01950cas a2200253 a 4500 AALejournalIMF021089 230101c9999 xx r poo 0 0eng d 5.00 USD 9781513550473 1018-5941 BD-DhAAL BD-DhAAL Gonzalez-Garcia, Jesus. International Trade and Corporate Market Power / Jesus Gonzalez-Garcia, Yuanchen Yang. Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2020. 1 online resource (33 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 examines the effect of international trade on corporate market power in emerging market economies and developing countries, with a special focus on sub-Saharan Africa. The analysis is based on a large firm-level dataset, tariff data by sector and agreggate indicators of international trade for the period 2000-17. Greater trade liberalization and trade integration are associated with significant declines in market power, with the effect being more pronounced for firms in the manufacturing and ICT sectors, private sector firms, and firms with higher initial markups. Firms in sub-Saharan Africa tend to experience signficantly lower markups after allowing greater trade integration. The effects of trade liberalization on market power materializes over time, and there are significant complementarities between trade reforms and real sector reforms. Mode of access: Internet Yang, Yuanchen. IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 2020/131 Full text available on IMF http://elibrary.imf.org/view/journals/001/2020/131/001.2020.issue-131-en.xml IMF e-Library