Enforcing Competition and Firm Productivity : Evidence from 1,800 Peruvian Municipalities (English)

This paper uses a unique data set that captures the elimination of subnational regulatory barriers to firm entry and competition across 1,800 municipalities and matches it with establishment census panel data to estimate the impact on establishment productivity and markups. The elimination of local barriers that were inconsistent with national legislation was the result of legal reforms that strengthened the mandate of Peru's competition authority...

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Schiffbauer,Marc Tobias;

Sampi Bravo,James Robert Ezequiel;
Document Date
2019/01/22
Document Type
Policy Research Working Paper
Report Number
WPS8714
Volume No
1
Total Volume(s)
1
Country
Peru,
Region
Latin America and Caribbean,
Disclosure Date
2019/01/22
Disclosure Status
Disclosed
Doc Name
Enforcing Competition and Firm Productivity : Evidence from 1,800 Peruvian Municipalities
Keywords
regulatory barrier

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Schiffbauer,Marc Tobias; Sampi Bravo,James Robert Ezequiel.

Enforcing Competition and Firm Productivity : Evidence from 1,800 Peruvian Municipalities (English). Impact Evaluation series|Policy Research working paper|no. WPS 8714 Washington, D.C. : World Bank Group. http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/959721548166483225

Enforcing Competition and Firm Productivity : Evidence from 1,800 Peruvian Municipalities (English)

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