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Productivity and the sourcing modes of multinational firms: evidence from French firm-level data
Defever, Fabrice; Toubal, Farid - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2007
We investigate the role of a firm’s total factor productivity in its decision to import from their affiliates rather … strong empirical support for the theoretical predictions of the model. In particular, high-productivity firms that have a …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011071334
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Intra-firm trade and product contractibility (Long Version)
Bernard, Andrew B.; Redding, Stephen - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2010
This paper examines the determinants of intra-firm trade in U.S. imports using detailed countryproductdata. We create a new measure of product contractibility based on the degree ofintermediation in international trade for the product. We find important roles for the interaction ofcountry and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010746596
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Do friends and relatives really help in getting a good job?
Pellizzari, Michele - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2004
theoretical model is used to show that employers invest more in recruitment for high productivity jobs and for positions that …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010744991
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The effect of trade liberalization on informality and wages: evidence from Mexico
Aleman-Castilla, Benjamin - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2006
firm heterogeneity, it is predicted that import tariff elimination could reduce the incidence of informality by making more …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010746201
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Productivity differences in the airline industry: partial deregulation versus short-run protection
Marin, Pedro L. - London School of Economics (LSE) - 1995
characteristics and efficiency as the main determinants of their productivity. The application of this analysis to the European market … shows that productivity differences among flag carriers could explain the governments' different views about deregulation at …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010745526
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Information technology, organization, and productivity in the public sector: evidence from police departments
Garicano, Luis; Heaton, Paul - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2007
productivity in the public sector using a new panel data set of police departments covering 1987-2003. While IT adoption is …-level characteristics and the endogeneity of IT use. IT investments do, however, appear to improve police productivity when complemented …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010745994
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The value of bosses
Lazear, Edward P.; Shaw, Kathryn L. - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2014
How and by how much do supervisors enhance worker productivity? Using a company-based data set on the productivity of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011126013
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Technology, information and the decentralization of the firm
Acemoglu, Daron; Aghion, Philippe; Lelarge, Claire; Van … - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2006
This paper develops a framework to analyze the relationship between the diffusion of new technologies and the decentralization decisions of firms. Centralized control relies on the information of the principal, which we equate with publicly available information. Decentralized control, on the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010884642
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Scale effects in markets with search
Petrongolo, B; Pissarides, Christopher - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2003
Reduced- form tests of scale effects in markets with search, run when aggregate matching functions are estimated, may …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010746289
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Scale effects in markets with search
Petrongolo, Barbara; Pissarides, Christopher - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2006
Reduced-form tests of scale effects in markets with search, based on aggregate matching functions, may miss important … higher post-unemployment wages but not faster matches, so aggregate matching functions are unaffected by scale. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010746460