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Industrial Concentration, Output, and Trade: An Empirical Exploration

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This paper explores the relationship between concentration, output and trade usingtheory and empirical analysis of matched data on 82 manufacturing industries in seven countries. It finds that the higher is domestic concentration in an industry compared to international concentration, the lower is the domestic share of world output and thesmaller are net exports. This relationship persists even when industries with high levelsof concentration are excluded.

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Hollis, A. Industrial Concentration, Output, and Trade: An Empirical Exploration. Review of Industrial Organization 22, 103–119 (2003). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1022903018196

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