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Anti-Trust Policy and National Growth: Some Evidence from Italy

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  • Forni, Mario
  • Allegra, Elisabetta
  • Grillo, Michele
  • Magnani, Lara

Abstract

Anti-trust problems affecting markets for intermediate goods or services raise the input costs of firms operating in downstream sectors, which often face tough international competition. Such firms lose market share, thus worsening the economic performance of the country. We try to document the importance of this link between competition problems and growth by analysing Italian sectoral data. We find that sectors which depend more heavily on inputs and services produced in sectors suffering from competition problems perform worse in terms of net exports, export growth and output growth.

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  • Forni, Mario & Allegra, Elisabetta & Grillo, Michele & Magnani, Lara, 2004. "Anti-Trust Policy and National Growth: Some Evidence from Italy," CEPR Discussion Papers 4373, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers.
    • Handle: RePEc:cpr:ceprdp:4373
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    1. Renaud Bourlès & Gilbert Cette & Jimmy Lopez & Jacques Mairesse & Giuseppe Nicoletti, 2013. "Do Product Market Regulations In Upstream Sectors Curb Productivity Growth? Panel Data Evidence For OECD Countries," The Review of Economics and Statistics, MIT Press, vol. 95(5), pages 1750-1768, December.
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    3. Guglielmo Barone & Federico Cingano, 2011. "Service Regulation and Growth: Evidence from OECD Countries," Economic Journal, Royal Economic Society, vol. 121(555), pages 931-957, September.
    4. Cette, G. & Lopez, J. & Mairesse, J., 2015. "Les effets macroéconomiques sur la productivité et les prix de vastes réformes structurelles sur les marchés des biens et du travail," Bulletin de la Banque de France, Banque de France, issue 199, pages 1-19.
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    6. Gilbert Cette & Jimmy Lopez & Jacques Mairesse, 2016. "Product and Labour Market Regulations, Production Prices, Wages and Productivity," Review of Economics and Institutions, Università di Perugia, vol. 7(2).
    7. Tanja Goodwin & Martha Denisse Pierola, 2015. "Export Competitiveness," World Bank Publications - Reports 23658, The World Bank Group.
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    9. Cette, G. & Lopez, J. & Mairesse, J., 2016. "What is the macroeconomic impact of ambitious structural reforms on product and labour markets?," Rue de la Banque, Banque de France, issue 27, june..
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    Keywords

    Anti-trust; International competition; Growth;
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    JEL classification:

    • L40 - Industrial Organization - - Antitrust Issues and Policies - - - General
    • O40 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Growth and Aggregate Productivity - - - General

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