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Competitiveness Research Network (Europe)

• Data description
• Time period
• Support links
• How to access data 

 

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Data description

The Competitiveness Research Network (CompNet) provides European firm-level micro-aggregate data and a toolkit for competitiveness indicators. The 9th data wave was released in 2023.

CompNet is produced by the European System of Central Banks (ESCB), the European Central Bank (ECB), the European Commission (EC), the Leibniz Institute for Economic Research of Halle (IWH), the European Bank of Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) and the Tinbergen Institute.

CompNet describes its institutional mandate as to:

• Strengthen the analytical framework for assessing competitiveness in Europe
• Identify dynamics of competitiveness and productivity in EU countries and firms
• Relate competitiveness indicators with aggregate outcomes (e.g. exports, economic growth).

"The dataset includes variables on employment, trade, productivity, mark-ups, financial constraints and more. Variable definitions and computation are harmonized across countries. Built at firm level, indicators are then aggregated to sectoral level (NACE 2-digit) in order to avoid confidentiality issues."

 

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Time period

CompNet covers 22 European countries for varying time spans between 1999 and 2021.

Country	Coverage
Belgium	2000–2020
Croatia	2002–2021
Czech Republic	2005–2020
Denmark	2001–2020
Finland	1999–2020
France	2003–2020
Germany	2001–2018
Hungary	2003–2020
Italy	2006–2020
Latvia*	2007-2019
Lithuania*	2000–2020
Malta	2010-2020
Netherlands	2007–2019
Poland	2002–2020
Portugal	2004–2020
Romania	2005–2020
Slovakia	2000–2020
Slovenia	2002–2021
Spain	2008–2020
Sweden	2003–2020
Switzerland	2009–2020

 

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Support links

• The 9th wave (2023) CompNet User Guide is available online
• The list of variables of the 9th wave is available in this CompNet PDF
• The CompNet homepage provides further information and updates
• Information about the related ComProd Monitor is on this web page.

 

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How to access data

- CompNet firm-level-based data access requires scholars to submit a data request form to the CompNet network

- Please refer to CompNet Terms and Conditions before applying for access.

 

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European, EU and Euro Area data resources: 

• The EUI Library maintains a directory of European, EU and Euro Area Data Resources.

 

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Data homepage

Contact: [email protected]