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 …

This study contributes to the rapidly growing literature on women in tourism. It focuses on a group of 13 Caribbean …

Western Europe, the relationship tends to turn from positive to negative at relatively high levels of tourism. The … instrumental variable analysis suggests that incoming tourism has a positive causal effect on attitudes towards immigration in both … Western and Eastern Europe. Overall, our study reveals an overlooked dimension of the tourism-migration nexus and highlights …

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 …

Gary Becker's theory of discrimination argues that increasing competition will reduce discrimination in the labor … increase in foreign competition due to unilateral trade liberalization disproportionately drove discriminating plants out of …

The UK is 'locked down' because of coronavirus (COVID-19). No clear exit strategy currently exists. This paper suggests …

Coronavirus has credited the State of California for taking early action to prevent a statewide COVID-19 outbreak, no study has … examined the impact of California's SIPO. Using daily state-level coronavirus data and a synthetic control research design, we …