The following article presents new econometric evidence on comparative behavior between worker cooperatives and capitalist firms, identifying differences in wage and employment responses. We exploit a comprehensive panel data set that covers the universe of cooperatives and their capitalist...

The theoretical discussion concerning the comparison of employment and wage decisions between capitalist firms and worker cooperatives began with the seminal work of Ward (1958). The model assumes that worker cooperatives maximizes the net income per member instead of total profits. Even though...

This paper relates to the implications of transaction costs in Ronald Coase. The economics of transaction costs (TCE) is a first-order theoretical framework for understanding both the constraints to the development of the company to warn gaps in current public policy developments with important...

This paper studies the relationship between productivity and export orientation of Uruguayan manufacturing firms in 1997-2001, trying to explore the self-selection and learning by exporting hypotheses. We use a constant prices plant level data panel for 1997-2001. First, we estimate a production...

Este documento analiza la evolución de la productividad del sector de productos alimenticios a lo largo de las dos últimas décadas. Las técnicas empíricas utilizadas en la estimación de la función de producción controlan los posibles sesgos por la entrada y salida de establecimientos...

The paper discusses the conditions for microenterprises to remain in the market. The analysis demonstrates that microenterprises facing tight constraints may remain in the market only if they are capable of achieving increasing returns and economies of scale that shift down their average cost...

This study estimates the economic cost of mining pollution on water resources for the years 2008 and 2009 based on the conceptual framework of Environmental Efficiency (Pittman, 1981.1983, Färe et al., 1989, 1993, 2003; Rao, 2000). This framework understands such costs as the mining companies...

Spanish Abstract: Los artesanos productores de objetos de identidad cultural y portadores de tradición transmitida de generación en generación, realizan sus piezas de artesanías por mano de obra integrada por miembros de la misma familia; característica trascendente objeto de analizar desde...

Spanish Abstract: Los artesanos productores de objetos de identidad cultural y portadores de tradición transmitida de generación en generación, realizan sus piezas de artesanías por mano de obra integrada por miembros de la misma familia; característica trascendente objeto de analizar desde...