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Disproportionality measures of concentration, specialization, and polarization
Bickenbach, Frank (contributor); Bode, Eckhardt (contributor) - 2006
The paper extends the methodological toolbox of measures of industrial concentration and regional specialization. First, a taxonomy is proposed which gives rise to a modular construction system for disproportionality measures based on three characteristic features: the projection function, the...
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Closing the gap between absolute and relative measures of localization, concentration or specialization
Bickenbach, Frank; Bode, Eckhardt; Krieger-Boden, Christiane - 2010
discrepancy between absolute and relative measures. It shows that the difference between an absolute and a relative Theil index of … ; Theil index …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008699611
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What happened to U.S. business dynamism?
Akcigit, Ufuk; Ates, Sina T. - 2019
In the past several decades, the U.S. economy has witnessed a number of striking trends that indicate a rising market concentration and a slowdown in business dynamism. In this paper, we make an attempt to understand potential common forces behind these empirical regularities through the lens of...
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Comparing GDP in constant and in chained prices : some new results
Dumagan, Jesus Castaños - 2009
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Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003834941
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Determining the optimal Efficiency Index of Working Capital Management and its relationship with efficiency of assets in categorized industries : evidence from Tehran Stock Exchang...
Valipour, Hashem; Jamshidi, Ali - In: Advances in management & applied economics 2 (2012) 2, pp. 191-209
The present study examines the relationship between efficiency index of working capital management and efficiency of … working capital management four indexes have been used, including Performance Index of Working Capital Management (PIWCM …), Utilization Index of Working Capital Management (UIWCM), Efficiency Index of Working Capital Management (EIWCM), Cash Conversion …
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Productivity with general indices of management and technical change
Triebs, Thomas P.; Kumbhakar, Subal - 2012
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009658043
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A general theory of price and quantity aggregation and welfare measurement
Hillinger, Claude - 2002
The paper presents a general theory of the aggregation of prices and quantities that unifies the field and relates … topics that in the past have been treated separately and unsatisfactorily, or not at all. The theory does without the common … the theory lead to Törnqvist indexes defined on the appropriate data set. A numerical example confirms that in the non …
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An industry-adjusted index of state environmental compliance costs
Levinson, Arik - 1999
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Downward nominal wage rigidity : evidence from the employment cost index
Lebow, David E.; Saks, Raven E.; Wilson, Beth Anne - 1999
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10001404309
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A repeat-sales index for pricing US corporate bonds
Beaupain, Renaud - 2018
In this paper we use a repeat-sales index methodology to construct US corporate bond price indices. Using several … performance tests, we show that this methodology provides superior index estimates. In particular when assets trade at infrequent … and irregular intervals the repeat-sales index is superior to taking an arithmetic price average. The methodology can …
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