The emergence of competition is a defining aspect of human nature and characterizes many important social environments …

Hundreds of millions of microenterprises in emerging economies face increased competition from the entry and expansion …, neighborhood shops, confront competition from convenience chains (e.g., 7- Eleven) in Mexico. To address the endogeneity in time …

This study empirically investigates if competition’s impact on firm performance depends on the ownership structure. Our … results show that an increase in import competition has a positive effect on firms with concentrated ownership and a negative … effect on firms with dispersed ownership, regardless of the level of domestic competition. Given that the optimal level of …

This paper studies how competition and vertical structure jointly determine generating capacities, retail prices, and … before they buy electricity in the wholesale market, we show that welfare is highest if competition in generation and …