Global Market Power and its Macroeconomic Implications /

We estimate the evolution of markups of publicly traded firms in 74 economies from 1980-2016. In advanced economies, markups have increased by an average of 39 percent since 1980. The increase is broad-based across industries and countries, and driven by the highest markup firms in each economic sec...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Diez, Federico
Other Authors: Leigh, Daniel, Tambunlertchai, Suchanan
Format: Journal
Language:English
Published: Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2018.
Series:IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 2018/137
Online Access:Full text available on IMF