Learning Versus Stealing: How Important are Market-Share -- Reallocations to India's Productivity Growth?

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Ann E. Harrison

University of California, Berkeley; National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)

Leslie A. Martin

University of Melbourne - Department of Economics

Shanthi Nataraj

Independent

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Date Written: August 1, 2011

Abstract

Recent trade theory emphasizes the role of market-share reallocations across firms ( "stealing" ) in driving productivity growth, while the older literature focused on average productivity improvements ( "learning" ). The authors use comprehensive, firm-level data from India's organized manufacturing sector to show that market-share reallocations did play an important role in aggregate productivity gains immediately following the start of India's trade reforms in 1991. However, aggregate productivity gains during the overall period from 1985 to 2004 were driven largely by improvements in average productivity, which can be attributed to India's trade liberalization and FDI reforms.

Keywords: Economic Theory & Research, Industrial Management, E-Business, Labor Policies, Debt Markets

Suggested Citation

Harrison, Ann E. and Martin, Leslie A. and Nataraj, Shanthi, Learning Versus Stealing: How Important are Market-Share -- Reallocations to India's Productivity Growth? (August 1, 2011). World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 5761, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=1911066

Ann E. Harrison (Contact Author)

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Leslie A. Martin

University of Melbourne - Department of Economics ( email )

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Shanthi Nataraj

Independent ( email )

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