Mark-ups in the digital era

Sara Calligaris, Chiara Criscuolo and Luca Marcolin
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Sara Calligaris: OECD
Luca Marcolin: OECD

No 2018/10, OECD Science, Technology and Industry Working Papers from OECD Publishing

Abstract: This paper examines the evolution of firm mark-ups across 26 countries for the period 2001-14. It also discusses and investigates empirically how this can be related to the degree of digital transformation in sectors. Four main facts emerge: i) mark-ups are increasing over the period, on average across country; ii) this result is driven by firms at the top of the mark-up distribution, while the bottom half of the distribution exhibits a flat trend over time; (iii) mark-ups are higher in digital-intensive sectors than in less-digitally intensive sectors; (iv) mark-up differentials between digitally-intensive and less-digitally-intensive sectors have increased significantly over time.

Keywords: Digitalization; Mark-Ups; Market Power; Technological Change (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: D2 L1 L2 O33 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2018-04-25
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