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We estimate the macroeconomic benefits and international spillovers of an increase in competition using a general …-equilibrium simulation model with nominal rigidities and monopolistic competition in product and labor markets. We draw three conclusions … after calibrating the model to the euro area against the rest of the industrial world. First, greater competition produces …
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Standard observed characteristics explain only part of the differences between men and women in education choices and labor market trajectories. Using an experiment to derive students' levels of overconfidence, and preferences for competitiveness and risk, this paper investigates whether these...
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Remarks at the 2013 OTC Derivatives Conference, Paris, France.
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Remarks at the Foreign Policy Association Corporate Dinner, New York City
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Remarks before the Puerto Rico Chamber of Commerce Annual Convention, Fajardo, Puerto Rico.
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estimators are then used as a laboratory to measure the relationship between increasing Chinese competition and the components of … increasing their marginal cost (raising prices by up to 50 percent). The fact that marginal cost increased as competition … the dual nature of trade’s procompetitive effects; exporters respond to tougher competition by simultaneously adjusting …
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industry is unusual because there exist two horizontally segmented retail markets with different degrees of competition: the … predicts that competition is the key driver of the rate at which technology is adopted. …
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?globalization backlash? lowers the degree of competition in import-competing sectors, and compare the implications of higher markups …
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The subprime crisis highlights how little we know about the governance of banks. This paper addresses a long-standing gap in the literature by analyzing board governance using a sample of banking firm data that spans forty years. We examine the relationship between board structure (size and...
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