Estimating Production Functions in Differentiated-Product Industries with Quantity Information and External Instruments

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Firm performance and markets: survival analysis of medium and large manufacturing enterprises in Indonesia

“…Additionally, government regulations and industry-specific factors can also influence how competition affects firms. The findings of this study are consistent with several other studies such as those from Garcia and Puente (2006), Hanley (2009), andBrito andBrito (2014). Nevertheless, Brito and Brito (2014) show that there is a heterogeneity effect between industries in responding to competition in the market, while Burke and Hanley (2009) reveal that the heterogeneity of firm response to market competition depends on the dynamics of entry and exit firms in markets where firms that can survive in the market if the entry and exit levels are high.…”