This paper analyses plant entry, total factor productivity growth, average productivity level differentials and … plant cohorts as well as across sub-markets within petrochemicals. Entry flows were steady increasing within plastics … that entrants adopted competitive post-entry strategies. Total factor productivity growth decomposition shows that the …

industry structrure (product life cycle) and changes in size and age distribution of firms over time. We explain why entry may … firms indifferent between alternative entry and exit decisions. Their investment levels after entry reflects their length of …

models into a unique one that point identifies the parameters of interest. We allow for a more flexible model of entry …. We might observe the wide dispersion because demand for airline travel is non-linear; because entry costs depend on the … network airlines strategically accommodate the entry of smaller carriers. We use our new econometric method to investigate the …