of competition and profitability. The model is extended to assess the impact of imports on competition using import … between firm behavior and competition is estimated with price cost margin (price minus marginal costs over price) as indicator … penetration ratio as proxy for trade policy. The paper focuses on the following questions: did the removal of import restriction …

The paper studies the impact of trade liberalization on competition and productivity. Competition is the main channel … through which trade liberalization affects economic performance. Competition fosters innovation and technology adoption which …

Competition policy is integral to the process of liberalization of international trade regime and deregulation in …-competitive effects of trade liberalization. These include the presence of non-tradable, absence of effective competition due to the … coordination between firms and allows them to exercise market power. This prevents effective competition from taking place in the …

increased competition and exit of inefficient firms and reallocation of market shares in favor of more efficient firms. In this …

rate as trade proxy, the paper assumes that in the face of increasing competition, an import-substituting firm may decide … wage premium. A firm responds to import competition by shifting to the manufacture of products with lower value added and …

of competition and profitability. The model is extended to assess the impact of imports on competition using import … between firm behavior and competition is estimated with price cost margin (price minus marginal costs over price) as indicator … penetration ratio as proxy for trade policy. The paper focuses on the following questions: did the removal of import restriction …

Survey on Import/Export and Customs Clearance. The questionnaire for government officials gathered information on aspects of …