We analyze the relative importance of firm-, industry-, and country-level factors as determinants of the level of ownership concentration of firms. Building particularly on the work of Demsetz & Lehn (1985), Thomsen & Pedersen (1999; 1997, 1998), and La Porta et al.(1998, 1999), we develop...

I document that cross-country productivity differences in retail trade, which employs around 20% of workers, are accounted for, in large part, by compositional differences. In richer countries most retailing is done in modern stores, with high measured output per worker, whereas in developing...

This study presents a comparative analysis of regulatory thresholds applicable to firms in France and in Germany. A central question tackled by the report is whether regulations related to limits on firms’ employment appear to prevent French firms from growing above these thresholds. The first...

This paper examines the productivity of firms and their ability to enter the export market, i.e., the self-selection hypothesis and the determinants of labour productivity at the firm level for India's major exporting manufacturing industries during 1991-2009. The paper also examines whether...