This paper analyses the effect of rising competition from Chinese exports on the skill premium of Mexican plants. Using … evidence that Mexican plants reduce their skill premium in response to increasing competition from Chinese exports, and the … effect is more pronounced among non-exporting plants. Thus, we develop a model linking competition and wage inequality …

We evaluate the impact of international competition on firm-level perfor- mance in Belgium. In the manufacturing sector … we consider both the impact of global competition through measures of import penetration and the impact of within … competition through a firm's proximity to the border. In both instances, we consider the impact on a variety of performance …