Markups and concentration in South African manufacturing sectors: An analysis with administrative data

Johannes Fedderke, Nonso Obikili and Nicola Viegi

No wp-2016-40, WIDER Working Paper Series from World Institute for Development Economic Research (UNU-WIDER)

Abstract: This paper uses newly available firm-level tax data to evaluate the market structure in South African manufacturing sectors in the period 2010-12. To describe the market structure we compute markups for South African manufacturing firms and concentration indexes for 4-digit manufacturing sectors. We find both significant markups and significant concentration across most sectors. We compare computed markups and concentration with early estimates in South Africa and with other international benchmark countries.

Keywords: Business; Manufacturing industries; Pricing (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2016
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