Loecker, Jan De; Fuss, Catherine; Biesebroeck, Johannes Van - Nationale Bank van België/Banque national de Belqique (BNB) - 2014
we consider both the impact of global competition through measures of import penetration and the impact of within …We evaluate the impact of international competition on firm-level perfor- mance in Belgium. In the manufacturing sector … competition through a firm's proximity to the border. In both instances, we consider the impact on a variety of performance …