Competition, Financial Discipline and Growth

Philippe Aghion, Mathias Dewatripont and Patrick Rey

No 2128, CEPR Discussion Papers from Centre for Economic Policy Research

Abstract: This paper develops a general equilibrium model of technological adoption in an economy populated by 'satisficing' entrepreneurs whose main objective is to minimise innovative effort while keeping the firm alive. In such an economy, product market competition is shown to have a stimulating effect on growth. Indeed, by reducing the amount of slack a manager can afford while keeping his firm alive, competition, combined with the threat of liquidation acts as a disciplinary device which fosters technology adoption and therefore growth. We then investigate how the existence of financial markets affects the importance of this growth-enhancing effect of competition.

Keywords: Bankruptcy; Competition; Financial Discipline; Growth (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: E0 L0 O0 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 1999-04
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