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 …

entry of new firms and the failure rates (exit) of existing firms. The data used in the study are counts of business … establishments currently operating by county and type of business. Backing out the entry and exit rates from the establishment count …, which may imply that stores less able to adapt to the new requirements made room for the entry of stores better able to …

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 …

charges may make the firms collude on high prices. Moreover, when allowing for entry, we show that incumbents can profitably …