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Do Cows Have Negative Returns? The Evidence Revisited

Gehrke, Esther; Grimm, Michael - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014

as an instrument for investment in cattle. We find average returns in the order of -2% at the mean, but they vary across …

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The Causal Effects of an Industrial Policy

Criscuolo, Chiara; Martin, Ralf; Overman, Henry; Van … - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2012

positive program treatment effect on employment, investment and net entry but not on TFP. OLS underestimates program effects …,300 suggesting that in some respects investment subsidies can be cost effective. …

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Interprovincial Migration in China: The Effects of Investment and Migrant Networks

Bodvarsson, Orn B.; Bao, Shuming; Hou, Jack W.; Zhao, Yaohui - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2007

Since the 1980s, China’s government has eased restrictions on internal migration. This easing, along with rapid growth of the Chinese economy and substantial increases in foreign and domestic investments, has greatly stimulated internal migration. Earlier studies have established that...

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Dynamics of Labour and Capital Adjustment - A Comparison of Germany and the Netherlands

Polder, Michael; Verick, Sher - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2004

dynamics as investment conditions are similar. Our results are consistent with this hypothesis. Furthermore, there is no …

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What Do Unions Do for Economic Performance?

Hirsch, Barry T. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2003

in the U.S. private sector affect economic performance - productivity, profitability, investment, and growth. Freeman and … investment and, subsequently, lower employment and productivity growth. There is little evidence that unionization leads to …

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Banks and Innovation: Microeconometric Evidence on Italian Firms

Benfratello, Luigi; Schiantarelli, Fabio; Sembenelli, … - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2006

banking development reduces the cash flow sensitivity of fixed investment spending, particularly for small firms, and that it …

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Do Works Councils Inhibit Investment?

Addison, John T.; Schank, Thorsten; Schnabel, Claus; … - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2005

(favorable) impact on investment. …

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Capital Accumulation and Growth: A New Look at the Empirical Evidence

Bond, Steve; Leblebicioglu, Asli; Schiantarelli, Fabio - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2004

We present evidence that an increase in investment as a share of GDP predicts a higher growth rate of output per worker … coefficients. They are robust to model specifications and estimation methods. The evidence that investment has a long-run effect on …

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Holdup in Oligopsonistic Labour Markets: A New Role for the Minimum Wage

Kaas, Leo; Madden, Paul - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2006

competitors. Because workers participate in the returns on investment while only firms bear the costs, investment is inefficiently … low. A binding minimum wage can achieve the first-best level of investment, both in the short run for a given number of …

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Financial Markets, Banks' Cost of Funding, and Firms' Decisions: Lessons from Two Crises

Balduzzi, Pierluigi; Brancati, Emanuele; Schiantarelli, … - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2013

firms to cut investment, employment, and borrowing. We conclude that financial market fluctuations affect even private firms …

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