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persistence of productivity growth differentials between nations, even though these countries show a common technology, constant … generations specification. The source of productivity (growth) differentials in our model is the existence of a non-traded capital … than leisure). We consider the influence on productivity growth differentials of private thrift, public debt, the taxation …
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We study a multi-sector model of growth with differences in TFP growth rates across sectors and derive sufficient conditions for the coexistence of structural change, characterized by sectoral labour reallocation, and constant aggregate growth path. The conditions are weak restrictions on the...
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This paper studies structural transformation of Soviet Russia in 1928-1940 from an agrarian to an industrial economy through the lens of a two-sector neoclassical growth model. We construct a large dataset that covers Soviet Russia during 1928-1940 and Tsarist Russia during 1885-1913. We use a...
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due to consumption externalities. Finally, with perfectly flexible prices the ranking might increase the market power of …
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heterogenous agents interact through local public goods or externalities (school funding, neighbourhood effects) and economy … slower growth in the short run, but to higher output or even productivity growth in the long run. This trade-off occurs in …
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We report experimental results on exclusive dealing inspired by the literature on "naked exclusion.'' Our key findings are: First, exclusion of a more efficient entrant is a widespread phenomenon in lab markets. Second, allowing incumbents to discriminate between buyers increases exclusion rates...
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This Paper demonstrates that mall store contracts are written to internalize externalities through both an efficient … allocation and pricing of space and an efficient allocation of incentives across stores. Certain stores generate externalities by …
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We study the effects of allocative and informational externalities in (multi-object) auctions and related mechanisms …. Such externalities naturally arise in models that embed auctions in larger economic contexts. In particular, they appear … driving force behind many new, specific phenomena with allocative externalities: even in complete information settings …
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This Paper considers the efficiency and convergence properties of dynamic processes of social and economic interactions, such as exchange economies, multilateral negotiations, merger and divestiture transactions, or legislative bargaining. The key general feature of the economy is that agents...
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industry magnifies the productivity advantage of multinationals by restricting backward and forward linkages to groups of firms …
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