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Taxation, inequality and the allocation of talent
Bergman, Malin L. (contributor) - 2003 - [Elektronische Ressource], Rev. April 16, 2003
This paper examines the implications of income redistribution on human capital accumulation and income inequality, presenting a model where human capital investment is indivisible and agents differ in economic opportunity as well as intellectual ability. It is shown that the impact of...
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Dynamics of technical efficiency and productivity change under central planning : the Romainian cement industry 1966 - 1989
Cotfas, Mihai (contributor); Heshmati, Almas (contributor);  … - 2000 - [Elektronische Ressource], Rev. October 2000
This paper investigates the time-path of efficiency and productivity change in the case of the Romanian cement industry … the Romanian cement industry before the revolution in 1989 is a slow rate of productivity progress, and a corresponding … catch up in the level of productive efficiency. -- Productivity change ; productive efficiency ; stochastic frontiers ; time …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10001600014
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Innovation and performance in manufacturing industries : a comparison of the Nordic countries
Lööf, Hans; Heshmati, Almas; Asplund, Rita; Nåås, … - 2001 - [Elektronische Ressource]
relationship between innovation and productivity in Finland, Norway and Sweden at the firm level. Although these countries enjoy a … high degree of political, social and cultural similarities, they differ largely from one another in their productivity … productivity growth. Results reveal major discrepancies between the estimated firm-level results and the aggregated figures …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10001600085
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Essays on efficiency and productivity : contributions on bootstrap, DEA and stochastic frontier models
Löthgren, Mickael - 1997
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10000955116
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Integrating consumer satisfaction into productivity indexes
Färe, Rolf; Grosskopf, Shawna; Roos, Pontus - 1996
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10000955999
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Bootstrapping DEA-based efficiency measures and Malmquist productivity indices : a study of Swedish eye-care service provision
Löthgren, Mickael; Tambour, Magnus - 1995
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European integration and productivity growth
Norberg, Helene - 1996
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Bootstrapping the Malmquist productivity index : a simulation study
Löthgren, Mickael - 1997
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E-commerce and prices : theory and evidence
Friberg, Richard (contributor);  … - 2000 - [Elektronische Ressource], Rev. September 8, 2000
This paper examines the relation between prices in conventional stores and on the Internet. Main results from the theoretical analysis are i) we expect a discrete fall in prices in conventional stores as the share of the population with access to Internet reaches a critical level, ii) the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10001599969
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How fast do banks adjust? : A dynamic model of labor-use with an application to Swedish banks
Kumbhakar, Subal (contributor); Heshmati, Almas (contributor) - 2000 - [Elektronische Ressource]
of actual to desired level of employment. Productivity growth is defined in terms of a shift in the labor requirement … function. Swedish banking data is used as an application of the above model. -- Productivity ; Efficiency ; Convergence ; Labor …
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