This paper is the first attempt to structurally estimate the impact of globalization on markups, and the effect of changing markups on welfare, in a monopolistic competition model. To achieve this, we
There are five datasets in this collection. 1947: contains concentration ratios and value of shipments for 454 4-digit census manufacturing industries. Each record is associated with a particular SIC.
This replication package contains the data and the code to generate the results in "Competition and Product Composition: Evidence from Hollywood" by Joseph Kuehn and Ryan Lampe, to be published in the
This paper outlines a framework which computes and analyzes the equilibria from a class of dynamic games. The framework dates to Ericson and Pakes (1995), and allows for a finite number of heterogeneo
The ready-to-eat cereal industry is characterized by high concentration margins, large advertising to sales ratios, and numerous introductions of new products. Previous researchers have concluded that