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We use a dynamic oligopoly model of entry and exit to evaluate how entry regulations affect profitability and market … stores in Sweden, we find that the average entry costs for small and large stores are 10 and 18 percent lower, respectively …, in markets with liberal compared with restrictive regulations. Counterfactual simulations show that lower entry costs in …
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This paper presents statistical evidence on (1) the importance of "soft" capital spending items like marketing and R&D investments, and (2) the dominant service content of production in the modern manufacturing firm. It pictures the firm as a dominantly information processing entity that has...
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By means of a new type of production function - the WDI function – an examination has been made of the production structure in thirteen branches of Swedish manufacturing industry. The function used which is the same in all thirteen branches, allows for variable elasticity of substitution and...
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, we find that incumbents' productivity increase after large entry and that the magnitude of the increase declines with the …Entry of large ("big-box") stores along with a drastic fall in the number of stores are striking trends in retail. We … use a dynamic model to measure the impact of large entrants on productivity, allowing for a controlled productivity …
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The present study is a theoretical and empirical investigation into the aggregate wage dynamics of Swedish manufacturing. It contains three essential results: <p> •a rigorous search theoretical model of the wage behaviour of firms is presented and adapted for application to aggregate data <p> •the...</p></p>
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indexes. Would hedonic price indexing also have large effects on measured price and productivity during other technological … Sweden 1900–35. The results show that during the productivity boom of the 1920s, the constant prices for electric motors … high productivity growth in the industry producing electric motors 1920–29. In contrast to Sweden, the US annual total …
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Unlike previous analyses, we consider (i) that IT may affect productivity growth both directly and indirectly, through …
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