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Belenzon, Sharon - 2018

Prior work has established that the financing environment can impact firm strategy. We argue that this influence can shape the earliest strategic choices of a new venture by creating a potential tradeoff between two objectives: rapid growth and reaping the benefits of a positive reputation...

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Influencing Policy and Transforming Institutions : Lessons from Kidney/Liver Exchange

Sönmez, Tayfun; Ünver, M. Utku - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2023

in shaping kidney and liver exchange clearinghouses in the United States and Turkey, we provide insights into factors …

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The Wealth of Working Nations

Fernández-Villaverde, Jesús; Ventura, Gustavo; Yao, Wen - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2023

Due to population aging, GDP growth per capita and GDP growth per working-age adult have become quite different among many advanced economies over the last several decades. Countries whose GDP growth per capita performance has been lackluster, like Japan, have done surprisingly well in terms of...

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Immigrants and Natives : Comparative Economic Performance in the U.S., 1850-60 and 1965-80

Ferrie, Joseph P. - 1996

Immigrants who arrived in the U.S. before the Civil War were less likely to reside in locations with high immigrant concentrations as their time in the U.S. increased. This is contrary to the experience of recent immigrants who show no decrease in concentration after arrival. The reduced...

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Productivity Growth and Levels in France, Japan, the United Kingdom and the United States in the Twentieth Century

Cette, Gilbert - 2009

Capital deepening (at least to the extent this can be measured) accounts for a large share of the variations in performance; increasingly during the past 25 years, this has meant ICT capital deepening. However, the capital contribution to growth varies considerably over time and across the four...

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The Case of the Missing Productivity Growth : Or, Does Information Technology Explain why Productivity Accelerated in the US but not the UK?

Basu, Susanto - 2003

We argue that unmeasured investments in intangible organizational capital associated with the role of information and communications technology (ICT) as a general purpose technology' can explain the divergent U.S. and U.K. TFP performance after 1995. GPT stories suggest that measured TFP should...

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Why is Growth better in the United States than in other Industrial Countries

Feldstein, Martin S. - 2017

Although the official statistics imply that the rate of growth of real GDP in the United States has declined in recent years, it has still been substantially higher than the real growth rates in Europe and the other industrial countries, leading to higher real per capita incomes. This paper...

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The U.S. Left Behind : The Rise of IPO Activity Around the World

Doidge, Craig - 2011

During the past two decades, there has been a dramatic change in IPO activity around the world. Though vibrant IPO activity, attributed to better institutions and governance, used to be a strength of the U.S., it no longer is. IPO activity in the U.S. has fallen compared to the rest of the world...

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Federalism with and without Political Centralization : China versus Russia

Blanchard, Olivier - 2000

In China, local governments have actively contributed to the growth of new firms. In Russia, local governments have … question then is why this has not happened in China. We argue that the answer lies in the degree of political centralization … present in China, but not in Russia. Transition in China has taken place under the tight control of the communist party. As a …

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Why Have Economic Reforms in Mexico Not Generated Growth?

Kehoe, Timothy J. - 2010

best, particularly in comparison with that of China. Comparing these countries and reviewing the literature, we conclude … gained from trade, and by some measures, more so than China. We sketch out a theory in which developing countries can grow … continuing reforms, Chinese growth is likely to slow down sharply, perhaps leaving China at a level less than Mexico's real GDP …

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