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The Impact of Uncertainty and Sunk Costs on Firm Survival and Industry Dynamics
Ghosal, Vivek - 2002
industries and (iv) marginally increases industry output concentration. Addressing the recent literature, we also control for …
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Markups and concentration in South African manufacturing sectors : an analysis with administrative data
Fedderke, Johannes W.; Obikili, Nonso; Viegi, Nicola - 2016
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 …
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Entry regulations, welfare and determinants of market structure
Maican, Florín G.; Orth, Matilda - 2015
We use a dynamic oligopoly model of entry and exit with store-type differentiation to evaluate how entry regulations affect profitability, market structure and welfare. Based on unique data for all retail food stores in Sweden, we estimate demand, recover variable profits, and estimate entry...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011412927
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Entry regulations, product differentiation and determinants of market structure
Maican, Florín G.; Orth, Matilda - 2013
We use a dynamic oligopoly model of entry and exit to evaluate how entry regulations affect profitability and market structure in retail. The model incorporates demand and store-level heterogeneity. Based on unique data for all retail food stores in Sweden, we find that the average entry costs...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010206790
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Firm and establishment volatility : the role of sunk costs, profit uncertainty and technological change
Ghosal, Vivek - 2003
The degree of endemic volatility in the number of firms and establishments varies considerably across industries. Examining the within-industry range of variation (max.-min.) of the number of firms over our sample period, the low and high values across U.S. manufacturing industries are 4 and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011508062
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Firm and Establishment Volatility : The Role of Sunk Costs, Profit Uncertainty and Technological Change
Ghosal, Vivek - 2021
The degree of endemic volatility in the number of firms and establishments varies considerably across industries. Examining the within-industry range of variation (max.-min.) of the number of firms over our sample period, the low and high values across U.S. manufacturing industries are 4 and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013319863
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Entry into New Pharmaceutical Submarkets : The Role of Submarket Concentration
Amisano, Gianni - 2014
correlated with the level of submarket concentration. There is scant evidence of entry persistence into new submarkets, as …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012708979
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Brand reallocation and market concentration
Pearce, Jeremy; Wu, Liangjie - 2024
We study the interaction of customer capital and productivity through brand reallocation across firms. We develop a firm dynamics model with brands as transferable customer capital, heterogeneous firm productivity, and variable markups. We study the matching process between transferable brand...
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Bank competition and firm growth in the enlarged European Union
Pellényi, Gábor; Borkó, Tamás - 2009
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011387176
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Firm Entry, Endogenous Markups and the Dynamics of the Labor Share
Colciago, Andrea; Rossi, Lorenza - 2012
Recent U.S. evidence suggests that the response of the labor share to a productivity shock is characterized by countercyclicality and overshooting. These findings cannot be easily reconciled with existing business cycle models. We extend the standard model of search and matching in the labor...
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