Fernandes, Ana Margarida2012-06-182012-06-182006-08https://hdl.handle.net/10986/8363The author studies the determinants of total factor productivity (TFP) for manufacturing firms in Bangladesh using data from a recent survey. She obtains TFP measures by making use of firm-specific deflators for output and inputs. Controlling for industry, location, and year fixed effects, she finds that: (1) firm size and TFP are negatively correlated; (2) firm age and TFP exhibit an inverse-U shaped relationship; (3) TFP improves with the quality of the firm's human capital; (4) global integration improves TFP; (5) firms with research and development activities and quality certifications have higher TFP, while more advanced technologies improve TFP only in the presence of significant absorptive capacity; (6) power supply problems cost firms heavily in terms of TFP losses; and (7) the presence of crime dampens TFP.CC BY 3.0 IGOAVERAGE PRODUCTIVITYBANKRUPTCYBUSINESS ENVIRONMENTCAPITAL STOCKCONSTRUCTIONCORPORATE MANAGEMENTDEFLATORSECONOMETRIC ANALYSISECONOMIES OF SCALEEMPLOYMENTEXPANSIONEXPORTSFIRM SIZEFIRMSFOREIGN MARKETSGOVERNMENT REGULATIONGROWTH LITERATUREGROWTH RATEGROWTH RATESHIGH LEVELSHUMAN CAPITALINEFFICIENCYINTERNATIONAL MARKETSINVENTORYLEASINGLICENSINGPERFECT COMPETITIONPRODUCT MARKETSPRODUCTION FUNCTIONPRODUCTION FUNCTIONSPRODUCTIVITY GROWTHREGULATORY POLICYRETURNS TO SCALESHARE OF OUTPUTSMALL FIRMSTECHNOLOGICAL PROGRESSTFPTOTAL CAPITAL STOCKTOTAL FACTOR PRODUCTIVITYWAGESWEALTHWorld Bank10.1596/1813-9450-3988