The Effects of Pollution and Business Environment on Firm Productivity in Africa

• Tác giả: Maria E Soppelsa
• Ngôn ngữ: eng
• Ký hiệu phân loại: 276 Christianity in Africa Christian church in Africa
• Thông tin xuất bản: Sage Publications, 2020
• Bộ sưu tập: Tài liệu truy cập mở
• ID: 245259
• Chủ đề: 1. AGGLOMERATION ECONOMIES; 2. AIR POLLUTION; 3. BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT; 4. CITY COMPETITIVENESS; 5. FIRM PRODUCTIVITY

Tóm tắt

In this paper, we explore the links between city competitiveness and air pollution and business environment. Because competitive cities not only attract more productive firms but also facilitate their business, we choose to look at firm performance as a proxy for city competitiveness. We particularly focus on African firms because this region is developing fast, experiencing increasing pollution levels and the effects of agglomeration economies. We find two interesting results. First, the negative association between air pollution and firm performance can be seen at lower than expected levels of pollution. Second, the effects of capacity agglomeration on labor productivity growth are stronger compared to other regions. These findings suggest that cities in this region should address pollution issues soon, as they continue to grow fast and pollution levels becoming an increasing concern.