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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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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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Industrial Concentration in a Liberalising Economy : A Study of Indian Manufacturing
Athreye, Suma; Kapur, Sandeep - 2005
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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014027947
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Estimating the production function for the Brazilian industrial sector : a Bayesian panel VAR approach
Lima Filho, Roberto Ivo da Rocha - In: Cogent business & management 9 (2022) 1, pp. 1-16
The scope of this paper is to estimate the production function for the Brazilian industrial sector from a longitudinal panel of the industrial sector (Annual Industrial Survey produced by the Institute of Geography and Statistics-PIA/IBGE-and the Ministry of Labour and Employment's Annual...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014420394
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Estimating the Production Function for the Brazilian Industrial Sector : A Bayesian Panel VAR Approach
Lima Filho, Roberto - 2014
The scope of this paper is to estimate the production function for the Brazilian industrial sector from a longitudinal panel of the industrial sector (Annual Industrial Survey produced by the Institute of Geography and Statistics – PIA/IBGE – and the Ministry of Labour and Employment's...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013059629
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Entry and Exit Behavior in the Absence of Sunk Costs : Evidence from a Price Comparison Site
Haynes, Michelle; Thompson, Steve R. - 2011
This paper explores entry and exit at a price comparison site (PCS) where the sunk costs of participation are effectively zero. We first use a panel of 295 products on NexTag.com to estimate an error correction model of net entry. While the results support our characterization of the PCS as a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014042092
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Demand forces of technical change: Evidence from the Chinese manufacturing industry
Beerli, Andreas; Weiss, Franziska J.; Zilibotti, Fabrizio; … - 2018
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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011969189
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Demand forces of technical change : evidence from the Chinese manufacturing industry
Beerli, Andreas; Weiss, Franziska; Zilibotti, Fabrizio; … - 2018
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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011790387
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Firm Turnover in Imperfectly Competitive Markets
Asplund, Marcus; Nocke, Volker - 2003
This paper is motivated by the empirical regularity that industries differ greatly in the level of firm turnover, and that entry and exit rates are positively correlated across industries. Our objective is to investigate the effect of sunk costs and, in particular, market size on entry and exit...
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