01853cas a2200265 a 4500 AALejournalIMF000823 230101c9999 xx r poo 0 0eng d 5.00 USD 9781451845099 1018-5941 BD-DhAAL BD-DhAAL Singh, Ajit. How Intensive Is Competition in the Emerging Markets? : An Analysis of Corporate Rates of Return from Nine Emerging Markets / Ajit Singh, Rudolph Matthias, Jack Glen. Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 1999. 1 online resource (44 pages) IMF Working Papers <strong>Off-Campus Access:</strong> No User ID or Password Required <strong>On-Campus Access:</strong> No User ID or Password Required Electronic access restricted to authorized BRAC University faculty, staff and students This large empirical study of corporate profitability in emerging markets during the 1980s and 1990s measures the intensity of competition. Data on corporate rates of return, profit margins, and output-capital ratios reveal that the recent liberalization has been associated with reduced corporate profit margins and improved capital utilization efficiency. The paper also analyzes persistency in corporate profitability and finds that competitiveness was no less intense in developing countries than in advanced countries. Although the paper is not directly concerned with the Asian crisis, it provides evidence on important structural hypotheses about the crisis. Mode of access: Internet Glen, Jack. Matthias, Rudolph. IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 1999/032 Full text available on IMF http://elibrary.imf.org/view/journals/001/1999/032/001.1999.issue-032-en.xml IMF e-Library