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100			_aPatibandla, Murali
245			_aMarket reforms and industrial productivity
260			_c2002
300			_ap.59-64
362			_a5 Jan
520			_aThis paper brings out the factors that determine micro level firm level productivity in the context of a developing economy that had undertaken policy reforms towards a freer market. It econometrically tests a few hypotheses on the basis of firm level panel data for a set of Indian industries. One of the strong results of the paper is that firm level outward orientation of exports and imports contributes significantly and positively to firm level productivity. This finding supports one of the propositions of the new growth theory that developing economies benefit significantly from free trade with developed economies through free flow of new ideas and technologies and externalities. - Reproduced.
650			_aIndustrial productivity
700			_aPhani, B.V.
773			_aEconomic and Political Weekly
909			_a51451
999			_c51451 _d51451