patterns of firm entry, exit, survival and employment growth are described and analysed across countries, sectors, and over … entry and exit rates are fairly similar across countries, while post entry performance differ markedly between Europe and … the US, a potential indication of the importance of barriers to firm growth as opposed to barriers to entry. Further, the …

This paper examines problems of entry, exit and competition in Ukrainian product markets. It finds that Ukraine still … has too little of all three, and that exit mechanisms, in particular, function poorly. Since impediments to entry and exit …

incumbents; iii) only in a few cases new entrant airlines play a significant role; iv) in a large number of airports, a single …

productivity. Both privatisation and entry liberalisation are estimated to have a positive impact on productivity. In manufacturing …

restrictions on foreign ownership than almost any other OECD country, notably in airlines, telecommunications and broadcasting, and …

experience with deregulation created pressures for liberalisation in network industries, where the United States has rather been …

macroeconomic convergence for entry into the European Monetary Union. The paper suggests that the shift towards more market …