establishment productivity and markups. The elimination of local barriers that were inconsistent with national legislation was the …. The paper finds that the elimination of subnational barriers to entry boosted the (revenue) productivity of establishments … raise the establishments' markups, which, if anything, declined, suggesting that physical productivity improved. The paper …

This study analyses empirically the effects of import competition on firm productivity (TFPQ) using administrative firm … positive incentives for firms to invest in productivity improvement, whereas import competition from middle- and low …. Costly investment in productivity appears feasible reaction to such type of competition and we find no evidence for …

This study analyzes empirically the effects of import competition on firm productivity (TFPQ) using administrative firm … positive incentives for firms to invest in productivity improvement, whereas import competition from middle- and low …. Costly investment in productivity appears feasible reaction to such type of competition and we find no evidence for …