economies. Theories of optimal taxation conclude that these taxes are detrimental to production efficiency, when firms operate … production units. The present paper investigates the effects of taxation on production efficiency, accounting for the … effect of this "tax induced organizational change" on production efficiency ultimately depends on the characteristics of the …

This paper provides a quantitative comparison of the main architectures for an agreement on climate policy. Possible … successors to the Kyoto protocol are assessed according to four criteria: economic efficiency; environmental effectiveness …

countries and calculate input efficiency scores for each country. We estimate a wide range of specifications in order to analyse … different aspects of efficiency. In purely quantitative models (where inputs and outputs are expenditure and number of students …

The prospect of creating a currency union consisting of China, Japan, and Korea is evaluated using output data. After a …

We present a heterogeneous-firm model in which management ability increases both pro- duction efficiency and product … causal effects on product quality, production efficiency, and exports. Poor management practices may thus hinder trade and … quality. Combining six micro-datasets on management practices, production and trade in Chinese and American firms, we find …

of productivity and economic density to explain the positive price-income relationship, and find that the empirical …

how firm-specific characteristics affect each decision. We find that total factor productivity is a significant …

, but have an ambiguous effect on the efficiency of service provision. We test these predictions using a difference in … not subject to the same CPA regime. To do this, we construct original indices of service quality and efficiency, using … efficiency indices. There is evidence of heterogeneous effects of CPA on efficiency, with some evidence that CPA impacted more on …