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Output and Exports in Transition Economies: A Labour Management Model

Estrin, Saul; Hare, Paul G - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1999

The behaviour of an oligopolistic industry in a transition economy is analysed, assuming that the firms are labour-managed and the economy is open to international trade. The output of these firms is assumed to be of lower quality than the output of Western firms. Cournot equilibrium in the...

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Loss Aversion and the Uniform Pricing Puzzle for Vertically Differentiated Products

Courty, Pascal; Nasiry, Javad - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2015

The uniform pricing puzzle for vertically differentiated products states that a monopolist sells high and low quality products at the same price despite the fact that quality is perfectly observable and that there are no significant costs of adjusting prices. The puzzle is relevant for movies,...

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Optimal Information Management: Organizations versus Markets

Castanheira, Micael; Leppämäki, Mikko - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2003

This Paper examines the optimal structure of management when a decision-maker must have a mass of information processed before making a decision. They can either delegate processing tasks inside their own organization, in which case they retain full authority over the agents, or they hand over...

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Try Me! On Job Assignments as a Screening Device

Carrillo, Juan D - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2000

We study the optimal allocation of screening tasks between two agents (incumbent vs. outsider or senior vs. junior) competing for one job. First, we characterize the inefficiencies from the principal's viewpoint of delegating the selection of the screening procedure to the incumbent. In general,...

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Why Do Trade Negotiations Take So Long?

Moser, Christoph; Rose, Andrew K - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2012

The Doha multilateral round of trade negotiations sponsored by the WTO has been dragging on for over a decade, with no end in sight. In this short paper we assess empirically what determines the duration of trade negotiations, focusing on the span between the start of trade talks and their...

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The Survival of New Plants: Start-up Conditions and Post-entry Evolution

Guimaraes, Paulo; Mata, José; Portugal, Pedro - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1995

This paper examines the longevity of entrants. We find size to be an important determinant of the chances of survival … differences, past growth matters for survival suggesting a partial adjustment process for firm size in the post entry period …

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Do Services Differ From Manufacturing? The Post-Entry Performance of Firms in Dutch Services

Audretsch, David B; Klomp, Luuk; Thurik, A R Roy - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1997

firm growth, survival, size and age. While these studies have resulted in findings that are sufficiently consistent as to … relationships between firm age and size on the one hand, and survival and growth on the other may, in fact, not be the same in … services. The results suggest that the most fundamental relationships between firm size, age, survival and growth are …

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Blessing or Curse? Domestic Plants' Survival and Employment Prospects After Foreign Acquisition

Girma, Sourafel; Görg, Holger - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2001

, positive or negative, on the survival prospects and employment growth of that plant. The empirical analysis uses data from the … that the incidence of take-over reduces employment growth, in particular for unskilled labour. Both survival and employment …

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A Quantative Analysis of Swedish Fertility Dynamics: 1751-1990

Eckstein, Zvi; Mira, Pedro Solbes; Wolpin, Kenneth - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1998

adult survival rates. In addition, we find that a model that is estimated using only pre-transition data would actually …

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On the Evolution of the Firm Size Distribution: Facts and Theory

Cabral, Luís M B; Mata, José - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2001

Using a comprehensive data set of Portuguese manufacturing firms, we show that the firm size distribution is significantly right-skewed, evolving over time toward a log-normal distribution. We also show that selection accounts for very little of this evolution. Instead, we propose a simple...

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