How Should Business Training be Priced? A Demand Experiment in Jamaica

Maffioli, Alessandro; McKenzie, David; Ubfal, Diego

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How Should Business Training be Priced? A Demand Experiment in Jamaica

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2020-09-28

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Maffioli, Alessandro

McKenzie, David

Ubfal, Diego

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This note examines how sensitive the demand for business training is to price, and whether charging a higher price causes firm owners to exert more effort in training.

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“Maffioli, Alessandro; McKenzie, David; Ubfal, Diego. 2020. How Should Business Training be Priced? A Demand Experiment in Jamaica. Finance and PSD Impact;No. 57. World Bank, Washington, DC. © World Bank. https://openknowledge.worldbank.org/handle/10986/34548 License: CC BY 3.0 IGO.”

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