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Potentail Foreign Competition in U.S. Manufacturing

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Trade barriers are failing and U.S. producers are competing in increasingly open international markets. Further, data reveal considerable heterogeneity across industries in the intertemporal path of import-penetration. Against this backdrop, we focus on an issue that is increasingly important for competition policy analysis : "potential" foreign competition.

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  • Ghosal, V., 2000. "Potentail Foreign Competition in U.S. Manufacturing," Papers 00-7, U.S. Department of Justice - Antitrust Division.
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    TRADE ; COMPETITION ; MARKET STRUCTURE;
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    • L40 - Industrial Organization - - Antitrust Issues and Policies - - - General
    • F10 - International Economics - - Trade - - - General
    • L10 - Industrial Organization - - Market Structure, Firm Strategy, and Market Performance - - - General

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