role of an active market for corporate control and of competition in banking integration. European listed banks … profitability appears to converge to a common level. There is weak evidence that competition eliminates high profits for these banks …

Using a general-equilibrium simulation model featuring nominal rigidities and monopolistic competition in product and … labor markets, this paper estimates the macroeconomic benefits and international spillovers of an increase in competition …, greater competition produces large effects on macroeconomic performance, as measured by standard indicators. In particular, we …

, and poor, capital-scarce and low productivity countries. We address two main issues: the efficiency of tax competition and … efficiency of tax competition. We also demonstrate how capital mobility within the union strengthens the competition over …

Can patent protection and product market competition complement each other in enhancing incentives to innovate? In this … product market competition interact with the strength of patent rights. We provide empirical evidence of innovation responding … with step-by-step innovation models predicting that product market competition enhances innovation and, more importantly …

We present the first causal evidence on the persistent impact of enduring competition on prosociality. Inspired by the … competition period. 4-year follow-up data indicate that the effect persists and generalizes, suggesting a change in traits and not …

Using German establishment data, this paper examines the relationship between product market competition and the extent … of employer provided training. We demonstrate that high product market competition is associated with increased training … except when the competition is so severe as to threaten liquidation to a firm. We take this as evidence of an inverted U …