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Algorithmic Pricing : Implications for Consumers, Managers, and Regulators

Spann, Martin; Bertini, Marco; Koenigsberg, Oded; … - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2024

Over the past decade, an increasing number of firms have delegated pricing decisions to algorithms in consumer markets such as travel, entertainment, and retail; business markets such as digital advertising; and platform markets such as ride-sharing. This trend, driven primarily by the increased...

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Intangible Marketing Capital

Bronnenberg, Bart J.; Dubé, Jean-Pierre H.; Syverson, Chad - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2022

We present several empirical facts about trends in marketing investment in the US. We also present estimates of the private value of brands to firms and aggregate intangible brand capital stocks created by these investments. These investments include the creation and maintenance of a brand name...

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Fuzzy Frontiers of Production : Evidence of Persistent Inefficiency in Safety Expenditures

Ichniowski, Casey - 1984

This study documents a strong inverse relationship between accident rates and production in a sample of eleven firms in the same narrowly defined industry classification. Given the detailed set of input controls and controls for plant-specific and time-specific factors used in the analysis, the...

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Efficient Recapitalization

Philippon, Thomas - 2009

We analyze government interventions to recapitalize a banking sector that restricts lending to firms because of debt overhang. We find that the efficient recapitalization program injects capital against preferred stock plus warrants and conditions implementation on sufficient bank participation....

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Labor Dynamics and Supply Chain Disruption in Food Manufacturing

Ramsey, A. Ford; Goodwin, Barry K.; Haley, Mildred A. - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2021

Food manufacturing and processing is an important link between agricultural producers and consumers in the agricultural supply chain. The food manufacturing sector in the United States is both increasingly mechanized and increasingly concentrated. Consequently, labor risks in food manufacturing...

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Concentration and Resilience in the U.S. Meat Supply Chains

Ma, Meilin; Lusk, Jayson L. - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2021

consumers is a smaller number of processors. The concentrated nature of the meat processing sectors in the United States implies … concentrated meat processing sector would be less vulnerable to the risks of temporary plant shutdowns. We calibrate an economic … horizontal concentration of meat packing …

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Behavioral Public Economics : Welfare and Policy Analysis with Non-Standard Decision-Makers

Bernheim, B. Douglas - 2005

This paper has two goals. First, we discuss several emerging approaches to applied welfare analysis under non-standard ("behavioral") assumptions concerning consumer choice. This provides a foundation for Behavioral Public Economics. Second, we illustrate applications of these approaches by...

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The Rise of the Chicago Packers and the Origins of Meat Inspection and Antitrust

Libecap, Gary D. - 1991

The Meat Inspection Act of 1891 and the Sherman Act of 1890 are shown to be closely tied. This link makes clearer …

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Nothing Propinks Like Propinquity : Using Machine Learning to Estimate the Effects of Spatial Proximity in the Major League Baseball Draft

Ahmadi, Majid; Durst, Nathan; Lachman, Jeff; List, John A. - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2022

Recent models and empirical work on network formation emphasize the importance of propinquity in producing strong interpersonal connections. Yet, one might wonder how deep such insights run, as thus far empirical results rely on survey and lab-based evidence. In this study, we examine...

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Globalization and Profitability of US Firms : The Role of Intangibles

Chintha, Bullipe R.; Jagannathan, Ravi; Sridhar, Sri S. - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2024

China's admission into the WTO in 2001 heralded a new era of globalization, increasing both import competition in domestic markets and foreign opportunities for US firms. In the aggregate, the average annual profitability of US public firms during the post globalization period (2003-2019)...

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