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The KOF Globalisation Index - Revisited
Gygli, Savina - 2019
country in the world along the economic, social and political dimension. The original index was introduced by Dreher (2006 …We introduce the revised version of the KOF Globalisation Index, a composite index measuring globalization for every …) and updated in Dreher et al. (2008). This second revision of the index distinguishes between de facto and de jure measures …
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Comparative Advantage in (Non-)Routine Production
Archanskaia, Liza - 2020
We illustrate a new source of comparative advantage that is generated by countries' different ability to adjust to technological change. Our model introduces substitution of workers in codifiable (routine) tasks with more efficient machines, a process extensively documented in the labor...
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Import Competition, Heterogeneous Preferences of Managers, and Productivity
Chen, Cheng - 2020
When managers have objectives beyond maximizing monetary profits, inefficiencies may arise. An increase in competition may then force managers to improve the productivity of the firm in order to ensure survival. While this hypothesis has received ample theoretical attention, empirical evidence...
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Measuring the Competitiveness of Elections
Cox, Gary W. - 2019
The concept of electoral competition plays a central role in many subfields of political science, but no consensus exists on how to measure it. One key challenge is how to conceptualize and measure electoral competitiveness at the district level across alternative electoral systems. Recent...
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Competition and the Role of Group Identity
Cornaglia, Francesca - 2019
The emergence of competition is a defining aspect of human nature and characterizes many important social environments. However, its relationship with how social groups are formed has received little attention. We design an experiment to analyze how individuals' willingness to compete is...
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Local Search Markets and External Competition
Legros, Patrick - 2019
Increased competition tends to benefit all buyers with increasing product variety and decreasing prices. However, if local and external market channels compete for the same class of products, increased competition from the external market crowds out local variety. Under local monopoly, local...
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Foreign Competition and Domestic Innovation : Evidence from U.S. Patents
Autor, David H. - 2019
Manufacturing accounts for more than three-quarters of U.S. corporate patents. The competitive shock to this sector emanating from China's economic ascent could in theory either augment or stifle U.S. innovation. Using three decades of U.S. patents matched to corporate owners, we quantify how...
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The Impact of the German 'DEAL' on Competition in the Academic Publishing Market
Haucap, Justus; Moshgbar, Nima; Schmal, Wolfgang Benedikt - 2021
The German DEAL agreements between German universities and research institutions on the one side and Springer Nature and Wiley on the other side facilitate easy open access publishing for researchers located in Germany. We use a dataset of all publications in chemistry from 2016 to 2020 and...
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Competition for Promotion Can Induce Household Specialization between Equally Competitive Spouses
Bastani, Spencer; Dickmanns, Lisa; Giebe, Thomas; … - 2022
We analyze equally competitive spouses competing for promotion in their respective workplaces and show that an asymmetric equilibrium featuring household specialization can arise. Examples where the asymmetric equilibrium is welfare-superior to the symmetric equilibrium are highlighted. By...
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Is Being Competitive Always an Advantage? Degrees of Competitiveness, Gender, and Premature Work Contract Termination
Lüthi, Samuel; Wolter, Stefan C. - 2021
In this study, we examine the influence of competitiveness on the stability of labour relations using the example of premature employment and training contract termination in the apprenticeship education sector. The paper extends the small but growing evidence on the external relevance of...
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