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Import Competition, Product Differentiation and Mark-Ups - Microeconomic evidence from Swedish manufacturing in the 1990s

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Lundin, Nan Nan (Trade Union Institute for Economic Research)

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This paper examines how import competition from different origins and the presence of product differentiation affect market power of Swedish manufacturing firms during the 1990s. Applying Roeger’s method (1995), I perform the empirical analysis based on detailed firm-level data and estimate an average mark-up level of Swedish manufacturing firms. The general finding is that imports from both European countries and other highincome countries outside Europe impose disciplinary effects on price-cost margin of Swedish manufacturing firms. The strongest effect is from the recent EU member countries. However, the competitive pressure associated with import is relaxed in the presence of product differentiation.

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Paper provided by Trade Union Institute for Economic Research in its series Working Paper Series with number 195.

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Date of creation: 07 Oct 2004
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Keywords: Import competition; Mark-up; Market structure; Product differentiation;

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F12 - International Economics - - Trade - - - Models of Trade with Imperfect Competition and Scale Economies
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