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Work arrangements on large capital city building projects
Commission, Productivity - EconWPA - 2002
The study examines the relationship between work arrangements and workplace performance on large capital building sites.
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Market imperfections, equilibrium and arbitrage
Jouini, Elyès - EconWPA - 2003
frictions into account. …
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Returns Policies and Retail Price Competition
Padmanabhan, V.; Png, I.P.L. - EconWPA - 2004
We show that returns policies do increase manufacturer profitability by attenuating price competition between retailers …. This effect holds only in the presence of end-user demand uncertainty. The conditions under which a returns policy raises … returns policies serve both to dampen competition and resolve demand uncertainty. …
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Introduction to Market Microstructure
EKINCI, Cumhur - EconWPA - 2004
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Hiring discrimination in the French financial sector: an econometric analysis on field experiment data
Emmanuel, DUGUET; Pascale, PETIT - EconWPA - 2004
We study the determinants of hiring gender discrimination in the French financial sector through a controlled …
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The wage effects from the use of personal contacts as hiring channels
Antoninis, Manos - EconWPA - 2004
It has been argued that the use of personal networks in the hiring process has a positive influence on the wages of …
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Work Arrangements in the Australian Meat Processing Industry
Commission, Productivity - EconWPA - 2002
This report examines selected work arrangements and assesses their implications for the performance of meat processing enterprises. The effects on employees are also considered, and the scope to achieve further necessary change is analysed. The study has drawn on information obtained from...
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Work arrangements in container stevedoring
Commission, Productivity - EconWPA - 2002
This study examines selected work arrangements and assesses their implications for the performance of container stevedoring workplaces. The effects on employees and users of stevedoring services are also considered, and impediments to achieving improved work arrangements are analysed. This is...
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Recognizing Investment Opportunities at the Onset of Recoveries
Fioretti, Guido - EconWPA - 2002
Investment decision-making is modeled by means of a Kohonen neural net, where neurons represent firms. This is done in …
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Aggregate investment dynamics when firms face fixed investment cost and capital market imperfections
Bayer, Christian - EconWPA - 2004
This paper analyzes a model of investment with fixed investment costs and capital market imperfections. In this model … finance influences the level of capital firms hold, as well as the frequency at which they invest. In consequence investment …, when the short-run investment function is estimated, liquidity has a significant impact, which is also strongest for strong …
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