01720cas a2200253 a 4500 AALejournalIMF018608 230101c9999 xx r poo 0 0eng d 5.00 USD 9781484363973 1018-5941 BD-DhAAL BD-DhAAL Gurara, Daniel. Losing to Blackouts : Evidence from Firm Level Data / Daniel Gurara, Dawit Tessema. Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2018. 1 online resource (45 pages) IMF Working Papers <strong>Off-Campus Access:</strong> No User ID or Password Required <strong>On-Campus Access:</strong> No User ID or Password Required Electronic access restricted to authorized BRAC University faculty, staff and students Many developing economies are often hit by electricity crises either because of supply constraints or lacking in broader energy market reforms. This study uses manufacturing firm census data from Ethiopia to identify productivity losses attributable to power disruptions. Our estimates show that these disruptions, on average, result in productivity losses of about 4-10 percent. We found nonlinear productivity losses at different quantiles along the productivity distribution. Firms at higher quantiles faced higher losses compared to firms around the median. We observed patterns of systematic shutdowns as firms attempt to minimize losses. Mode of access: Internet Tessema, Dawit. IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 2018/159 Full text available on IMF http://elibrary.imf.org/view/journals/001/2018/159/001.2018.issue-159-en.xml IMF e-Library