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来源类型 | Discussion paper |
规范类型 | 论文 |
来源ID | DP15219 |
DP15219 Informational Barriers to Market Access: Experimental Evidence from Liberian Firms | |
Jonas Hjort; Vinayak Iyer; Golvine de Rochambeau | |
发表日期 | 2020-08-28 |
出版年 | 2020 |
语种 | 英语 |
摘要 | Evidence suggests that firms in poor countries stagnate because they cannot access growth-conducive markets. We hypothesize that overlooked heterogeneity in marketing ability distorts market access. To investigate, we gave a random subset of Liberian firms vouchers for a week-long program that teaches how to sell to corporations, governments, and other large buyers. Firms that participate win about three times as many contracts, but only firms with access to the Internet benefit. We use a simple model and variation in online and offline demand to show evidence that this is because ICT dampens traditional information frictions, but not marketing barriers. |
主题 | Development Economics |
URL | https://cepr.org/publications/dp15219 |
来源智库 | Centre for Economic Policy Research (United Kingdom) |
资源类型 | 智库出版物 |
条目标识符 | http://119.78.100.153/handle/2XGU8XDN/544193 |
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714 | Jonas Hjort,Vinayak Iyer,Golvine de Rochambeau. DP15219 Informational Barriers to Market Access: Experimental Evidence from Liberian Firms. 2020. |
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