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Micro Gains From Micro Reform
Quiggin, John - 1998
Large estimates of the benefits of microeconomic reform have been put forward in official studies. By contrast, Quiggin (1997) concludes that benefits of microeconomic reforms have been modest. A key area of disagreement relates to the claim that increased competition leads to increases in...
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Air pollution: a review of its economic effects and policies to mitigate them
Hospido Quintana, Laura; Sanz Alonso, Carlos; …
La contaminación atmosférica suscita un interés cada vez mayor entre la comunidad científica, los poderes públicos y la población en general, lo que ha llevado a un fuerte aumento en el número de artículos científicos sobre este asunto. Este documento proporciona un resumen de la...
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Essays on the contribution of public infrastructure to private production and its political economy
Stephan, Andreas - 2001
between infrastructure and private productivity. The second subject is the determinants of regional infrastructure investment … infrastructure to private production; the essays three to five study besides the productivity effects also the determinants of …
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International trade and labour markets
Braun, Sebastian Till - 2010
This dissertation consists of four essays that contribute to the literature on international trade and labour markets … workers decreases as a result. The second essay studies labour market outcomes in a model of intra-industry trade between a … rigidity. The third essay analyses how different unionisation structures affect firm productivity and firm performance in a …
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Die Transformation des Verarbeitenden Gewerbes in Berlin/Brandenburg unter Berücksichtigung der Exporte : eine empirische Analyse mit amtlichen Mikrodaten
Mangelsdorf, Stefan - 2009
sozialistischen Staaten Mittel- und Osteuropas.Der Schwerpunkt dieser Arbeit liegt in der Transformation des Verarbeitenden Gewerbes … Transformationsprozesses zu erhalten.Die Datenbasis dieser Arbeit besteht neben Angaben aus der Volkswirtschaftlichen Gesamtrechnung der Länder … Jahre 1991 bis 2000 zur Verfügung.Ein besonderer Schwerpunkt dieser Arbeit ist die Rolle der Exporte für die betriebliche …
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Mandatory Works Councils in Germany: Their Effects on Productivity and Profits
Müller, Steffen - 2009
-, consultation-, and co-determination rights. The effects works councils have on productivity and profits are estimated for medium …-sized manufacturing firms using information from the IAB establishment panel. The results indicate a positive effect on productivity of 6 …
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Land Security, Efficiency and Productivity, and Rural Income in China
Zhang, Yanjie - 2013
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Fiscal Shocks and Their Consequences
Burnside, A. Craig; Eichenbaum, Martin; Fisher, Jonas D. M. - 2003
This paper investigates the response of hours worked and real wages to fiscal policy shocks in the U.S. during the post World War II era. We identify these shocks with exogenous changes in military purchases and argue that they lead to a persistent increase in government purchases and tax rates...
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The dynamics of hours worked and technology
Cantore, Cristiano; Ferroni, Filippo; León-Ledesma, … - 2012
We study the relationship between hours worked and technology during the postwar period in the US. We show that the responses of hours to technological improvements have increased over time, and that the patterns captured by the SVAR are consistent with those obtained from an RBC model with a...
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