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Profitability and Price Flexibility in Manufacturing for a Developing Country

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Kaluwa, Benson M
Reid, Gavin C

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This paper reports on an econometric structure-performance model for a mixed-market developing economy, the East African state of Malawi. A simultaneous equation model, which was cross-sectionally heteroskedastic and time-wise autoregressive, was estimated by instrumental variables using published and some new unpublished data. A binary probit model was estimated using new primary source data. Scarce factors like working capital and imported raw materials were found to be significant determinants of price-cost margins. Further, for the firms in the survey, upward price flexibility was found to be significantly influenced by reported input scarcities. Copyright 1991 by Blackwell Publishing Ltd.

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Volume (Year): 39 (1991)
Issue (Month): 6 (December)
Pages: 689-700
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  1. Cihan Yalcin, 2000. "Price-Cost Margins and Trade Liberalization in Turkish Manufacturing Industry : A Panel Data Analysis," Discussion Papers 0001, Research and Monetary Policy Department, Central Bank of the Republic of Turkey. [Downloadable!]
  2. Homi Katrak, 1996. "Trade policies, enterprise characteristics and technological effort in developing countries," Journal of International Development, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., vol. 8(1), pages 39-51.
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