Abstract
This paper links the debate on the decrease in competitiveness and busi- ness dynamism with that on rising inequality. We build a framework withentry, imperfect competition, heterogeneous households, and incompletemarkets. Recent trends in markups, factorsâshare, and business dynamismare explained through an increase in barriers to entry for new â¦rms, whichrestrict competition. Those trends account for 11% to 22% of the increasein income inequality observed between 1989 and 2007 and for 10% of the in-crease in wealth inequality. Just 16% of the population experiences a welfaregain during the transition from a high to a low competition environment.These are either the wealthy, or agents with low productivity relative to their asset holdings.
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