Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/144481 
Year of Publication: 
2014
Series/Report no.: 
NBB Working Paper No. 269
Publisher: 
National Bank of Belgium, Brussels
Abstract: 
We evaluate the impact of international competition on firm-level perfor- mance in Belgium. In the manufacturing sector we consider both the impact of global competition through measures of import penetration and the impact of within-EU competitiveness using measures of relative labor cost. In selected manufacturing sectors we identify the strength of international competition through a firm's proximity to the border. In both instances, we consider the impact on a variety of performance dimensions to learn about the mechanisms and about firms' adjustment to these competitive pressures
Subjects: 
Efficiency
Markup
Competition
Import penetration
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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