Skip navigation

Attachments [ 0 ]

There are no files associated with this item.

More Details

2010
INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
1018-5941 | 2227-8885
PDF
Working Paper No. 10/67
9781451981964 | 9781451981964 | 9781452771236 | 9781462326488

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.

Comments

(Leave your comments here about this item.)

Item Analytics

Select desired time period