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European firm concentration and aggregate productivity

This paper derives a European Herfindahl–Hirschman concentration index from 15 micro-aggregated country datasets. It finds that changes in concentration in Europe are positively associated with changes in productivity and allocative efficiency.

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10.2873/038934, 978-92-76-60467-9
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Publication date
22 December 2022
Authors
Tommaso Bighelli | Matthias Mertens | Filippo Di Mauro | Marc J. Melitz

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This paper derives a European Herfindahl–Hirschman concentration index from 15 micro-aggregated country datasets. It finds that changes in concentration in Europe are positively associated with changes in productivity and allocative efficiency.

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7 DECEMBER 2022
European firm concentration and aggregate productivity
English
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