Competition among firms as well as among countries is one of the main innovation engines. In this perspective, growth policy should be understood as the formulation and enactment of the rules that assure full competition. However, things are much more complex in reality. Innovation is a creative...

According to the report for the European Commission, « An Agenda for a Growing Europe Making the EU Economic System Deliver », low growth in European countries and conflicts between growth, stabilization and cohesion are due to the inability to implement institutions adapted to an innovation...

This paper analyzes the relationship between the entry of new firms and the innovation and productivity growth within existing firms. In particular, we argue that liberalizing entry has a boosting effect on innovation and growth in those existing enterprises that are the most productive prior to...