competitiveness in Europe. We differ from standard TFP studies at the firm level as we simultaneously allow for inefficiency, noise … sectors from seven EU15 countries, (i) we document substantial, persistent differences in competitiveness (with Belgium and … firms, (iv) we highlight the role of post-entry growth for competitiveness. …

establish entrepreneurship, learning and fair markets as the main pillars of modern competitiveness policy. This volume paves …