Entry costs, industry structure, and cross-country income and TFP differences

Journal of Economic Theory

Volumn 146, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1828-1851

  Barseghyan, Levon ^a   DiCecio, Riccardo ^b  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^b FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF ST LOUIS   (United States)

Author keywords

Entry costs; Industry structure; TFP

Indexed keywords

EID: 80052374915     PISSN: 00220531     EISSN: 10957235     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jet.2011.05.010     Document Type: Article

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