host-country research and development effort in response to foreign competition, is one of three examining the impact of …

employment in the presence of foreign competition shocks. We exploit the fact that in a small open economy such as Canada the … by 0.19%. We use our estimates to trace the effects of foreign competition on the industry and firm-level sales and value …

industrial policies allocated to competitive sectors or that foster competition in a sector increase productivity growth. We … measure competition using the Lerner Index and include as industrial policies subsidies, tax holidays, loans, and tariffs …. Measures to foster competition include policies that are more dispersed across firms in a sector or measures that encourage …

competition between the two channels, the paper uses a two step approach. First, it fits hedonic regressions for the prices paid …

; they do not include the likely fee increases resulting from less competition among auditors. We calculate that the latter …

We develop an informational theory of dictatorship. Dictators survive not because of their use of force or ideology but …

A novel experiment is used to show that the effect of a policy on the level of cooperation is greater when it is chosen …

We study the evolution of the social norm of "cooperation" in a dynamic environment. Each agent lives for two periods … completely drives equilibrium play, leading to a social norm of high or low cooperation. In intermediate cases, the impact of … leverage their greater visibility to influence expectations of future agents and overturn social norms of low cooperation. We …

types can be exploited to enhance cooperation by structuring the twice-played prisoners' dilemma to “start small,” so that …