entry and exit of firms affect performance and labor productivity. … formal may also have important effects on GDP growth. This chapter presents some stylized facts about firms' entry and exit … and business environment in Tunisia. Data used to analyze patterns of entry and exit in Tunisian manufacturing industries …

. The bounds are estimated as stochastic frontiers, where observable industry characteristics, export intensity and entry …

. We model the decision of adoption, learning entry and exit of firms. These decisions depend on the interaction of … the effect of competitive policy reform and public policy action necessary to enhance adoption and average productivity …

of innovations introduced by entrepreneurs. Using internationally comparable data on European countries, entry and exit …

We study the exit of hospitals from the market for inpatient services. More generous hospital reimbursement … significantly reduces the probability of exit throughout the 1990s. Conditional on reimbursement levels, hospital efficiency was not … more likely to exit. Throughout the period, high-tech services increased the probability of survival, and for …

The article examines a differentiated-products duopoly model where the firms make entry decisions to two markets and … then choose prices. The effects of product differentiation and entry costs are analyzed in two games: with and without … price discrimination between the markets. Allowing price discrimination encourages more entry and tends to reduce prices and …

This paper applied the Malmquist Productivity Index in order to estimate total factor productivity growth and its … reforms on the productivity growth of paper and paper products industry was negative. It was evident in the study that the … factor for productivity change in Indian paper and paper products industry. Among similar trends were observed at the sub …

. However, low labour productivity is one of the serious problems related to this sector. It is argued that technological …