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propose estimating nested logit demand models, using household panel data to automate the assignment of products to nests. Our …
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We examine the repercussions of protectionist policies implemented in the United States since 2018 on the composition of workforce and career choices within the semiconductor industry. We find that the shift towards protectionism, aimed at reviving domestic manufacturing and employment,...
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This paper presents the results of a study of the determinants of research productivity in the pharmaceutical industry … spillovers between firms may playa major role in increasing research productivity. The paper also speaks directly to the question …
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We study the effect of price caps on the provision of costly effort by pharmaceutical firms using variation in drug discounts generated by a price regulation program that allows eligible hospitals to purchase outpatient drugs at steep discounts. These discounts directly affect drug...
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A rollup is a series of acquisitions through which a financial sponsor consolidates ownership. Increasingly, this strategy is shaping economically important markets, but historically, it has escaped antitrust enforcement. We study this phenomenon in the anesthesia industry, site of the first...
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Solving complex problems- in medicine, engineering, and other technological domains- often requires exploring multiple approaches, particularly when significant uncertainty exists about which one will lead to success. Conventional wisdom assumes that having many experimenters independently...
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Across many sectors, research has established that management explains a notable portion of productivity differences … share of the variance of store-level productivity; (ii) negative assortative matching between managers and stores, which may … productivity also tend to obtain high energy productivity, revealing some breadth in managers' skills applicability; (vii) high …
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Using data on over 900 firms for the period 1988-2000, we estimate the effect on phase-specific biotech and pharmaceutical R&D success rates of a firm's overall experience, its experience in the relevant therapeutic category; the diversification of its experience, and alliances with large and...
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Recent work linking the adoption of key organizational practices to productivity raises an important question: if … adoption increases productivity so dramatically, why does adoption across an industry take so long? This paper explores this …
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We use U.S. patent records to examine the role of research personnel as a pathway for the diffusion of ideas from … university to industry. Appearing on a patent assigned to a university is evidence that an inventor has been exposed to …
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