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Productivity in the Transportation Sector

Gordon, Robert J. - 1991

productivity (MFP) growth in the transportation industry over the postwar period, 1948-87. Official data on output and employment … data reduce the magnitude of the post-1973 productivity slowdown in transportation MFP growth from a previously reported 2 … control, and highways, do not change appreciably the pattern of postwar MFP growth in transportation …

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What’s Driving Entrepreneurship and Innovation in the Transport Sector?

Choe, Derrick - 2020

innovative activities in the transportation and warehousing sector of the U.S. economy. We suggest multiple avenues for future …

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Kleptocracy and Divide-and-Rule : A Model of Personal Rule

Acemoglu, Daron - 2003

Many developing countries have suffered under the personal rule of kleptocrats', who implement highly inefficient economic policies, expropriate the wealth of their citizens, and use the proceeds for their own glorification or consumption. We argue that the success of kleptocrats rests, in part,...

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The Performance of Performance Standards

Heckman, James - 2002

This paper examines the performance of the JTPA performance system, a widely emulated model for inducing efficiency in government organizations. We present a model of how performance incentives may distort bureaucratic decisions. We define cream skimming within the model. Two major empirical...

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