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Restructuring And Productivity Growth In UK Manufacturing

Disney, Richard F; Haskel, Jonathan; Heden, Ylva - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2000

We analyse productivity growth in UK manufacturing 1980-92 using the newly available ARD panel of establishments drawn from the Census of Production. We examine the relative importance of 'internal' restructuring (such as new technology and organizational change) and 'external' restructuring...

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Imperfect Competition, Market Size and Firm Turnover

Asplund, Björn Marcus; Nocke, Volker - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2000

that entry and exit rates are positively correlated across industries. Our objective is to investigate the effect of sunk … costs and, in particular, market size on entry and exit rates. We analyse a stochastic dynamic model of a monopolistically … show existence and uniqueness of a stationary equilibrium with simultaneous entry and exit: efficient firms survive while …

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Multinational Firms: Easy Come, Easy Go?

Haaland, Jan I.; Wooton, Ian - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2001

within a region, explicitly taking into account exit, as well as entry, costs. Protecting workers by having strict lay … influence the entry decision? …

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Legal Form, Growth and Exit of West German Firms - Empirical Results for Manufacturing, Construction, Trade and Service Industries

Harhoff, Dietmar; Stahl, Konrad; Woywode, Michael - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1996

In this paper we discuss determinants of firm survival and growth in Germany within its pre-1989 boundaries. We argue that the legal form adopted by a firm is an important indicator of the riskiness of projects undertaken, and that firms under limited liability should be characterized by higher...

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Exit from the Hospital Industry

Ciliberto, Federico; Lindrooth, Richard - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2007

We study the exit of hospitals from the market for inpatient services. More generous hospital reimbursement significantly reduces the probability of exit throughout the 1990s. Conditional on reimbursement levels, hospital efficiency was not a significant determinant in the early 1990s but in the...

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