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This paper studies industrial concentration in Indian manufacturing sectors over the period 1970 to 1999. Given that … shaped by government policy. Deregulation after 1985 allowed greater scope for competitive processes, so that concentration … whole, concentration levels were indeed more significantly related to industry characteristics after deregulation. However …
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This paper investigates the effect of domestic market size on innovation activities across different durable good industries in the Chinese manufacturing sector. We address the endogeneity of market size by an IV strategy, based on a measure of potential market size, which is driven only by...
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We examine turbulence over the product life cycle using the lowest possible level of industry aggregation, allowing for the use of panel data to study the evolution of single product markets. We find that replacement of exiting firms by subsequent entry plays a primary role in generating...
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study the interrelation between technological change, economic growth, market concentration and inequality. This theoretical … concentration, inequality and productivity. Among others, the model can reproduce the industry life-cycle, a Kuznets curve, a … concentration centered around advances in basic research …
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, and reallocation determine both market concentration and economic growth. On net, brand reallocation improves efficiency … in the quantified model, even as it increases concentration by over 30%; blocking brand reallocation would reduce welfare … by 2%. A tax on brand reallocation alleviates pricing distortions from concentration but nevertheless reduces efficiency …
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-2011. Using firm-level historical data, we document a novel fact: firm concentration rose substantially during the growth miracle … period. To understand whether rising concentration contributed positively or negatively to South Korean real income, we build … consequences of changing firm concentration: productivity, distortions, selection into exporting, scale economies, and …
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It is now stylized that, while the impact of ownership on firm productivity is unclear, product market competition can be expected to have a positive impact on productivity, thereby making entry (or contestability of markets) desirable. Traditional research in the context of entry has explored...
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It is now stylized that, while the impact of ownership on firm productivity is unclear, product market competition can be expected to have a positive impact on productivity, thereby making entry (or contestability of markets) desirable. Traditional research in the context of entry has explored...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003310958
We use establishment-level data from Indian manufacturing to describe the distribution of firm size in terms of employment, and discuss implications for public policy. A unique feature of our analysis is the use of nationally representative establishment-level data from both the registered...
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