Export growth requires not only entry into new markets, but also the survival of trade flows. This paper analyses the role of initial product export share and product differentiation in Estonian manufacturing export survival. For this purpose, detailed firm-product-destination level export data...

I evaluate the effect of inflation targeting on inflation and how it interacts with product market deregulation during the disinflationary process in the 1990s. Using a sample of 21 OECD countries, I show that, after controlling for product market deregulation, the effect of inflation targeting...

I evaluate the effect of inflation targeting on inflation and how it interacts with product market deregulation during the disinflationary process in the 1990s. Using a sample of 21 OECD countries, I show that, after controlling for product market deregulation, the effect of inflation targeting...

Many scientists tried to explain ‘innovation’ but this term has a lot of explanations. Producers implementing innovation processes are having chance to survive in demanding markets. New ideas are deciding on the policies and the rate of development. According to this we can say that being...

In regelmäßigen Abständen untersucht die VEND consulting GmbH aktuelle Trends und Entwicklungen innerhalb der Photovoltaikindustrie. In der aktuellen Studie, die Anfang dieses Jahres erschienen ist, wurden insgesamt 113 Unternehmen aus den Bereichen Herstellung, Handel und Dienstleistung der...

This paper analyses the relationship between the selected measures of competition and the actual intensity of the interaction in the product market under the presence of market frictions. The first part of the study compares the industry-level price-cost margin and profit elasticity within a...