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Panel Data Estimates Of The Production Function And Product And Labor Market Imperfections
Dobbelaere, Sabien - 2008
Consistent with two models of imperfect competition in the labor market, the efficient bargaining model and the monopsony model, we provide two extensions of a microeconomic version of Hall's framework for estimating price-cost margins. We show that both product and labor market imperfections...
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Factor Prices and Factor Substitution in U.S. Firms' Manufacturing Affiliates Abroad
Borga, Maria - 2004
Using confidential individual firm data from the Bureau of Economic Analysis survey of U.S. firms' manufacturing operations abroad, we investigate the determinants of capital intensity in affiliate operations. Host country labor cost, the scale of host country production, and the capital...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012468251
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The Structure of Firm R&D and the Factor Intensity of Production
Adams, James D. - 1997
This paper studies the influence of the structure of firm R&D, industry R&D spillovers, and plant level physical capital on the factor intensity of production. By the structure of firm R&D we mena its distribution across states and products. By factor intensity we mena the cost shares of...
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The Impact of Pre-marital Sex Ratios on Household Saving in Two Asian Countries : The Competitive Saving Motive Revisited
Horioka, Charles Yuji - 2016
This paper estimates a household saving rate equation for India and Korea using long-term time series data for the 1975 … impact on the household saving rate in both India and Korea, even after controlling for the usual suspects such as the aged … and youth dependency ratios and income. It has a negative impact in India, where the bride's side has to pay substantial …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012456265
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Demographics and Aggregate Household Saving in Japan, China, and India
Curtis, Chadwick C. - 2015
aggregate household saving rates in Japan, China, and India. The observed age distributions help explain the contrasting saving … saving rates, while decreasing family size increases saving for both China and India. Projecting forward, the model predicts …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012457114
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Savings and the Terms of Trade Under Borrowing Constraints
Agenor, Pierre-Richard - 2000
This paper examines the extent to which permanent terms-of-trade shocks have an asymmetric effect on private savings … in bad states of nature, savings rates will respond asymmetrically to favorable movements in the permanent component of … standard determinants of private savings. The results, based on panel data for non-oil commodity exporters of sub …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012471007
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The Effects of Investing Social Security Funds in the Stock Market When Fixed Costs Prevent Some Households from Holding Stocks
Abel, Andrew B. - 2000
With fixed costs of participating in the stock market, consumers with high income will participate in the stock market, but consumers with lower income will not participate. If a fully-funded defined-contribution social security system tries to exploit the equity premium by selling a dollar of...
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Participation and Investment Decisions in a Retirement Plan : The Influence of Colleagues' Choices
Duflo, Esther - 2000
This paper investigates whether peer effects play an important role in retirement savings decisions. We use individual …
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Pre-Retirement Cashouts and Foregone Retirement Saving : Implications for 401(k) Asset Accumulation
Poterba, James M. - 1999
This paper presents new evidence on the potential importance of 401(K) assets in contributing to the retirement resources of future retirees. We use data on past 401(k) participation rates by age and imcome decile, along with information on average 401(k) contribution rates, to project the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012471470
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Taxation and Saving
Bernheim, B. Douglas - 1999
In this survey, I summarize and evaluate the extant literature concerning taxation and personal saving. I describe the theoretical models that economists have used to depict saving decisions, and I explore the positive and normative implications of these models. The central positive question is...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012471740