Trade, firm selection and innovation: the competition channel

We study the welfare gains from trade in an economy with heterogeneous firms, variable markups and endogenous growth. Variable markups arise from oligopolistic competition, and cost-reducing innovation is the engine of long-run growth. Trade liberalisation stiffens competition by reducing markups, g...

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Main Authors: Impullitti, Giammario, Licandro, Omar
Format: Article
Published: Wiley 2018
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Online Access:https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/46994/