01655cas a2200253 a 4500 AALejournalIMF006346 230101c9999 xx r poo 0 0eng d 5.00 USD 9781451982114 1018-5941 BD-DhAAL BD-DhAAL Schiffbauer, Marc. Competition and Firm Productivity : Evidence from Firm-Level Data / Marc Schiffbauer, Sandra Ospina. Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2010. 1 online resource (34 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 paper presents empirical evidence on the impact of competition on firm productivity. Using firm-level observations from the World Bank Enterprise Survey database, we find a positive and robust causal relationship between our proxies for competition and our measures of productivity. We also find that countries that implemented product-market reforms had a more pronounced increase in competition, and correspondingly, in productivity: the contribution to productivity growth due to competition spurred by product-market reforms is around 12-15 percent. Mode of access: Internet Ospina, Sandra. IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 2010/067 Full text available on IMF http://elibrary.imf.org/view/journals/001/2010/067/001.2010.issue-067-en.xml IMF e-Library