A Minimum of Rivalry: Evidence from Transition Economies on the Importance of Competition for Innovation and Growth
dc.contributor.author | Carlin, Wendy | en_US |
dc.contributor.author | Schaffer, Mark E. | en_US |
dc.contributor.author | Seabright, Paul | en_US |
dc.date.accessioned | 2006-08-01T16:33:36Z | |
dc.date.available | 2006-08-01T16:33:36Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2004-03-01 | en_US |
dc.identifier.other | RePEc:wdi:papers:2004-670 | en_US |
dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/2027.42/40056 | en_US |
dc.description.abstract | This paper examines the importance of competition in the growth and development of firms. We make use of the large-scale natural experiment of the shift from an economic system without competition to a market economy to shed light on the factors that influence innovation by firms and their subsequent growth. Using a dataset from a survey of nearly 4,000 firms in 24 transition countries, we find evidence of the importance of a minimum of rivalry in both innovation and growth: the presence of at least a few competitors is effective both directly and through improving the efficiency with which the rents from market power in product markets are utilised to undertake innovation. | en_US |
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dc.language.iso | en_US | en_US |
dc.relation.ispartofseries | 670 | en_US |
dc.subject | Competition, Productivity Growth, Innovation, Rivalry, Transition | en_US |
dc.subject.other | P0, L1, L33, O12 | en_US |
dc.title | A Minimum of Rivalry: Evidence from Transition Economies on the Importance of Competition for Innovation and Growth | en_US |
dc.type | Working Paper | en_US |
dc.subject.hlbsecondlevel | Economics | en_US |
dc.subject.hlbtoplevel | Business | en_US |
dc.description.bitstreamurl | http://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/40056/3/wp670.pdf | en_US |
dc.owningcollname | William Davidson Institute (WDI) - Working Papers |
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