The Impact of Electricity Shortages on Firm Productivity : Evidence from Pakistan / Corbett A Grainger
Mitwirkende(r): Resource type: Ressourcentyp: Buch (Online)Buch (Online)Sprache: Englisch Reihen: World Bank E-Library ArchiveVerlag: Washington, D.C : The World Bank, 2017Beschreibung: 1 Online-Ressource (26 p)Andere physische Formen: Erscheint auch als: The Impact of Electricity Shortages on Firm Productivity: Evidence from Pakistan. Druck-Ausgabe Washington, D.C : The World Bank, 2017DOI: DOI: 10.1596/1813-9450-8130Online-Ressourcen: Zusammenfassung: Power shortages present a significant challenge to manufacturers, who rely on power as a key input to production. In Pakistan, power shortages are commonplace, but empirical evidence on the impact of shortages is still lacking. Using a survey of 4,500 manufacturing firms for the year 2010-11, this paper estimates the impact of electricity shortages on firm productivity in Pakistan. The analysis finds that a 10 percent increase in the duration of outages on average leads to a 0.14 percent decrease in a firm's total revenue and a 0.36 percent decrease in the value added, all else being equal. There is heterogeneity in the impacts of shortages across sectors: the industries that are most energy-intensive, such as manufacturers of metal, wood, and paper, are affected the most severely by shortagesPPN: PPN: 172486551XPackage identifier: Produktsigel: ZDB-1-WBADieser Titel hat keine Exemplare