competitive pressure. In contrast to earlier work that analyzes the effect of ownership on firm perfirmance, the estimation method … opening to trade has a disciplining effect on firms?market power. We find that increased import penetration is associated with …

and the establishment of competition policy, may be important. In addition, our results give support to the idea that … opening to trade has a disciplining effect on firms’ market power. We find that increased import penetration is associated …

. This paper examines the effects of competition and ownership on the efficiency of the newly privatized enterprises, using a … representative sample of enterprises and controlling for possible selection biases. Competition has quantitatively large effects …, perfectly competitive firms having nearly double the efficiency of monopolies. Enterprises with residual state ownership appear …

Concerns about market power and competition in the agri-food sector are widespread, with commentators regularly … than farm-level production. Nevertheless, while competition problems were found in some instances, the current evidence …

competitive pressure and ownership changes in three emerging economies, Bulgaria Poland and Romania. Our main findings can be … associated with higher firm performance in Poland irrespective of the ownership structure of firms. Furthermore the positive … effects of increased import competition are reinforced for foreign owned firms. In contrast, in Bulgaria and Romania …

competitive pressure and ownership changes in three emerging economies, Bulgaria Poland and Romania. Our main findings can be … associated with higher firm performance in Poland irrespective of the ownership structure of firms. Furthermore the positive … effects of increased import competition are reinforced for foreign owned firms. In contrast, in Bulgaria and Romania …

This paper examines the importance of competition in the growth and development of firms. We make use of the large …-scale natural experiment of the shift from an economic system without competition to a market economy to shed light on the factors … transition countries, we find evidence of the importance of a minimum of rivalry in both innovation and growth: the presence of …

firm ownership type have no direct impact on firm efficiency. However, increased market competition related to rising … firm efficiency changed in response to changing competitive pressures associated with the transition to market. Results … market share of private firms, new market entrants, foreign-owned firms, and international trade raise TFP across all firms …