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mysterious doubling in the ratio of output to capital input when the postwar era is compared with 1870-1929. Measurement … the measurement of capital. A new MFP series taking account of all these adjustments grows more slowly throughout, and the …
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Replication of two recent studies of growth determinants shows that results are sensitive to the choice of data from which growth rates are calculated, especially with respect to whether economic convergence has occurred. Previous warnings against using data that has been adjusted to increase...
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In this article, we review the literature on the measurement of trade costs in international trade with a special …
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Existing estimates of the annual unemployment rate from 1870 to 1913 were constructed by the Board of Trade, initially in 1888, and updated thereafter. This is still the series which is widely used and cited. It is based on records of the number unemployed in various trade unions and it has a...
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When a firm decides which products to offer or put on display, it takes into account the products' ability to attract attention to the brand name as a whole. Thus, the value of a product to the firm emanates from the consumer demand it directly meets, as well as the indirect demand it generates...
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We study a market model in which competing firms use costly marketing devices to influence the set of alternatives … a function of the marketing devices employed by the firms. We examine the implications of this behavioral model in the … marketing devices and consumers’ conversion rates. …
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withdrawal of employers and external insurers as risk bearers of systematic financial and longevity risks. Partly because of … pension: the Personal Pension with Risk sharing (PPR). By unbundling and valuing the investment, (dis)saving, insurance and … risk-sharing functions of pensions, PPRs allow risk management and (dis)saving to be customized to the specific features of …
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theaters and trades, why they run, what determines the risk, whether to return to the theater or trade when the dust settles …, and how much to pay for assets (or tickets) in light of this risk. These theoretical considerations shed light on the …
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increasing, or conversely its willingness to provide term lending is decreasing, in its rollover risk over the term of the loan …
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We model the interplay between cash and debt policies in the presence of financial constraints. While saving cash allows constrained firms to hedge against future cash flow shortfalls, reducing current debt – ‘saving borrowing capacity’ – is a more effective way of securing investment in...
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