149)
    See also Working Paper Do African manufacturing firms learn from exporting?, Development and Comp Systems (2004) Downloads View citations (131) (2004)
  2. Size and efficiency in African manufacturing firms: evidence from firm-level panel data
    Journal of Development Economics, 2004, 73, (1), 369-394 Downloads View citations (122)
    See also Working Paper Size and Efficiency in African Manufacturing Firms:Evidence from Firm-Level Panel Data, Development and Comp Systems (2004) Downloads View citations (111) (2004)

2000

  1. Contract flexibility and dispute resolution in African manufacturing
    Journal of Development Studies, 2000, 36, (4), 1-37 Downloads View citations (59)
    See also Working Paper Contract Flexibility and Dispute Resolution in African Manufacturing, CSAE Working Paper Series (1999) Downloads View citations (16) (1999)
  2. Rates of Return on Physical and Human Capital in Africa's Manufacturing Sector
    Economic Development and Cultural Change, 2000, 48, (4), 801-27 Downloads View citations (28)
    See also Working Paper Rates of return on physical and human capital in Africa's manufacturing sector, CSAE Working Paper Series (1998) Downloads View citations (27) (1998)

1999

  1. Investment in Africa's Manufacturing Sector: A Four Country Panel Data Analysis
    Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics, 1999, 61, (4), 489-512 Downloads View citations (24)
    See also Working Paper Investment in Africa's manufacturing sector: A four country panel data analysis, CSAE Working Paper Series (1997) Downloads View citations (16) (1997)

Edited books

2016

  1. Manufacturing Transformation: Comparative Studies of Industrial Development in Africa and Emerging Asia
    OUP Catalogue, Oxford University Press Downloads View citations (15)

Chapters

2018

  1. Teff consumption in urban Ethiopia
    Chapter 14 in The economics of teff: Exploring Ethiopia’s biggest cash crop, 2018, pp 363-369 Downloads View citations (1)

Editor

  1. Working Papers in Economics
    University of Gothenburg, Department of Economics
 
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