Unreliable firms: Evidence from Rwanda

• 成果类型: Article
• 署名作者: Gandhi, Vishan; Tan, Brandon Joel
• 署名单位: Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT); Harvard University
• 刊物名称: JOURNAL OF DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS
• ISSN/ISSBN: 0304-3878
• DOI: 10.1016/j.jdeveco.2025.103611
• 发表日期: 2026
• 关键词: trade; Firms and development; Technological choice

摘要

This paper measures reliability-whether firms execute transactions on-schedule-for the universe of Rwandan formal firms using transaction timing data and describes the characteristics of reliable firms. Reliable firms have larger interfirm sales, export more, supply exporters and multinationals, and transact with other reliable firms. Reliable firms are less sensitive to supply chain disruptions. Supplying an MNC increases seller reliability even when servicing non-MNC buyers.