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Does Market Structure Matter? New Evidence from Russia

Brown, Annette; Brown, J David - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1998

In this paper we re-examine empirically the Structure-Conduct-Performance relationship between concentration and profitability using new data on Russia that allow us to overcome the endogeneity problem of market structure and expand on the traditional analysis in several ways. The analysis...

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Privatization, Competition and Reform Strategies: Theory and Evidence from Russian Enterprise Panel Data

Brown, J David; Earle, John S - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2001

substitutability of market competition and private ownership in increasing firm efficiency. We analyse a simple Cournot model that … competition, and thus that competition only among state-owned enterprises may be ineffectual in stimulating them to increase …

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Competition Enhancing Policies and Infrastructure: Evidence from Russia

Brown, J David; Earle, John S - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2001

government regulation may reduce transaction costs, intensifying the competition associated with a given market structure, and we …

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Foreign Currency Borrowing by Small Firms

Brown, Martin; Ongena, Steven; Yesin, Pinar - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2009

We examine the firm- and country-level determinants of the currency denomination of small business loans. We first model the choice of loan currency in a framework which features a trade-off between lower cost of debt and the risk of firm-level distress costs, and also incorporates the impact of...

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Openness and Industrial Response in a Wal-Mart World: A Case Study of Mexican Soaps, Detergents and Surfactant Producers

Javorcik, Beata; Keller, Wolfgang; Tybout, James R - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2006

This paper uses a case study approach to explore the effects of NAFTA and GATT membership on innovation and trade in the Mexican soaps, detergents and surfactants (SDS) industry. Several basic findings emerge. First, the most fundamental effect of NAFTA and the GATT on the SDS industry was to...

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Conditions of Competition and Multilateral Surveillance

Djankov, Simeon; Hoekman, Bernard - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1998

WTO members are starting to consider whether and how to develop multilateral disciplines on competition policies. These … competition existing on member country markets. We argue in this paper that collection of simple measures of industrial structure … and import penetration would be useful in characterizing the 'conditions of competition' that prevail in an economy …

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From Learning to Partnership. Multinational R&D Cooperation in Developing Countries

Barba Navaretti, Giorgio; Carraro, Carlo - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1997

This paper is a first attempt to analyse the determinants of inter-firm R&D agreements between advanced and developing countries, i.e. between firms with asymmetric endowments of knowledge. It shows that international dispersion of R&D activity by multinationals also concerns developing...

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Venture Capital Contracts and Market Structure

Inderst, Roman; Mueller, Holger M - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2002

We examine the relation between optimal venture capital contracts and the supply and demand for venture capital. Both the composition and type of financial claims held by the venture capitalist and entrepreneur depend on the market structure. Moreover, different market structures involve...

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Adjustment and Performance of the Textile and Clothing Industry in the Czech Republic, Poland and Portugal

Benacek, Vladimir; Caban, Wieslaw; Corado, Cristina - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1995

difficulties. Former state-owned enterprises are reorienting sales to Western markets under the pressure of competition from a new …

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The Role of Advertising in Commercial Banking

Örs, Evren - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2006

advertising is an important aspect of bank competition. …

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