duplication of research. An increase in the intensity of competition among firms leads to an increase in the variety of developed …

market economies. The primary focus of the study is on competition and market structure, finance and the structure of lending … interpretation of the evidence on competition is that there is an initial move by firms into niches to exploit local market power …

competition among firms leads to an increase in the variety of developed projects and a decrease in the amount of duplication of …

industry productivity. For this purpose we develop a reciprocal dumping model of international trade with heterogeneous firms … expected industry productivity. The central results of the paper regarding firm and industry level R&D spending differ …

industry productivity and social welfare. For this purpose we develop a reciprocal dumping model of international trade with … heterogeneous firms and endogenous R&D. We identify two effects of trade liberalization on productivity: a direct effect through … low (high) trade costs; (ii) increases expected industry productivity; and (iii) raises expected social welfare if trade …

pressure in a way that selects efficient entrepreneurs from inefficient ones, which stimulates productivity …

being tied to low-productivity industries. Weak competition reduces the pressure on firms to adopt new technology or … liberalization policy, competition and productivity growth remained weak not only due to the presence of structural and behavioral … competition arising from trade reforms lead to increases in innovation? This paper attempts to examine the link between trade …

productivity growth. …

number of national firm level studies on the innovation-productivity link have been conducted using new internationally …, innovation output and productivity, we find to a very large extent a common cross-country story for knowledge intensive …