Replication data for: Predation, Protection, and Productivity: A Firm-Level Perspective
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Project Citation:
Besley, Timothy, and Mueller, Hannes. Replication data for: Predation, Protection, and Productivity: A Firm-Level Perspective. Nashville, TN: American Economic Association [publisher], 2018. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2019-10-12. https://doi.org/10.3886/E114137V1
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Summary:
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This paper studies the consequences of predation when firms deploy guard labor as a means of protecting themselves. We build a simple model and combine it with data for 144 countries from the World Bank enterprise surveys, which ask about firm-level experiences with predation and spending on protection. We use the model to estimate the output loss caused by the misallocation of labor across firms and from production to protection. The loss due to protection effort is substantial and patterns of state protection at the micro level can have a profound impact on aggregate output losses. Various extensions are discussed.
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D22 Firm Behavior: Empirical Analysis
D24 Production; Cost; Capital; Capital, Total Factor, and Multifactor Productivity; Capacity
J24 Human Capital; Skills; Occupational Choice; Labor Productivity
K40 Legal Procedure, the Legal System, and Illegal Behavior: General
L84 Personal, Professional, and Business Services
O17 Formal and Informal Sectors; Shadow Economy; Institutional Arrangements
D22 Firm Behavior: Empirical Analysis
D24 Production; Cost; Capital; Capital, Total Factor, and Multifactor Productivity; Capacity
J24 Human Capital; Skills; Occupational Choice; Labor Productivity
K40 Legal Procedure, the Legal System, and Illegal Behavior: General
L84 Personal, Professional, and Business Services
O17 Formal and Informal Sectors; Shadow Economy; Institutional Arrangements
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