effects of increased import competition are reinforced for foreign owned firms. In contrast, in Bulgaria and Romania …

welfare in a monopolistic competition model with heterogeneous firms and free entry. While centralised bargaining induces … can be overturned when firms face international low-wage competition. …

The Slovenian transition represents a slow but steady liberalization of constraints on competition. Using a unique … as surviving firms, prove to be the major source of TFP gains. Market competition from new entrants, foreign-owned firms …, and international trade also raise firm efficiency in the industry. Results strongly confirm that market competition …

We evaluate the impact of international competition on firm-level perfor- mance in Belgium. In the manufacturing sector … we consider both the impact of global competition through measures of import penetration and the impact of within … competition through a firm's proximity to the border. In both instances, we consider the impact on a variety of performance …

comparison with the United States. It has been argued that lack of product market competition and poor corporate governance are … product market competition experience higher rates of productivity growth. We also find weak evidence for the notion that in …