We develop a procedure to estimate production functions, elasticities of demand, and productivity when firms …

function, total factor productivity, price markups over marginal costs, output prices, output quantities, a demand system, and …

productivity change. The model implies that (i) the so-far untreated effect stems from firms' planned efficiency responses to the … competitive environment and that (ii) a suit-able proxy to productivity is investment interacted with a sector-level competition …-effects estimation and remedying commonly suspected biases. Whereas productivity change is measured consistently, scale economies are not …

This paper examines the interaction between productivity growth, firms’ monopolistic market power, and workers’ wage … study the correlation of the estimated parameters and markups with the firm-level productivity growth. Second, the paper …

We study how increased import competition affects the evolution of productivity in a small open economy. We use a … productivity. We find that a 1% increase in the import share leads to a 1.05% gain in productivity. This elasticity translates into …

How can a country improve the productivity growth in its business sector and reach its growth potential? Sweden during … sector. In the 1990s, Sweden implemented a reform package that ignited a successful reorganization of a business sector that … of Sweden's reforms. We also discuss how the reform experience from a developed country such as Sweden can be useful for …