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Agglomerative Forces and Cluster Shapes
Kerr, William R.; Kominers, Scott Duke - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2010
. Empirically, we demonstrate that our model's assumptions are present in the structure of technology and labor flows within Silicon … clusters and industry agglomeration. …
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Agglomeration and Innovation
Carlino, Gerald; Kerr, William R. - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2014
This chapter reviews academic research on the connections between agglomeration and innovation. We first describe the conceptual distinctions between invention and innovation. We then describe how these factors are frequently measured in the data and some resulting empirical regularities....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010885295
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Multi-product Firms and Product Turnover in the Developing World: Evidence from India
Goldberg, Pinelopi; Pavcnik, Nina; Khandelwal, Amit; … - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2008
Recent theoretical work predicts that an important margin of adjustment to deregulation or trade reforms is the … developing country during a period (1989-2003) that spans large-scale trade and other market reforms. We find that in the cross … destruction". We also find no link between declines in tariffs on final goods induced by India's 1991 trade reform and product …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005829412
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Toward an Understanding of Learning by Doing: Evidence from an Automobile Assembly Plant
Levitt, Steven; list, john; Syverson, Chad - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2012
Productivity improvements within establishments (e.g., factories, mines, or retail stores) are an important source of aggregate productivity growth. Past research has documented that learning by doing-productivity improvements that occur in concert with production increases-is one source of such...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011227956
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Dutch Disease or Agglomeration? The Local Economic Effects of Natural Resource Booms in Modern America
Allcott, Hunt; Keniston, Daniel - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2014
oil and gas booms have affected local economies in the United States. Migration does not fully offset labor demand growth …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011254924
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Analyzing Compensation Methods in Manufacturing: Piece Rates, Time Rates, or Gain-Sharing?
Helper, Susan; Kleiner, Morris M.; Wang, Yingchun - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2010
Economists have often argued that "pay for performance" is the optimal compensation scheme. However, use of the simplest form of pay for performance, the piece rate, has been in decline in manufacturing in recent decades. We show both theoretically and empirically that these changes are due to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008727844
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How Do Energy Prices, and Labor and Environmental Regulations Affect Local Manufacturing Employment Dynamics? A Regression Discontinuity Approach
Kahn, Matthew E.; Mansur, Erin T. - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2010
Manufacturing industries differ with respect to their energy intensity, labor-to-capital ratio and their pollution … intensity. Across the United States, there is significant variation in electricity prices and labor and environmental regulation …-intensive industries concentrate in low electricity price counties, labor-intensive industries avoid pro-union counties, and pollution …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008727870
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Learning by Doing in a Multi-Product Manufacturing Environment: Product Variety, Customizations, and Overlapping Product Generations
Egelman, Carolyn D.; Epple, Dennis; Argote, Linda; … - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2013
Extending research on organizational learning to multi-product environments is of particular importance given that the vast majority of products are manufactured in such environments. We investigate learning in a multi-product facility drawing on exceptionally rich data for a manufacturing firm...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010714169
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The Evolving Geography of China's Industrial Production: Implications for Pollution Dynamics and Urban Quality of Life
Kahn, Matthew E.; Zheng, Siqi; Sun, Cong; Qi, Ye - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2013
that together determine the new economic geography of industry and pollution within China. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011095621
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The Slow Growth of New Plants: Learning about Demand?
Foster, Lucia Smith; Haltiwanger, John; Syverson, Chad - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2012
It is well known that new businesses are typically much smaller than their established industry competitors, and that …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009493264