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1 octobre 2021
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- doi: 10.1093/epolic/eiab016
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E - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics/E.E3 - Prices, Business Fluctuations, and Cycles E - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics/E.E4 - Money and Interest Rates E - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics/E.E5 - Monetary Policy, Central Banking, and the Supply of Money and Credit F - International Economics/F.F3 - International Finance L - Industrial Organization/L.L1 - Market Structure, Firm Strategy, and Market Performance/L.L1.L10 - General L - Industrial Organization/L.L4 - Antitrust Issues and Policies/L.L4.L40 - General O - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth/O.O4 - Economic Growth and Aggregate Productivity/O.O4.O43 - Institutions and Growth O - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth/O.O5 - Economywide Country Studies/O.O5.O53 - Asia including Middle EastSujets proches
Industrial production Industry Corporations, Conglomerate Chaebols Conglomerate mergers Keiretsu Mergers, Conglomerate Conglomerates (Corporations) Businesses Firms Companies Enterprises Business organizations Organizations, BusinessCiter ce document
Philippe Aghion et al., « Chaebols and Firm Dynamics in Korea », Archive ouverte de Sciences Po (SPIRE), ID : 10.1093/epolic/eiab016
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We study firm dynamics in Korea before and after the 1997/8 Asian crisis and pro-competitive reforms that reduced the dominance of chaebols. We find that in industries that were dominated by chaebols before the crisis, labour productivity and total factor productivity of non-chaebol firms increased markedly after the reforms (relative to other industries). Furthermore, entry of non-chaebol firms increased significantly in all industries after the reform. After the crisis, the non-chaebol firms also dramatically increased their patenting activity. Finally, markups of chaebol firms declined substantially, especially within industries dominated by chaebols before the crisis. These results suggest that the crisis had the virtue of helping Korea move from catching-up growth based on investment in existing technologies to innovation-based growth.