The Slovenian transition represents a slow but steady liberalization of constraints on competition. Using a unique … as surviving firms, prove to be the major source of TFP gains. Market competition from new entrants, foreign-owned firms …, and international trade also raise firm efficiency in the industry. Results strongly confirm that market competition …

a survey of 297 new small enterprises in Romania containing detailed information from the startup date through 2001. We …

productivity for the entire surviving population of initially state-owned industrial corporations in Romania. The data permit us to …

but offsetting in Hungary and Romania, and from small effects of all types in Russia and Ukraine. The positive employment …

estimates a gravity model to establish whether the implementation of more stringent regulations in Romania has indeed affected … its competitiveness and decreased exports towards its European trading partners. Our findings do not provide empirical …

globalization through the impact of increased competition and foreign direct investment on domestic firms' efforts to raise their … into account firm heterogeneity. We find support for the prediction that competition has a negative effect on innovation … are important channels for domestic firm innovation. We do not find support for the inverted U effect of competition on …