Verschelde, Marijn; Dumont, Michel; Rayp, Glenn; … - European Central Bank - 2014
sectors from seven EU15 countries, (i) we document substantial, persistent differences in competitiveness (with Belgium and …-level competitiveness in Europe. We differ from standard TFP studies at the firm level as we simultaneously allow for inefficiency, noise … firms, (iv) we highlight the role of post-entry growth for competitiveness. JEL Classification: C14, D24, L25, M13, O33 …