: competition, business environment, learning spillovers and human capital. Collectively, these drivers account for about a third of …

We examine the impact of Chinese import competition on patenting, IT, R&D and TFP using a panel of up to half a million …-specific quotas following China’s entry into the World Trade Organization. Chinese import competition had two effects: first, it led … account for around 15% of European technology upgrading between 2000-2007. Rising Chinese import competition also led to falls …

whether greater product market competition increases decentralization. For example, tougher competition may make local manager … competitiveness of product markets, one explanation for the trend towards decentralization could be increased competition. Of course … find that competition does indeed seem to foster greater decentralization …