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Endogenous Antitrust: Cross-country Evidence on the Impact of Competition-enhancing Policies on Productivity

Joan-Ramon Borrell
University of Barcelona

Mara Tolosa
University of Barcelona - Research Unit on Public Policies and Economic Regulation (PPER-RG)

November 2004

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This paper presents empirical evidence regarding the effect of simultaneous antitrust and trade policy on productivity. We find that treating antitrust across countries as an exogenous policy overestimates the impact of competition on productivity by as much as 18%.

Keywords: Antitrust, Productivity, Political economy

JEL Classifications: D7, L4, O4

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Date posted: November 22, 2004 ; Last revised: December 09, 2004

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Borrell, Joan-Ramon and Tolosa, Mara Mara, Endogenous Antitrust: Cross-country Evidence on the Impact of Competition-enhancing Policies on Productivity (November 2004). Available at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=618821 or doi:10.2139/ssrn.618821

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Joan-Ramon Borrell Arqué (Contact Author) University of Barcelona ( email ) Av. Diagonal, 690 Barcelona 08034 Spain
Alejandra Mara Tolosa University of Barcelona - Research Unit on Public Policies and Economic Regulation (PPER-RG) ( email ) Av. Diagonal, 690 Barcelona 08034 Spain

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Date posted: November 22, 2004 ; Last revised: December 09, 2004

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Joan-Ramon Borrell Arqué (Contact Author)

Alejandra Mara Tolosa