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In this paper we study how promoting product market competition by reducing mark-ups or by increasing productivity are able to complement labor market reforms. We use a simple general equilibrium model with different types of labor. The bottom-line of the paper is that product market reforms...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011391687
In this paper we study how promoting product market competition by reducing mark-ups or by increasing productivity are able to complement labor market reforms. We use a simple general equilibrium model with different types of labor. The bottom-line of the paper is that product market reforms...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013321030
in retailing and leads to a consolidation in this industry. As a consequence, surviving retailers have larger catchment … areas and consumers have to travel longer distances for their errands. These adjustments in retailing create a trade …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010300180
We develop a general-equilibrium model to capture key features of the retailing and of the manufacturing industry in … shift in employment from manufacturing to retailing, the rise in retailer product assortment and the emergence of slotting … concentration is best explained by technological change in retailing. We also identify a novel benefit from market integration …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010277350
We develop a general-equilibrium model to capture key features of the retailing and of the manufacturing industry in … shift in employment from manufacturing to retailing, the rise in retailer product assortment and the emergence of slotting … concentration is best explained by technological change in retailing. We also identify a novel benefit from market integration …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010277404
We examine the macroeconomic consequences of industry wage bargaining and product market reforms. We suggest that general equilibrium effects may be important for the evaluation of industry-specific regulations. In particular, we suggest that the European unemployment problem can be traced back...
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In this paper we study how promoting product market competition by reducing mark-ups or by increasing productivity are able to complement labor market reforms. We use a simple general equilibrium model with different types of labor. The bottom-line of the paper is that product market reforms...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010262459
I propose a general equilibrium model of competition in manufacturing and retailing. Relative to the counterfactual of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012965134
Australia's comparatively small and open economy is subject to boom-bust shocks that centre on its exporting mining and agricultural industries which, in average years, are minor contributors to its GDP. The associated real exchange rate effects, however, have important implications for overall...
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in retailing and leads to a consolidation in this industry. As a consequence, surviving retailers have larger catchment … areas and consumers have to travel longer distances for their errands. These adjustments in retailing create a trade … ; retailing ; diversity ; accessibility ; retail deserts …
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