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In this paper, we propose a panel data semiparametric varying-coefficient model in which covariates (variables affecting the coefficients) are purely categorical. This model has two features: first, fixed effects are included to allow for correlation between individual unobserved heterogeneity...
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Applying Foster, Haltiwanger and Krizan‟s (1998) decomposition of productivity growth method to Malaysian … the sector‟s aggregate productivity growth. The findings show that turnover matters regardless of ownership but, more … have an important positive impact on sector productivity. The analysis shows that large-sized foreign and domestic entrants …
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size and its potential impact on aggregate productivity growth is imperative. We find that turnover, particularly of large … plants, makes a substantial contribution to overall productivity growth in manufacturing. Hence, from a policy perspective …, facilitating turnover might be as important as supporting existing plants in promoting aggregate productivity growth …
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In this paper we make a first attempt to explore the relationship between computer use and productivity in French …
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This paper proposes a new way to empirically model netput functions. It argues for the flexibility and rationality of specifying netputs as a function of competitive prices, fixed inputs, and restricted profit. We call these implicit netput functions because they depend on restricted profit....
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We compare adverse event rates for surgical inpatients across 36 public hospitals in the state of Victoria, Australia, conditioning on differences in patient complexity across hospitals. We estimate separate models for elective and emergency patients which stay at least one night in hospitals,...
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Adverse events in hospitals cause significant morbidity and mortality, and considerable effort has been invested into analysing their incidence and preventability. An unresolved issue in models of medical adverse events is potential endogeneity of length of stay (LOS): whilst the probability of...
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This paper analyses the effect of piracy on innovation in the presence of R&D competition with technological and market uncertainty. With a single innovating firm facing technological uncertainty, piracy unambiguously retards innovation. However, with R&D competition where firms face market and...
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In a typical corporate hierarchy, the manager is delegated the authority to make strategic decisions, and to contract with other employees. By studying a model with one principal and two agents where one agent can gather information that is valuable for the principal's project choice and the...
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In India, manufacturing plays a significant role in economic development, growth and as a source of employment. This paper analyses the pricing behaviour in Indian manufacturing sector considering both domestic and external variables. Price adjustment models are developed based on Industrial...
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