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An updated look at the computer services industry

Carson, Jamie - EconWPA - 2005

This paper looks at the fast-growing computer services industry in Canada, with a particular focus on software developers, data processing firms, systems consultants, and Internet service providers. The growth of the industry is described using a variety of statistics. Key industry trends,...

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Moore's Law and the Semiconductor Industry: A Vintage Model

Aizcorbe, Ana; Kortum, Samuel - EconWPA - 2004

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Human Capital and Labour Productivity, Integration of Institutions and Endogenous Growth

Delsen, Lei; Schonewille, Mark - EconWPA - 1999

This paper is part of a project that attempts to reveal the way labour market institutions, human capital and labour productivity are interconnected. First we discuss two approaches in the human capital theory, stressing some difficulties that could be solved if the approaches are combined. It...

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The job satisfaction of English academics and their intentions to quit academe

Stevens, Philip - EconWPA - 2005

This paper considers the job satisfaction of academics using a detailed dataset of over two thousand academics from ten English higher education institutions. The results of our analysis suggest that one would be wrong to consider one single measure of job-satisfaction. Academics appear to be...

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Trading Turnover and Expected Stock Returns: The Trading Frequency Hypothesis and Evidence from the Tokyo Stock Exchange

Hu, Shing-yang - EconWPA - 1997

trading turnover as a measure of liquidity and the 1976-1993 Tokyo Stock Exchange data, I find that, cross-sectionally, stocks … with higher turnover tend to have a lower expected return. This evidence is consistent with predictions derived from an … Amihud-Mendelson type of transaction cost model in which the turnover measures investors’ trading frequency. The trading …

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Dismissals and Match-Specific Rents

Black, Dan A.; Loewenstein, Mark A. - EconWPA - 1996

Labor contracts that result in dismissals are quite common in the real world. The question that arises is why employers do not just offer reduced wages instead of asking workers with low realized productivity to leave. This paper argues that such behavior can be explained by workers'...

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Family Health Benefits and Worker Turnover

Black, Dan A. - EconWPA - 1996

In this paper, I examine the impact of employer-provided health benefits on job turnover. Because many employer … portability of health plans. The estimates suggest that spouse-provided benefits substantially increase the likelihood of turnover. …

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L'actionnaire minoritaire, le commissaire, l'avocat et le juge : histoire d'une fusion litigieuse

TREBUCQ, Stéphane - EconWPA - 2005

The case of a French merger can be used to better understand the nature of conflicts of interest and cognitive …

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