Competition, Technological Change and Productivity Gains: A Sectoral Analysis

Abstract The empirical relationship between competition intensity and the rate of productivity growth across 30 sectors of the French economy between 1978 and 2015 displays an inverted U-shape. This implies that there exists an optimal level of competition for each sector, defined by the price marku...

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Main Authors: Stéphane Ciriani, François Jeanjean
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Springer 2020-06-01
Series:Intereconomics
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1007/s10272-020-0899-8