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Assessing competitiveness- how firm-level data can help

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  • Carlo Altomonte
  • Giorgio Barba Navaretti
  • Filippo di Mauro
  • Gianmarco Ottaviano

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As policymakers refocus on growth, the ability to take a firm-level view is key to disentangling the various factors at the root of competitiveness, and thus to designing appropriate policies.• Firm-level data provides critical information for the design of appropriate competitiveness measures that complement traditional macro analysis. • More work remains to be done assembling firm-level information, but the variance of the distribution of firm characteristics already conveys important information...

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  • Carlo Altomonte & Giorgio Barba Navaretti & Filippo di Mauro & Gianmarco Ottaviano, 2011. "Assessing competitiveness- how firm-level data can help," Policy Contributions 643, Bruegel.
    • Handle: RePEc:bre:polcon:643
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