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Common Ownership, Domestic Competition, and Export: Evidence from Thailand

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  • Tosapol Apaitan
  • Chanont Banternghansa
  • Archawa Paweenawat
  • Krislert Samphantharak

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We use administrative data of all registered firms in Thailand, both public and private, to study the relationships between common ownership, market power, and firms' export behaviors. Our results suggest that firms in ownership networks tend to have higher market power as measured by markup. In addition, markup is negatively associated with a firm's propensity to export, its likelihood of product upgrade, and the chance of survival in foreign markets. Our findings have policy implications on antitrust regulations and competitiveness policies, especially in export-oriented economies dominated by powerful business conglomerates.

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  • Tosapol Apaitan & Chanont Banternghansa & Archawa Paweenawat & Krislert Samphantharak, 2020. "Common Ownership, Domestic Competition, and Export: Evidence from Thailand," PIER Discussion Papers 140, Puey Ungphakorn Institute for Economic Research.
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    1. Veerayooth Kanchoochat, 2023. "Siamese Twin Troubles: Structural and Regulatory Transformations in Unequal Thailand," Asian Economic Policy Review, Japan Center for Economic Research, vol. 18(1), pages 47-68, January.

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    Keywords

    Ownership; Network; Markup; Market Power; Competition; Business Dynamism; Competitiveness;
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    JEL classification:

    • D4 - Microeconomics - - Market Structure, Pricing, and Design
    • F1 - International Economics - - Trade
    • G3 - Financial Economics - - Corporate Finance and Governance
    • L2 - Industrial Organization - - Firm Objectives, Organization, and Behavior
    • L4 - Industrial Organization - - Antitrust Issues and Policies
    • O25 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Development Planning and Policy - - - Industrial Policy

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