Market Dynamics and Productivity in Developing Countries Economic Re
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Market Dynamics and Productivity in Developing Countries Economic Reforms in the Middle East and North Africa
Market Dynamics and Productivity in Developing Countries
Khalid Sekkat Editor
Market Dynamics and Productivity in Developing Countries Economic Reforms in the Middle East and North Africa
International Development Research Centre Ottawa Cairo Dakar Montevideo Nairobi New Delhi Singapore ●
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Editor Khalid Sekkat University of Brussels 1050 Brussels Belgium [email protected]
A copublication with the International Development Research Centre PO Box 8500 Ottawa, ON, Canada K1G 3H9 [email protected] / www.idrc.ca e-ISBN (IDRC e-book) 978-1-55250-459-8
ISBN 978-1-4419-1036-3 e-ISBN 978-1-4419-1037-0 DOI 10.1007/978-1-4419-1037-0 Springer New York Dordrecht Heidelberg London Library of Congress Control Number: 2009939074 © Springer Science+Business Media, LLC 2010 All rights reserved. This work may not be translated or copied in whole or in part without the written permission of the publisher (Springer Science+Business Media, LLC, 233 Spring Street, New York, NY 10013, USA), except for brief excerpts in connection with reviews or scholarly analysis. Use in connection with any form of information storage and retrieval, electronic adaptation, computer software, or by similar or dissimilar methodology now known or hereafter developed is forbidden. The use in this publication of trade names, trademarks, service marks, and similar terms, even if they are not identified as such, is not to be taken as an expression of opinion as to whether or not they are subject to proprietary rights. Printed on acid-free paper Springer is part of Springer Science+Business Media (www.springer.com)
Contents
1 Reforms, Market Dynamics and Productivity in Developing Countries............................................................................ Khalid Sekkat
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2 Exit–Entry Dynamics: Case of the Manufacturing Sector in Jordan......................................................................................... Nesreen Barakat and Ibrahim Saif
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3 Industrial Dynamics and Productivity in Morocco: A Quantitative Assessment........................................................................ Lahcen Achy and Khalid Sekkat
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4 Entry, Exit, and Productivity in Tunisian Manufacturing Industries.................................................................................................... Riadh Ben Jelili and Mohamed Goaied
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5 Entry, Exit and Productivity in Turkish Manufacturing Industries.................................................................................................... 109 Teoman Pamukçu, Khalid Sekkat, and Erol Taymaz 6 Economic Policies, Firms’ Entry and Exit and Economic Performance: A Cross Country Analysis................................................. 145 Khalid Sekkat Index.................................................................................................................. 167
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About the Editor and Contributors
Editor Khalid Sekkat holds a Ph.D. in Econo
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