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The Rise and Fall of Unions in the U.S.
Dinlersoz, Emin; Greenwood, Jeremy - Census Bureau, Department of Commerce - 2012
Union membership displayed an inverted U-shaped pattern over the 20th century, while the distribution of income sketched a U. A model of unions is developed to analyze these phenomena. There is a distribution of firms in the economy. Firms hire capital, plus skilled and unskilled labor....
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The complementarity effect of research and development on firm productivity
Barge Gil, Andrés; López, Alberto - In: Applied economics letters 20 (2013) 13/15, pp. 1426-1430
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The COVID-19 impact on crowdfunding performance : evidence from a peer to-peer lending platform
Gama, Ana Paula Matias; Correia, Ricardo Emanuel; … - In: Applied economics letters 31 (2024) 13, pp. 1207-1211
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Bringing home the bacon : the relationship between firm characteristics and participation in EU Horizon 2020 projects
Børing, Pål; Fevolden, Arne Martin; Mark, Michael … - In: Applied economics letters 27 (2020) 19, pp. 1556-1561
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IPO Waves, Product Market Competition, and the Going Public Decision: Theory and Evidence
Chemmanur, Thomas J.; He, Jie - Census Bureau, Department of Commerce - 2012
We develop a new rationale for IPO waves based on product market considerations. Two firms, with differing productivity levels, compete in an industry with a significant probability of a positive productivity shock. Going public, though costly, not only allows a firm to raise external capital...
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The Impact of Vintage and Survival on Productivity: Evidence from Cohorts of U.S. Manufacturing Plants
Jensen, J. Bradford; McGuckin, Robert H; Stiroh, Kevin J - Census Bureau, Department of Commerce - 2000
This paper examines the evolution of productivity in U.S. manufacturing plants from 1963 to 1992. We define a “vintage effect” as the change in productivity of recent cohorts of new plants relative to earlier cohorts of new plants, and a “survival effect” as the change in productivity of...
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Evidence on IO Technology Assumptions From the Longitudinal Research Database
Mattey, Joe - Census Bureau, Department of Commerce - 1993
This paper investigates whether a popular IO technology assumption, the commodity technology model, is appropriate for … plants from the Census Longitudinal Research Database. Extant empirical research has suggested the rejection of this model … explored here suggest that much of the rejection of the commodity technology model from aggregative data was spurious …
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IT Spending and Firm Productivity: Additional Evidence from the Manufacturing Sector
Stolarick, Kevin M - Census Bureau, Department of Commerce - 1999
The information systems (IS) "productivity paradox" is based on those studies that found little or no positive relationship between firm productivity and spending on IS. However, some earlier studies and one more recent study have found a positive relationship. Given the large amounts spent by...
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Academic Science, Industrial R&D, and the Growth of Inputs
Adams, James D; Sveikauskas, Leo - Census Bureau, Department of Commerce - 1993
capital. Studies of high technology industries and recent labor studies agree in assigning a large role to science and … technology in the growth of human and physical capital, although direct tests of these relationships have not been carried out … tends to be in favor of the human and physical capital used intensively by high technology industries. This is the source of …
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Exiting Self-Employment: An Analysis of Asian Immigrant-Owned Small Businesses
Bates, Timothy - Census Bureau, Department of Commerce - 1998
Part of the uniqueness of the immigrant Asian business community in the U.S. lies in the fact that many among the highly educated pursue self-employment in small-scale, low-yielding retail and personal service fields. This study analyzes owner departure for a nationwide sample of small...
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