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Jovanovic, Boyan - 2020

We study the innovation and diffusion of technology at the industry level. We derive the full dynamic paths of an …

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Market Structure and Innovation : A Dynamic Analysis of the Global Automobile Industry

Hashmi, Aamir Rafique - 2010

We study the relationship between market structure and innovation in the global automobile industry from 1982 to 2004 … using the dynamic industry framework of Ericson and Pakes (1995). Firms optimally choose a continuous level of innovation in … parameter -- the cost of innovation. In terms of the relationship between market structure and innovation, we find that: (1) At …

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Carbon Taxes, Path Dependency and Directed Technical Change : Evidence from the Auto Industry

Aghion, Philippe - 2012

innovation distinguishing between "dirty" (internal combustion engine) and "clean" (e.g. electric and hybrid) patents across 80 … tax-inclusive fuel prices. Furthermore, there is path dependence in the type of innovation both from aggregate spillovers … and from the firm's own innovation history. Using our model we simulate the increases in carbon taxes needed to allow …

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Organizational Responses to Product Cycles

Adhvaryu, Achyuta; Bassi, Vittorio; Nyshadham, Anant; … - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2023

We use daily administrative data from a leading automobile manufacturer to study the organizational impacts of introducing new models to the auto assembly line. We first show that costly defects per vehicle spike when new models are introduced. As a response, the firm trains in problem-solving...

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In Search of Substitution Between Foreign Production and Exports

Blonigen, Bruce A. - 1999

Are foreign production and exports substitutes or complements? The continuing globalization of production makes the question of the relationship between trade and foreign direct investment ever more important. Standard theory of the multinational corporation (MNC) assumes substitution, while...

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The Evolution of Market Power in the US Auto Industry

Grieco, Paul L. E.; Murry, Charles; Yurukoglu, Ali - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2021

We construct measures of industry performance and welfare in the U.S. car and light truck market from 1980-2018. We estimate a differentiated products demand model for this market using product level data on market shares, prices, and product characteristics, and consumer level data on...

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The Canada-U.S. Auto Pact of 1965 : An Experiment in Selective Trade Liberalization

Fuss, Melvyn - 1986

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The Extent and Sources of Cost and Efficiency Differences Between U.S. and Japanese Automobile Producers

Fuss, Melvyn A. - 1986

In this paper we present for the first time estimates of cost and efficiency differences between U.S. and Japanese producers based on an econometric cost function methodology rather than the accounting frameworks previously used. We demonstrate that the cost difference estimates for 1979 which...

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Productivity Growth in the Automobile Industry, 1970-1980 : A Comparisonof Canada, Japan and the United States

Fuss, Melvyn A. - 1985

In this paper we calculate and analyze the automobile industries cost and productivity experience during the 1970 's in Canada, the U.S.and Japan. Utilizing an econometric cost function methodology, we are able to isolate the major source of short-run disequilibrium in this industry-variations'...

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The Effects of Government Regulation on Teenage Motor Vehicle Mortality

McCornac, Dennis C. - 1982

This article investigates the impact of a number of policy manipulable variables on the motor vehicle mortality rate of white males between the ages of 15 to 24. Particular emphasis is placed on the role of alcohol. Utilizing data for the tune period 1970 to 1975, multivariate equations are...

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