Transparency, entry, and productivity

Yiquan Gu; Tobias Wenzel

doi:10.1016/j.econlet.2011.11.016

Transparency, entry, and productivity

Yiquan Gu, Tobias Wenzel

Department of Economics

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Abstract

This paper studies the relationship between transparency on the consumer side and productivity of firms. We show that more transparent markets are characterized by higher average productivity as firms with low productivity abstain from entering these markets.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	7-10
Number of pages	4
Journal	Economics Letters
Volume	115
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.econlet.2011.11.016
Publication status	Published - 2012

Keywords

Firm productivity
Heterogeneous firms
Market transparency
Salop model

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Economics and Econometrics
Finance

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