We estimate the effects of R&D on firms' credit ratings and on financial distress. The main purpose is the comparison …

We analyze the impact of privatization on multifactor productivity (MFP) using long panel data for nearly the universe …

effects of increased import competition are reinforced for foreign owned firms. In contrast, in Bulgaria and Romania … market structures is associated with higher total factor productivity. However, these effects depend on the ownership …

competition arising from trade reforms lead to increases in innovation? This paper attempts to examine the link between trade … Licandro (2009, 2010) as guide, a two-stage approach is tested where trade and innovation are linked via competition. A … liberalization has significant positive impact on innovation through competition.Given the crucial role of competition in the …

report consists of international comparisons. The main comparison countries are the so-called old EU countries (EU15) of … the international comparisons, the price formation of the food chain, degree of concentration, competition, and the …, competition works in Finland just as well in agriculture, the foodstuffs industry and the wholesale and retail trade as it does in …

The Slovenian transition represents a slow but steady liberalization of constraints on competition. Using a unique … of atypically rapid growth of total factor productivity (TFP) relative to levels in OECD countries, and that the rise in … as surviving firms, prove to be the major source of TFP gains. Market competition from new entrants, foreign-owned firms …

factor productivity in a large sample of Italian firms. By splitting the full sample on the basis of the ex-ante likelihood … shocks, provided they affect all firms randomly. Both market power and total factor productivity are estimated by applying …" firms a positive transitory shock to productivity growth rates is observed immediately after the announcement of the reform …