Competition and Productivity Growth in South Africa

Philippe Aghion, Matias Braun and Johannes Fedderke

No 14j, Growth Lab Working Papers from Harvard's Growth Lab

Abstract: Using three different panel data sets, the authors show: (i) that mark-ups are significantly higher in South African manufacturing industries than they are in corresponding industries worldwide; (ii) that competition policy (i.e. a reduction of mark-ups) should have largely positive effects on productivity growth and employment in South Africa.

Keywords: South Africa; Competition; Mark-ups (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: L40 O40 O55 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2006-08
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