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This study evaluates the role market competition plays in determining inflation based on sector-level data from OECD … countries. In theory, trade openness can affect inflation through changes in market competitiveness and productivity … of market competition. This study shows that inflation decreases with greater market competitiveness even after …
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penetration, we find that potential positive spillovers are dominated by negative competition effects. This, however, masks the …
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competition also the influence of spillovers on R&D-cooperation increases. However, competition seems to induce firms to search … spillover effects may even hinder firms from cooperating in R&D when there is intensive competition on the research stage. …
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The paper studies the impact of trade liberalization on competition and productivity. Competition is the main channel … through which trade liberalization affects economic performance. Competition fosters innovation and technology adoption which …
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product market competition experience higher rates of productivity growth. We also find weak evidence for the notion that in …Productivity growth has been slow in many continental European countries over the last few decades, especially in … comparison with the United States. It has been argued that lack of product market competition and poor corporate governance are …
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for firms in financial distress. Regarding market discipline, productivity grows faster when competition on product … governance and market discipline on productivity growth. We find that firms under concentrated ownership tend to show … significantly higher productivity growth. Financial pressure from creditors influences productivity growth positively, particularly …
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shows that weak competition is one of the fundamental factors that explain limited growth, productivity, and employment in …This paper reviews the current empirical literature on competition and market structure of Philippine industries. It …, while necessary, are not sufficient to foster effective competition. The success of these reforms depends on the creation of …
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-statistics suggest that banks in Kuwait, Saudi Arabia and the UAE operate under perfect competition; banks in Bahrain and Qatar operate … under conditions of monopolistic competition; and we are unable to reject monopolistic competition for the banking market in …
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This paper surveys the recent literature devoted to the analysis of the interactions between the adoption of voluntary or negotiated agreements as a tool of environmental policy and market structure. The goal of this survey is twofold. On the one hand, we would like to identify the market...
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duplication of research. An increase in the intensity of competition among firms leads to an increase in the variety of developed …
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