Does democratisation promote economic competition? This paper documents that the disruption of political connections associated with Suharto's fall had a modest pro-competitive effect on Indonesian manufacturing industries. Firms with connections to Suharto lost substantial market share following his resignation. Industries in which Suharto family firms had larger market share during his tenure exhibited weak improvements in broader measures of competition in the post-Suharto era relative to industries in which Suharto firms had not been important players.

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民主化会促进竞争吗？来自印度尼西亚的证据*

民主化会促进经济竞争吗？本文记录了与苏哈托下台相关的政治联系中断，对印尼制造业产生了适度的促进竞争的影响。在他辞职后，与苏哈托有联系的公司失去了可观的市场份额。苏哈托家族企业在其任职期间拥有较大市场份额的行业在后苏哈托时代的更广泛的竞争衡量指标上相对于苏哈托家族企业并非重要参与者的行业表现出微弱的改善。