, allows us estimating the socio-demographic determinants of retail profitability. Using a simulation model, we are able to … predict the development of bank profitability due to demographic shifts up to 2025. One of the main findings is that the … the population reduces the customer base, ageing per se increases profitability as older customers typically generate …

results quantify the role of regional factor markets in firm productivity and location. Considering modern China as a large …

This paper studies the productivity impact of a contract change for tea pluckers in an Indian plantation. The contract …

Historical data for over hundred years and 14 countries is used to estimate the long-run effect of productivity on the … real exchange rate. We find large variations in the productivity effect across four distinct monetary regimes in the sample … argue that changes in trade costs over time may affect the impact of productivity on the real exchange rate over time. We …

evidence for sequential sorting into different export-modes according to firm productivity: i) only the most productive firms …

in order to restore their productivity. To do so we develop an equilibrium matching model with an imperfect labor and … estimated negative impact of wrongful dismissal laws in the US on productivity and the positive effect on the number of …