The paper estimates the lower bound for market concentration taking as reference the framework advanced by Sutton (1991 … concentration lower bound towards zero in exogenous sunk cost industries in line with previous empirical evidence for developed …

This paper aims to analyze the degree of concentration of loans allocated to agricultural and livestock activities in …

concentration indexes for 4-digit manufacturing sectors. We find both significant markups and significant concentration across most … sectors. We compare computed markups and concentration with early estimates in South Africa and with other international … benchmark countries. We then examine the market structure based on the concentration, firms' size, and entry and exit dynamics …

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 …