This study analyses empirically the effects of import competition on firm productivity (TFPQ) using administrative firm …-level panel data from German manufacturing. We find that only import competition from high-income countries is associated with … positive incentives for firms to invest in productivity improvement, whereas import competition from middle- and low …

This study analyzes empirically the effects of import competition on firm productivity (TFPQ) using administrative firm …-level panel data from German manufacturing. We find that only import competition from high-income countries is associated with … positive incentives for firms to invest in productivity improvement, whereas import competition from middle- and low …

to innovation and competition using data from the EBRD-WB Business Environment and Enterprise Performance Survey (BEEPS … competition and innovation have a simultaneous positive effect on labour productivity in terms of either sales or value added per …) in Eastern Europe and Central Asia. The findings confirm an inverted-U shaped impact of competition on R&D. Both …