be expected to have a positive impact on productivity, thereby making entry (or contestability of markets) desirable …. Traditional research in the context of entry has explored the strategic reactions of incumbent firms when threatened by the … possibility of entry. However, following De Soto (1989), there has been increasing emphasis on regulatory and institutional …

Entrepreneurs who decide to enter an industry are faced with different levels of effective entry costs in different … the government incentive to impact on entry costs, and how entry subsidies can be used strategically in open economies. We … firms where government subsidizes entry of domestic entrepreneurs. Under autarky the entry subsidy indirectly corrects for …

-country patterns quite well. -- occupational choice ; entrepreneurship ; firm size ; firm entry ; growth ; skill-biased technical …

and allocations. -- asking prices ; competing mechanism design ; auctions with entry ; competitive search …

In this paper we analyse the impact of employment protection legislation (EPL) on firms' entry and exit rates for a … lower entry and exit rates, particularly in industries characterized by higher job reallocation intensity. We also find that … both collective and individual dismissal regulations reduce firms' entry and exit rates. Interestingly, our results suggest …

-organise and reduce prices in an attempt to deter entry of new competitors. Using data for three broadly-defined network industries … industries (as well as many other industries). Evidence on the immediate effect of removing entry barriers on industry prices and …-organising and downsizing before the entry of new competitors. …