and high firm markups. This paper reviews the existing literature and discusses what can be learnt from new administrative … firm-level panel data. I present new evidence on South African markups, industrial concentration, and the firm …-size distribution, for sectors across the South African economy. I find that conclusions on whether markups are 'high' or 'low' are …

Survey. All things being equal, financially constrained firms charge higher markups when faced with low demand; this …

exploit a rich dataset of firm-level information to estimate both markups and the degree of monopsony power enjoyed by …

markups from both value added and sales and empirically test whether some of the global trends in market power can be seen in … Slovak firm level data as well. I find that the markups in Slovakia in fact declined since 2010, both in terms of value added … and sales. Although the decrease in sales markups is negligible, the value added aggregate markup declined by 25% from 2 …

prices, markups and productivity. We document these effects using firm product level data in Chilean manufacturing following … markups, suggesting that firms do not fully pass-through increases in productivity on prices whenever they have enough …

We estimate structural, materials, and labour markups for the South African economy at the three-digit industry level … for 2012-19. The fall in structural labour and materials markups found for the numerical majority of industries are … smaller downward shifts. We show that materials-based markups are increasing over this period. Upward markup pressure in …

Several models posit a positive cross-sectional correlation between markups and firm size, which, among others …, we show that larger firms have lower markups. This correlation turns positive only after conditioning on wage markdowns …

Several models posit a positive cross-sectional correlation between markups and firm size, which, among others …, we show that larger firms have lower markups. This correlation turns positive only after conditioning on wage markdowns …