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Competition policy and productivity growth: An empirical assessment

This paper empirically investigates the effectiveness of competition policy by estimating its impact on Total Factor Productivity (TFP) growth for 22 industries in 12 OECD countries over the period 1995-2005. We find a robust positive and significant effect of competition policy as measured by newly created indexes. We provide several arguments and results based on instrumental variables estimators and non-linearities to support the claim that the established link can be interpreted in a causal way. At a disaggregated level, the effect on TFP growth is particularly strong for specific aspects of competition policy related to its institutional set up and antitrust activities (rather than merger control). The effect is strengthened by good legal systems, suggesting complementarities between competition policy and the efficiency of law enforcement institutions.

Sprache
Englisch

Erschienen in
Series: DICE Discussion Paper ; No. 22

Klassifikation
Wirtschaft
Antitrust Law
Single Equation Models; Single Variables: Panel Data Models; Spatio-temporal Models
Thema
Competition Policy
Productivity Growth
TFP
Institutions
Deterrence
OECD
Wettbewerbspolitik
Kartellrecht
Unternehmensentwicklung
Produktivität
OECD-Staaten

Ereignis
Geistige Schöpfung
(wer)
Buccirossi, Paolo
Ciari, Lorenzo
Duso, Tomaso
Spagnolo, Giancarlo
Vitale, Cristiana
Ereignis
Veröffentlichung
(wer)
Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf Institute for Competition Economics (DICE)
(wo)
Düsseldorf
(wann)
2011

Handle
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Objekttyp

  • Arbeitspapier

Beteiligte

  • Buccirossi, Paolo
  • Ciari, Lorenzo
  • Duso, Tomaso
  • Spagnolo, Giancarlo
  • Vitale, Cristiana
  • Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf Institute for Competition Economics (DICE)

Entstanden

  • 2011

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