Taye Mengistae

World Bank

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1.

Agency Theory and Executive Compensation: The Case of Chinese State-Owned Enterprises

Number of pages: 33 Posted: 02 Jan 2003
Taye Mengistae and Lixin Colin Xu
World Bank and World Bank - Development Research Group (DECRG)
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CEO compensation, agency theory, relative performance model, SOEs, China

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The Impact of Business Environment and Economic Geography on Plant-Level Productivity: An Analysis of Indian Industry

World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 3664
Number of pages: 53 Posted: 10 Aug 2005
Somik V. Lall and Taye Mengistae
World Bank and World Bank
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Productivity, business environment, economic geography, firm location

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Investment Climate and International Integration

World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 3323
Number of pages: 35 Posted: 20 Apr 2016
David Dollar, Mary Hallward-Driemeier and Taye Mengistae
World Bank - Development Economics Group (DEC), World Bank - Research Department and World Bank
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Business Environment, Clustering, and Industry Location: Evidence from Indian Cities

World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 3675
Number of pages: 40 Posted: 19 Aug 2005
Somik V. Lall and Taye Mengistae
World Bank and World Bank
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Business environment, agglomeration & clustering, firm location, industry

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Corruption, the Business Environment, and Small Business Growth in India

World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 4338
Number of pages: 31 Posted: 20 Apr 2016
Taye Mengistae and Maddalena Honorati
World Bank and Università Bocconi - Innocenzo Gasparini Institute for Economic Research (IGIER)
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Labor Markets, Labor Policies, Economic Growth, Access to Finance, Pro-Poor Growth and Inequality

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To Formalize or Not to Formalize? Comparisons of Microenterprise Data from Southern and East Africa

Number of pages: 38 Posted: 14 Sep 2009
Alan Gelb, Taye Mengistae, Vijaya Ramachandran and Manju Kedia Shah
World Bank, World Bank, Center for Global Development and World Bank
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microenterprise, informal sector, Southern Africa, East Africa, formalization, regulations

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Indigenous Ethnicity and Entrepreneurial Success in Africa: Some Evidence from Ethiopia

World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 2534
Number of pages: 27 Posted: 20 Apr 2016
Taye Mengistae
World Bank
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Corruption, Business Environment, and Small Business Fixed Investment in India

World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 4356
Number of pages: 35 Posted: 20 Apr 2016
Taye Mengistae and Maddalena Honorati
World Bank and Università Bocconi - Innocenzo Gasparini Institute for Economic Research (IGIER)
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Access to Finance, Economic Theory & Research, Labor Policies, Emerging Markets, Labor Markets

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Microeconomic Consequences and Macroeconomic Causes of Foreign Direct Investment in Southern African Economies

World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 5416
Number of pages: 34 Posted: 20 Apr 2016
Daniel Lederman, Taye Mengistae and Lixin Colin Xu
World Bank - Latin America and Caribbean Region, World Bank and World Bank - Development Research Group (DECRG)
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Emerging Markets, Economic Theory & Research, Investment and Investment Climate, Foreign Direct Investment, Debt Markets

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Wage Rates and Job Queues: Does the Public Sector Overpay in Ethiopia?

World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 2105
Number of pages: 30 Posted: 20 Apr 2016
Taye Mengistae
World Bank
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Mobility and Earnings in Ethiopia's Urban Labor Markets, 1994-2004

World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 4168
Number of pages: 38 Posted: 20 Apr 2016
Arne Bigsten, Taye Mengistae and Abebe Shimeles
University of Gothenburg, World Bank and Göteborg University
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Labor Markets, Labor Standards, Work & Working Conditions, Markets and Market Access, Labor Management and Relations

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Export Orientation and Productivity in Sub-Saharan Africa

IMF Working Paper No. 02/89
Number of pages: 30 Posted: 31 Jan 2006
Taye Mengistae and Catherine A. Pattillo
World Bank and International Monetary Fund (IMF) - Research Division
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Exports, productivity, Africa, learning-by-exporting

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Diagnosing Development Bottlenecks: China and India

World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 5641
Number of pages: 40 Posted: 20 Apr 2016
Wei Li, Taye Mengistae and Lixin Colin Xu
affiliation not provided to SSRN, World Bank and World Bank - Development Research Group (DECRG)
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Environmental Economics & Policies, Labor Policies, Labor Markets, Banks & Banking Reform, E-Business

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Market Access, Supplier Access, and Africa's Manufactured Exports: An Analysis of the Role of Geography and Institutions

World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 3942
Number of pages: 33 Posted: 20 Apr 2016
Ibrahim Elbadawi, Taye Mengistae and Albert Zeufack
World Bank - Economic Development Institute, World Bank and World Bank
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Free Trade,,Markets and Market Access, Economic Theory & Research, Access to Markets, Foreign Direct Investment

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Structural Transformation and Productivity Growth in Africa: Uganda in the 2000s

World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 7504
Number of pages: 62 Posted: 20 Apr 2016
Sabin Ahmed, Taye Mengistae, Yutaka Yoshino and Albert Zeufack
George Washington University, World Bank, The World Bank, Africa Region and World Bank
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Economic Theory & Research, International Trade and Trade Rules, Economic Growth, Marketing, Private Sector Development Law, Consumption, Industrial Economics, Private Sector Economics, Fiscal & Monetary Policy

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Sources of Productivity Growth in Uganda: The Role of Interindustry and Intra-Industry Misallocation in the 2000s

World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 7909
Number of pages: 49 Posted: 08 Dec 2016
Allen Dennis, Taye Mengistae, Yutaka Yoshino and Albert Zeufack
World Bank - Development Research Group (DECRG), World Bank, The World Bank, Africa Region and World Bank
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Technology Industry, Economic Theory & Research, Technology Innovation, Industrial Economics, Economic Growth

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Selection, Firm Turnover, and Productivity Growth: Do Emerging Cities Speed Up the Process?

World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 8291
Number of pages: 33 Posted: 04 Jan 2018
Patricia Jones, Taye Mengistae and Albert Zeufack
University of Oxford, World Bank and World Bank
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Industrial Economics, Technology Industry, Technology Innovation, Economic Theory & Research, Economic Growth

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Diagnosing Development Bottlenecks: China and India

Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics, Vol. 73, Issue 6, pp. 722-752, 2011
Number of pages: 31 Posted: 22 Nov 2011
Wei Li, Taye Mengistae and Lixin Colin Xu
Cheung Kong Graduate School of Business, World Bank and World Bank - Development Research Group (DECRG)
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Market Size, Sunk Costs of Entry, and Transport Costs An Empirical Evaluation of the Impact of Demand-Side Factors versus Supply-Side Factors on Manufacturing Productivity

Patricia Jones Emmanuel Lartey Taye Mengistae Albert Zeufack
Number of pages: 49
Patricia Jones, Emmanuel Kwasi Koranteng Lartey, Taye Mengistae and Albert Zeufack
University of Oxford, World Bank, World Bank and World Bank
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Industry Studies-Manufacturing; Manufacturing and Service Industries; Industrialization; Microeconomic Analyses of Development