2015
DOI: 10.1007/s10842-015-0203-y
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Which Companies Benefit from Liberalization? a Study of the Influence of Initial Productivity

Abstract: Theoretical research shows that competition has positive effects on productivity, for companies that are initially efficient, but not for unproductive firms. Our empirical analysis on a panel data of Czech companies, years 1995–2004, confirms this result. In addition, our analysis shows that when economic reforms affect both domestic and foreign competition, controlling for domestic competition is crucial when assessing the impact of trade liberalization. Otherwise, the effect of trade liberalization on firm p… Show more

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“…The possible reasons are as follows: On the one hand, in the face of the fierce market competition caused by FDI, only enterprises with high-productivity and close to the cutting-edge technology are able to deal with the threat of competition through R&D and innovation. For enterprises with low-productivity and far away from the cutting-edge technology, the intensification of competition reduces the expected profit of innovation investment, thus reducing the innovation incentive of such enterprises (Aghion et al, 2005;Baghdasaryan et al, 2016).…”
Section: Heterogeneous Impact Analysismentioning
confidence: 99%
“…The possible reasons are as follows: On the one hand, in the face of the fierce market competition caused by FDI, only enterprises with high-productivity and close to the cutting-edge technology are able to deal with the threat of competition through R&D and innovation. For enterprises with low-productivity and far away from the cutting-edge technology, the intensification of competition reduces the expected profit of innovation investment, thus reducing the innovation incentive of such enterprises (Aghion et al, 2005;Baghdasaryan et al, 2016).…”
Section: Heterogeneous Impact Analysismentioning
confidence: 99%