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, age of firms and geographical location. -- TFP ; Market Structure ; Manufacturing …This paper analyzes productivity levels, dispersion and growth in the Bolivian Manufacturing Sector during the Market … promote economic growth with fairness. We show that in contrast to what was expected, productivity in the manufacturing sector …
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Our study contributes to the literature on industry and firm dynamics. We focus on the question why the number of firms in the semiconductor market follows an inverse U-shaped pattern throughout different product generations. We pay special attention to the fact that the number of firms declined...
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Since the outburst of the financial crisis, FDI flows into Korea have dramatically increased, causing great concern regarding the rapid penetration of FDI and its concentrating effects on the economy. The study explores the issue of how FDI impacts on market structure and competition in Korea....
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Because of its unique institutional and regulatory features, the generic drug industry provides a useful laboratory for understanding how competition evolves within a market. We exploit these features to estimate a system of structural relationships in this industry, including the relationship...
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while taking prices parametrically. This result justifies TFP as the right summary measure of welfare (even in situations … (industries or firms) to aggregate welfare using readily available TFP data. Based on this finding, we compute firm and industry …
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We study product differentiation in the mutual fund industry. We design a model in which funds with heterogeneous perceived quality can choose their level of product differentiation. In equilibrium, high quality funds choose broad market designs (i.e., low differentiation) appealing to many...
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This chapter reviews the empirical literature on the determination of firms’ and industries’ innovative activity and performance, highlighting the questions addressed, the approaches adopted, impediments to progress in the field, and research opportunities. We review the...
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margins of the Brazilian manufacturing sector. Other indicators exert negative effects on the dependent variable - the mark …
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