Productivity (TFP) than incumbents. Increased competition from new entrants leads incumbents to reduce the price of union …Using panel data for nearly all service providers in a single industry sector, we examine productivity responses to … changes in competition in the United States. The sector offers workplace employee representation through trade union branches …

Although market concentration is one of the main impediments to productivity growth globally, data constraints have … the effects of local industry concentration on productivity. The main results show that a decline by 10 points in the … factor productivity of revenue. Local industry concentration also has heterogeneous effects on productivity across industries …

competition. The model predicts that in the short run the least efficient firms in the industry become inactive, surviving firms … face a fall in output, mark-ups and profits, and the average productivity of survivors increases. These pro … confirmed in an empirical study of the German clothing industry. -- International trade ; firm heterogeneity ; productivity …

to higher school productivity. We discuss the evidence in this area, concluding that the impact of competition has proven … to be more mixed and modest than expected. We suggest that this in fact should not be surprising, since economic theory … market design might be necessary to ensure that competition enhances educational performance. -- education ; markets …

men without the element of direct competition, which allows for the identification of psychological effects of competition …

Competition in the labor market theoretically leads to higher wages, yet empirical evidence to substantiate it …, particularly in developing countries, has been sparse. Our study delves into the impact of increased competition in the labor …-owned enterprises gained the most from this upswing in competition, primarily due to restructuring. Furthermore, we demonstrate that …