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Distribution and growth in an economy with limited needs

Saint-Paul, Gilles - 2001

This paper studies a model of the distribution of income under bounded needs. Utility derived from any given good reaches a bliss point at a finite consumption level of that good. On the other hand, introducing new varieties always increases utility. It is assumed that each variety is owned by a...

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Experience, innovation and productivity : empirical evidence from Italy's slowdown

Daveri, Francesco; Parisi, Maria Laura - 2010

We investigate the role of workers' and managerial experience as a determinant of firm innovation and productivity in a … innovation and productivity. The effect of managerial experience measured by age on firm performance depends instead on the type … of firm: high age of managers and board members is bad for innovation and productivity growth, while costs and benefits …

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Demographic structure and macroeconomic trends

Aksoy, Yunus; Basso, Henrique S.; Smith, Ron; Grasl, Tobias - 2016

workers contribute positively. We propose a theoretical model, highlighting the relationship between demographics, innovation …

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Ten facts on declining business dynamism and lessons from endogenous growth theory

Akcigit, Ufuk; Ates, Sina T. - 2019

explain them. We then describe a theoretical framework of endogenous markups, innovation, and competition that can potentially …

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Productivity spillovers among knowledge workers in agglomerations : evidence from GitHub

El-Komboz, Lena Abou; Fackler, Thomas; Goldbeck, Moritz - 2024

Software engineering is prototypical of knowledge work in the digital economy and exhibits strong geographic concentration, with Silicon Valley as the epitome of a tech cluster. We investigate productivity effects of knowledge worker agglomeration. To overcome existing measurement challenges, we...

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Innovation and trade with heterogeneous firms

Long, Ngo Van; Raff, Horst; Stähler, Frank - 2009

This paper examines how trade liberalization affects the innovation incentives of firms, and what this implies for …

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The cross-section of firms over the business cycle : new facts and a DSGE exploration

Bachmann, Ruediger; Bayer, Christian - 2009

Using a German firm-level data set, this paper is the first to jointly study the cyclical properties of the cross-sections of firm-level real value added and Solow residual innovations, as well as capital and employment adjustment. We find two new business cycle facts: 1) The cross-sectional...

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Firm-specific productivity risk over the business cycle : facts and aggregate implications

Bachmann, Ruediger; Bayer, Christian - 2009

Is time-varying firm-level uncertainty a major cause or amplifier of the business cycle? This paper investigates this question in the context of a heterogeneous-firm RBC model with persistent firm-level productivity shocks and lumpy capital adjustment, where cyclical changes in uncertainty...

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Essays on fiscal policy, public debt and financial development

Schclarek Curutchet, Alfredo - 2006

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Competition and innovation: together a tricky rollercoaster for productivity

Wiel, Henry van der - 2010

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