Misallocation in Firm Production: A Nonparametric Analysis Using Procurement Lotteries
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- Paul Carrillo & Dave Donaldson & Dina Pomeranz & Monica Singhal, 2023. "Misallocation in Firm Production: A Nonparametric Analysis Using Procurement Lotteries," CESifo Working Paper Series 10485, CESifo.
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JEL classification:
- D24 - Microeconomics - - Production and Organizations - - - Production; Cost; Capital; Capital, Total Factor, and Multifactor Productivity; Capacity
- D61 - Microeconomics - - Welfare Economics - - - Allocative Efficiency; Cost-Benefit Analysis
- H57 - Public Economics - - National Government Expenditures and Related Policies - - - Procurement
- L10 - Industrial Organization - - Market Structure, Firm Strategy, and Market Performance - - - General
- O40 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Growth and Aggregate Productivity - - - General
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This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-COM-2023-07-17 (Industrial Competition)
- NEP-IND-2023-07-17 (Industrial Organization)
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