The formation of new firms is an important determinant of economic development and the industrial organization … literature highlights agglomeration as one of the main factors affecting the formation and scale of operations of new firms. This … firms that choose to locate in a specific region within a specific industry) and urbanization (the benefits accruing to …

We develop an endogenous growth model which is focussed on entrepreneurial skills and their impact on growth and … growth and convergence of an economy towards the world technology frontier …

consumers, and what the growth potential of these goods is. While, all else equal, the North tends to lose more (or gain less …

In the presence of increasing specialization of workers it becomes more and more difficult for firms to find the most …

Feenstra and Ma (2008) develop a monopolistic competition model where firms choose their optimal product scope by … firms always have a higher market share, there is no monotonic relationship between firms? productivity level and their … choices of product scope. In the model having a higher market share means that firms are hurt more by the “cannibalization …

This paper investigates the determinants of intra-firm trade of multinational firms located in France, using data on …

yields testable hypotheses on: the determinants of lobbying incentives; the number of lobbying firms in an industry; and the … impact on industry lobbying by the size distribution of firms, contribution limits on firms, world price changes, and the …