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Minding Your Ps and Qs : Going from Micro to Macro in Measuring Prices and Quantities
Ehrlich, Gabriel - 2019
Key macro indicators such as output, productivity, and inflation are based on a complex system across multiple statistical agencies using different samples and different levels of aggregation. The Census Bureau collects nominal sales, the Bureau of Labor Statistics collects prices, and the...
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A La Recherche des Moments Perdus : Covariance Models for Unbalanced Panels with Endogenous Death
Abowd, John M. - 1995
We develop a model for decomposing the covariance structure of panel data on firms into a part due to permanent heterogeneity, a part due to differential histories with unknown ages, and a part due to the evolution of economic shocks to the firm. Our model allows for the endogenous death of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012473786
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Canada-U.S. tax comparisons
Shoven, John B. (ed.); Whalley, John (contributor) - 1992
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10000326015
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Can Falling Supply Explain the Rising Return to College for Younger Men? A Cohort-Based Analysis
Card, David - 2000
United Kingdom and Canada: both countries experienced similar slowdowns in the rate of growth of educational attainment …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012471112
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Tariffs and Growth in Late Nineteenth Century America
Irwin, Douglas A. - 2000
Were high import tariffs somehow related to the strong U.S. economic growth during the late nineteenth century? This paper examines this frequently mentioned but controversial question and investigates the channels by which tariffs could have promoted growth during this period. The paper shows...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012471128
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Human Resource Management and Performance in the Service Sector : The Case of Bank Branches
Bartel, Ann P. - 2000
This paper utilizes a unique dataset collected through site visits to extend the analysis of the relationship between the human resource management environment and establishment performance to the service sector, specifically the branch operations of a large bank. Case studies of several...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012471309
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Antidumping Investigations and the Pass-Through of Exchange Rates and Antidumping Duties
Blonigen, Bruce A. - 1999
We present a model that shows that exchange rate pass-through is likely to be substantially altered when firms face antidumping (AD) duties and that optimal pass-through of AD duties may be up to 200 percent. We examine both pass-through issues using monthly prices across 345 U.S.- imported...
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Occupational Gender Composition and Wages in Canada : 1987-1988
Baker, Michael - 1999
, from other jurisdictions. This omission is particularly disturbing in the case of Canada, which now has some of the most … extensive pay equity legislation in the world. In this paper we provide a comprehensive picture, circa the late 1980's, of the … occupational gender segregation in Canada and its consequences for wages. The sample period precedes many provincial pay equity …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012471413
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Earnings Dynamics and Inequality among Canadian Men, 1976-1992 : Evidence from Longitudinal Income Tax Records
Baker, Michael - 1999
Several recent studies have found that earnings inequality in Canada has grown considerably since the late 1970's …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012471414
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Stock Repurchases in Canada : Performance and Strategic Trading
Ikenberry, David - 1999
During the 1980s, U.S. firms that announced stock repurchase programs earned favorable long-run returns. Recently …
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