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In 1991 the United States International Trade Commission initiated an Industry and Trade Summary series of informational reports on products imported to, and exported from, the United States. As part of this series, analysts from the Office of Industries published a summary of the state of the...
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Using data from 6378 Mexican firms for the 2012–2013 period, this paper estimates the effect of competition with China … several variables, we find a U-curve shaped relationship between foreign competition (measured by the China effect) and the … is much larger than the negative linear effect, we conclude that an Escape-Competition effect dominates when Mexican …
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competitiveness may suggest that the nature of competition on the domestic market is altered. Instead, foreign competitiveness of …
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The economic costs of environmental regulations have been widely debated since the U.S. began to restrict pollution emissions more than four decades ago. Using detailed production data from nearly 1.2 million plant observations drawn from the 1972-1993 Annual Survey of Manufactures, we estimate...
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This paper investigates the extent to which productivity growth is the result of turnover - the process that shifts output from one firm to another as a result of the competitive process. Turnover occurs because some firms gain market share and others lose it. Some turnover is due to entry and...
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A manufacturer commonly distributes through a set of retailers who are authorized to sell its product; demand-enhancing services may also be provided by the manufacturer. These services may be granted to all authorized retailers (uniform service provision) or to a favored few authorized...
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This paper discusses the relation between trade and competition, revising the literature and using indicators, build … domestic competition is explained by concentration indices, such as CR4 and HHI, which show positive correlation with profit … evaluating trade and competition policies in the context of the Brazilian economy. …
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New Zealand’s productivity level remains markedly below the OECD frontier. Insufficient competition is an important … concentration. Ensuring adequate competition policy settings is important for offsetting these geographic handicaps, foster … innovation and support higher living standards. This paper reviews the competition landscape and the recent reforms in several …
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