Competition and Firm Productivity
Download or Read eBook Competition and Firm Productivity PDF written by Sandra Ospina and published by International Monetary Fund. This book was released on 2010-03-01 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
| Author | : Sandra Ospina |
| Publisher | : International Monetary Fund |
| Total Pages | : 36 |
| Release | : 2010-03-01 |
| ISBN-10 | : 9781451982114 |
| ISBN-13 | : 1451982119 |
| Rating | : 4/5 (14 Downloads) |
Book Synopsis Competition and Firm Productivity by : Sandra Ospina
Book excerpt: This paper presents empirical evidence on the impact of competition on firm productivity. Using firm-level observations from the World Bank Enterprise Survey database, we find a positive and robust causal relationship between our proxies for competition and our measures of productivity. We also find that countries that implemented product-market reforms had a more pronounced increase in competition, and correspondingly, in productivity: the contribution to productivity growth due to competition spurred by product-market reforms is around 12-15 percent.
