This paper proves three theorems on growth and competition in a standard increasing variety endogenous growth model and … draws conclusions for second-best competition policies. First, no growth may be better than some growth, since modest … other. As for competition policy, this implies that growth-enhancing policies maybe misguided and that quick deregulation as …

of convergence of transition countries with developed market economies. The study focuses on competition and market …

This article compares the development of labour productivity in the Swedish and the Finnish business sectors and the … productivity level has been converging towards the Swedish level, but that there is still a significant difference. This trend has … coincided with the growing importance of the ICT sector, especially since the mid 1990s. Due to higher productivity and …

This paper reviews recent studies on the links between competition, innovation and productivity growth in the long run …. From a long-run perspective, one can see that gains from competition-enhancing regulatory reform are likely to exceed … taking a dynamic perspective on competition and efficiency, one can also understand better the new modes of competition …

This paper provides some stylised facts about differences in labour productivity and total factor productivity (TFP) in … Estonian firms and about the role of selected determinants of productivity differences. Enterprise level panel data of the … whole population of Estonian firms from years 1995-2002 is used. It appears that the variation of productivity indicators in …

looking at the production side of the economy attempts to provide another argument in favor of competition as a productivity … testing of the competition effect on the individual firms' productivity. The project strives to test the relationship between …Belief that competition is beneficial in general and for productive efficiency in particular is likely to root in …

growth suggests Balassa-Samuelson factors at play. However, after 1990, the tradable-nontradable labor productivity gap, the …

We investigate theoretically and empirically the competitive effects of increased trade on prices, productivity and … productivity. In response to an increase in openness, markups show a steep short run decline, which partly reverses later, while … productivity rises in a manner that increases over time. Our estimates suggest that EU manufacturing prices fell by 2 …

Zeitraum 1995 bis 1999 empirisch der Einfluss der Marktstruktur auf die allgemeine Innovationsaktivität sowie speziell jene im …