Competition and Firm Productivity : Evidence from Firm-Level Data /

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...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Schiffbauer, Marc
Other Authors: Ospina, Sandra
Format: Journal
Language:English
Published: Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2010.
Series:IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 2010/067
Online Access:Full text available on IMF