host-country research and development effort in response to foreign competition, is one of three examining the impact of …

This paper investigates the relationship between product market competition (PMC) and innovation. A growth model is … competition (PMC) and innovation is an inverted U-shape. Second, the equilibrium degree of technological neck-and-neckness' among … developed in which competition may increase the incremental profit from innovating; on the other hand, competition may also …

The competitive shock to the U.S. manufacturing sector spurred by rising China import competition could either catalyze … or stifle innovation. Using three distinct sources of variation to identify rising trade exposure, we provide a causal … analysis of the effect of surging import competition on U.S. innovative activities. Applying a novel internet-based matching …

Although policymakers often discuss tradeoffs between bank competition and stability, past research provides differing … theoretical perspectives and empirical results on the impact of competition on risk. In this paper, we employ a new approach for … competition materially boosts bank risk. With respect to the mechanisms, we find that competition reduces bank profits, charter …

their general online attention patterns. This conclusion has important implications for competition and welfare in other …

of market structure on quality of health care. The paper then moves on to consider competition in health insurance …

The effect of competition on the quality of health care remains a contested issue. Most empirical estimates rely on … the impact of competition on hospital outcomes. The English government introduced a policy in 2006 to promote competition … competition on not only clinical outcomes but also productivity and expenditure. Our data set is large, containing information on …