CID Working Paper No. 132 :: Competition and Productivity Growth in South Africa by Philippe Aghion, Matias Braun, and Johannes Fedderke, Center for International Development at Harvard University
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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 markups) should have largely positive effects on productivity growth and employment in South Africa.
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