competition among counties. The present paper highlights the situation in which the citizens of two countries have the opportunity …

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

changes in competition in the United States. The sector offers workplace employee representation through trade union branches … Productivity (TFP) than incumbents. Increased competition from new entrants leads incumbents to reduce the price of union …. Those with higher TFP have higher survival probabilities. However, increased competition does not induce incumbents to raise …

on competition, and therefore on business dynamism, productivity and ultimately well-being. A recent update of the OECD …. Regulatory reform can improve consumer welfare by boosting competition and thus lowering prices of key goods and services, which … competition will also allow higher wages. Reducing barriers to entry can facilitate firm creation, boosting investment and jobs. …

Using German establishment data, this paper examines the relationship between product market competition and the extent … of employer provided training. We demonstrate that high product market competition is associated with increased training … except when the competition is so severe as to threaten liquidation to a firm. We take this as evidence of an inverted U …