Search Results - subject:"elasticity of substitution"

What is ’Firm Heterogeneity’ in Trade Models? The Role of Quality, Scope, Markups, and Cost

Hottman, Colin - 2014

We estimate a structural model of heterogeneous multiproduct firms to examine the sources of firm heterogeneity emphasized in the recent trade and macro literatures. Using Nielsen barcode data on prices and sales, we estimate elasticities of substitution within and between firms, and use the...

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Energy Substitutability in Canadian Manufacturing Econometric Estimation with Bootstrap Confidence Intervals

Ghazal, Reza; Dissou, Yazid - 2014

This study provides estimates of the price and orishima substitution elasticities between energy and non-energy inputs in two Canadian energy-intensive manufacturing industries: Primary Metal and Cement. The elasticities are estimated using annual industry-level KLEM data (1961-2003) and relying...

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Oligopolistic Competition, Technology Innovation, and Multiproduct Firms

Ju, Jiandong - 2014

with multiproduct firms. The model has the following characteristics: (1) the elasticity of substitution across firm's own … products and the elasticity of substitution across different firms are allowed to differ; (2) the product managers of the same … is endogenous. If the elasticity of substitution across the firm's own products increases, it is shown that the firm …

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Oligopolistic Competition, Technology Innovation, and Multiproduct Firms

Ju, Jiandong - 2014

the following characteristics: (1) the elasticity of substitution across firm's own products and the elasticity of … firms' prices. If the elasticity of substitution across firm's own products increases, it is shown that the firm …'s proliferation level decreases and the number of firms in the market increases. On the contrary, if the elasticity of substitution …

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Rural-Urban Migration, Substitutability of Human Capital and City Productivity : Evidence from China

Yu, Jixiang - 2014

migrant workers and local workers has not received much discussion. The elasticity of substitution is important for rural …

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In Search of the Armington Elasticity

Feenstra, Robert C. - 2014

The elasticity of substitution between goods from different countries---the Armington elasticity---is important for …

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In Search of the Armington Elasticity

Feenstra, Robert C. - 2014

The elasticity of substitution between goods from different countries---the Armington elasticity---is important for …

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A firm level perspective on migration : the role of extra-EU workers in Italian manufacturing

Bettin, Giulia; Lo Turco, Alessia; Maggioni, Daniela - In: Journal of productivity analysis 42 (2014) 3, pp. 305-325

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Food at home production and consumption : implications for nutrition quality and policy

Davis, George C. - In: Review of Economics of the Household 12 (2014) 3, pp. 565-588

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On the dependence of the growth rate on the elasticity of substitution in a network

Martemyanov, Yury P.; Matveenko, Vladimir D. - In: International journal of process management and … 4 (2014) 4, pp. 475-492

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