expectations of future profits which, in turn, depend on the nature of competition within the market. In this paper we estimate a … by potential entrants, fixed costs faced by incumbent producers, and the toughness of short-run price competition are all …

This paper tests how competition in local U.S. banking markets affects the market structure of non-financial sectors …. Theory offers competing hypotheses about how competition ought to influence firm entry and access to bank credit by mature …

firms by estimating the effect of the pre-deregulation level of" leverage on the survival of trucking firms after the Carter … deregulation. Highly leveraged" carriers are less likely to survive the deregulation shock, even after controlling for various … charge after deregulation. " …

This paper examines the impact of the deregulation of compulsory industrial licensing in India on firm-size dynamics … and the reallocation of resources within industries over time. Following deregulation, we find that the extent of resource … regressions reveal that the distributional effects of deregulation on firm size are significantly non-linear. The size …

We estimate the effects of hospital competition on the level of and the variation in quality of care and hospital … expenditures for elderly Medicare beneficiaries with heart attack. We compare competition's effects on more-severely ill patients … than in more-competitive markets, and have significantly worse health outcomes. Since this competition-induced increase in …

Credit scoring was introduced in India in 2007. We study the pace of its adoption by new private banks (NPBs) and state …

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 …