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Empirical studies show that competition in the credit markets has important effects on the entry and growth of firms in … barriers to entry in the banking industry, a development that resulted in significantly improved credit competition. The … environment. Credit market competition does lead to more entry and growth of firms, but also to complex dynamics experienced by …
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This paper aims at investigating the effects of concentration on competition and cost efficiency of the French audit … market. Competition is measured with the Rosse-Panzar model, while cost efficiency is estimated with stochastic frontier … competition appears to be monopolistic competition. Dynamic analysis shows a reduction in competition, and a decrease in cost …
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An examination of the relationship between the number of local governments within local labor markets and their expenditures, finding empirical support in both suburbs and central cities for the connection between the structure of the local public service market and its performance.
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The extensive literature on state economic development efforts has not been much help to states in developing competitiveness strategies. The materials are primarily descriptive, with little evidence on success or failure of the experiments. In addition, state initiatives have not been viewed in...
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This paper assesses cartel practices in the national cement industry based on Indonesia's anti-monopoly law. Particularly, consider the fact that the market leaders, PT Sement Gresik Group and PT Indocement respectively owns 43% and 34% of the national cement market.
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A full understanding of public affairs requires the ability to distinguish between the policies that voters would like the government to adopt, and the influence that different voters or groups of voters actually exert in the democratic process. We consider the properties of a computable...
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