Reforms, Entry and Productivity: Some Evidence from the Indian Manufacturing Sector

Sumon Bhaumik, Shubhashis Gangopadhyay () and Shagun Krishnan ()
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Shubhashis Gangopadhyay: India Development Foundation
Shagun Krishnan: India Development Foundation

No 2086, IZA Discussion Papers from Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)

Abstract: It is now stylized that, while the impact of ownership on firm productivity is unclear, product market competition can be expected to have a positive impact on productivity, thereby making entry (or contestability of markets) desirable. Traditional research in the context of entry has explored the strategic reactions of incumbent firms when threatened by the possibility of entry. However, following De Soto (1989), there has been increasing emphasis on regulatory and institutional factors governing entry rates, especially in the context of developing countries. Using 3-digit industry level data from India, for the 1984-97 period, we examine the phenomenon of entry in the Indian context. Our empirical results suggest that during the 1980s industry level factors largely explained variations in entry rates, but that, following the economic federalism brought about by the post-1991 reforms, variations entry rates during the 1990s were explained largely by state level institutional and legacy factors. We also find evidence to suggest that, in India, entry rates were positively associated with growth in total factor productivity.

Keywords: institutions; reforms; entry; regulations; India; productivity (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: L11 L52 L64 L67 O14 O17 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 47 pages
Date: 2006-04
New Economics Papers: this item is included in nep-com, nep-cse, nep-cwa, nep-dev, nep-eff and nep-ent
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Published - published as 'Reforms and Entry: Some Evidence from the Indian Manufacturing Sector' in: Review of Development Economics, 2009, 13 (4), 658-672

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