Effect of Price Deregulation of Diesel Oil on the Productivity of Listed Industrial Goods Manufacturing Firms in Nigeria

Nurudeen Suleiman Sambo; Rongrong Deng

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What kind of Russian firms get state support? The analysis of changes in priorities under crisis conditions

Voprosy Ekonomiki ◽

10.32609/0042-8736-2020-3-47-62 ◽

2020 ◽

pp. 47-62

Author(s):

Andrei A. Yakovlev ◽

Nina V. Ershova ◽

Olga M. Uvarova

Keyword(s):

Social Development ◽

Organizational Support ◽

Manufacturing Firms ◽

Business Associations ◽

State Support ◽

Support Provision ◽

Manufacturing Enterprises ◽

State Participation ◽

Crisis Conditions ◽

Different Levels

The paper analyzes the shifts in government priorities in terms of support of big and medium manufacturing enterprises amid 2008—2009 and 2014—2015 crises. Based on the data of 2009, 2014 and 2018 surveys of Russian manufacturing firms, using logit regressions we identify factors that affect the receipt of financial and organizational support at different levels of government. The analysis shows that in 2012—2013 the share of manufacturing firms that received state support shrank significantly as compared to 2007—2008; moreover, the support concentrated on enterprises that had access to lobbying resource (such as state participation in the ownership or business associations membership). In 2016—2017 the scale of state support coverage recovered. However, the support at all levels of government was provided to firms that carried out investment and provided assistance to regional or local authorities in social development of the region, while the factor of state participation in the ownership became insignificant. The paper provides possible explanation for these shifts in the criteria of state support provision in Russia.

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What Kind of Firms Has Investment Programs in the Crisis Times and What Kind of Barriers Do They Face?

Voprosy Ekonomiki ◽

10.32609/0042-8736-2009-12-100-110 ◽

2009 ◽

pp. 100-110 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

A. Yakovlev

Keyword(s):

Manufacturing Firms ◽

Point Of View ◽

Current Crisis ◽

Doing Business

The paper considers the behavior of Russian enterprises during the current crisis using the data of the latest survey of 1000 manufacturing firms. Special attention is paid to features of firms planning big investment for the next 12 months. The links between current investment plans, previous investment in 2005-2008 and other factors are shown. Finally we analyze the most important barriers for doing business from the point of view of investors.

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The Effect of Taxation and Corruption on Firm Growth: An Empirical Investigation for Vietnam

Journal of Economics and Development ◽

10.33301/2016.18.03.01 ◽

2016 ◽

pp. 5-29

Author(s):

Bich Le Thi Ngoc

Keyword(s):

International Development ◽

Firm Growth ◽

Empirical Investigation ◽

Manufacturing Firms ◽

Economic Management ◽

Tax Rate ◽

Percentage Point Increase ◽

Percentage Points ◽

Point Increase ◽

The Impact

The aim of this study is to analyze empirically the impact of taxation and corruption on the growth of manufacturing firms in Vietnam. The study employed pooled OLS estimation and then instrument variables with fixed effect for the panel data of 1377 firms in Vietnam from 2005 to 2011. These data were obtained from the survey of the Central Institute for Economic Management and the Danish International Development Agency. The results show that both taxation and corruption are negatively associated with firm growth measured by firm sales adjusted according to the GDP deflator. A one-percentage point increase in the bribery rate is linked with a reduction of 16,883 percentage points in firm revenue, over four and a half times bigger than the effect of a one-percentage point increase in the tax rate. From the findings of this research, the author recommends the Vietnam government to lessen taxation on firms and that there should be an urgent revolution in anti-corruption policies as well as bureaucratic improvement in Vietnam.

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