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Ottaviano, Gianmarco Ireo Paolo
Pagnini, Marcello
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We use Italian firm-level data to investigate the impact of trade openness on the distribution of firms across marginal cost levels. In so doing, we implement a procedure that allows us to control not only for the standard transmission bias identified in firm-level TFP regressions but also for the omitted price bias due to imperfect competition. We find that more open industries are characterized by a smaller dispersion of costs across active firms. Moreover, in those industries the average cost is also smaller.
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Keywords: Cost dispersion ; firm selection ; firm-level data ; openness to trade ; total factor productivity ; Other versions of this item:
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