In this paper, we analyze the effects of trade, concentration and ownership on the pricing behavior of firms in two … transition countries, Bulgaria and Romania. We use an extensive dataset of more than 3000 firms and sector level information to … estimate the effects of these three factors on the price cost margin (PCM) for the period 1994-1998. We find: 1) that trade …

competitive pressure. In contrast to earlier work that analyzes the effect of ownership on firm perfirmance, the estimation method … opening to trade has a disciplining effect on firms?market power. We find that increased import penetration is associated with …

environment in Russia supports competition and to draw attention to the areas where further reform efforts would pay dividends … foreign trade and direct investment regimes. In some network sectors, recent regulatory changes have significantly improved … the scope for competition. However, ongoing work needs to focus on separating competitive and monopoly market segments and …

and the establishment of competition policy, may be important. In addition, our results give support to the idea that … opening to trade has a disciplining effect on firms’ market power. We find that increased import penetration is associated …

competitive pressure. In contrast to earlier work that analyzes the effect of ownership on firm performance, the estimation method … opening to trade has a disciplining effect on firms?market power. We find that increased import penetration is associated with …

environment in Russia supports competition and to draw attention to the areas where further reform efforts would pay dividends … foreign trade and direct investment regimes. In some network sectors, recent regulatory changes have significantly improved … the scope for competition. However, ongoing work needs to focus on separating competitive and monopoly market segments and …

. This paper examines the effects of competition and ownership on the efficiency of the newly privatized enterprises, using a … representative sample of enterprises and controlling for possible selection biases. Competition has quantitatively large effects …, perfectly competitive firms having nearly double the efficiency of monopolies. Enterprises with residual state ownership appear …

Concerns about market power and competition in the agri-food sector are widespread, with commentators regularly … than farm-level production. Nevertheless, while competition problems were found in some instances, the current evidence …