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Using synthetic data generated by a prototypical stochastic growth model, we explore the quantitative extent of measurement error of the Solow residual (Solow 1957) as a measure of total factor productivity (TFP) growth when the capital stock is measured with error and when capacity utilization...
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In this paper we specify and estimate a structural model of competition for the European airline industry to assess the … cartel pricing, airline prices in Europe might come down more gradually as efficiency increases and market niches are …
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We show that multimarket contact facilitates tacit collusion in the US airline industry using two complementary …
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In this paper, we specify and estimate a structural model, which links product market competition and union power. The model has a two-stage setting, in which wages are determined through bargaining between management and unions in the first stage, with a price-setting market game to follow in...
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We consider an empirical model of worldwide airlines’ alliances that we apply to a large set of companies for the period 1995-2000, with special attention to US and EU carriers. From the estimation of a cost, capacity and demand system that accounts for cross-price elasticities, we attempt to...
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effects upon profitability. We test for weak instruments and check sub-sample robustness. Our findings seem to lend support to …
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This Paper examines the effect of price competition on innovation, market structure and profitability in R … counts and profitability over 1952-77. The econometric results suggest that the introduction of restrictive practices …&D-intensive manufacturing industries, while it caused a significant rise in concentration in these industries. In the short run profitability …
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This paper contains a brief survey of recent empirical work on the performance of large companies. It tries to pull together the literature in the form of six stylized facts, illustrating them with data drawn from a single sample. The paper concludes by highlighting the issues which are thrown...
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We develop a simple approach to valuing stocks in the presence of learning about average profitability. The market …-to-book ratio (M/B) increases with uncertainty about average profitability, especially for firms that pay no dividends. M/B is … returns. Firm profitability has become more volatile recently, helping explain the puzzling increase in average idiosyncratic …
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other aspects of firm behaviour. In this paper we consider the impact of minimum wages on firm profitability by exploiting … firm profitability was significantly reduced (and wages significantly raised) by the minimum wage introduction. This … residential care homes, and a second on firms across all sectors). Interestingly, we find no evidence that the profitability …
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