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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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The dynamics of automation adoption : firm-level heterogeneity and aggregate employment effects

Bisio, Laura; Cuzzola, Angelo; Grazzi, Marco; … - 2023

We investigate the impact of investment in automation-related goods on adopting and non-adopting firms in the Italian … of Italian importing firms and estimate the effects on adopters' outcomes within a difference-indifferences design … exploiting import lumpiness in product categories linked to automation and AI technologies. We find a positive average adoption …

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Robots and firms

Koch, Michael; Manuylov, Ilya; Smolka, Marcel - 2019

We study the implications of robot adoption at the level of individual firms using a rich panel data-set of Spanish manufacturing firms over a 27-year period (1990-2016). We focus on three central questions: (1) Which firms adopt robots? (2) What are the labor market effects of robot adoption at...

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Institutions, holdup and automation

Presidente, Giorgio - 2019

a sample of advanced economies. Institutions explain a substantial proportion of cross-country variation in automation … vulnerable to holdup. This suggests that automation is used by producers as a tool to thwart rent appropriation by labor. …

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Automatability of occupations, workers' labor-market expectations, and willingness to train

Lergetporer, Philipp; Wedel, Katharina; Werner, Katharina - 2023

automation risk of their occupation, especially those in high-automatability occupations. Randomized information about their …

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Levelized product cost : concept and decision relevance

Reichelstein, Stefan; Rohlfing-Bastian, Anna - 2014

This paper examines a life-cycle cost concept that applies to both manufacturing and service industries in which upfront capacity investments are essential. Borrowing from the energy literature, we refer to this cost measure as the levelized product cost (LC). Per unit of output, the levelized...

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An inquiry into the north-south management gap in China

Yong, Soo Keong; Sen, Partha; Cao, Jing - 2024

We identify a puzzling management practice gap in China. In the South, a one standard deviation increase in firms' management competency is associated with a 7.5 percent improvement in sales productivity and a 29.2 increase in profitability. But such associations are muted for firms located in...

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Demographic change and bank profitability : empirical evidence from German savings banks

Berlemann, Michael; Oestmann, Marco; Thum, Marcel - 2010

Most European economies will experience significant demographic changes in the decades ahead. Due to low birth rates, populations are shrinking and ageing at the same time. This paper explores the impact of demographic change on the banking industry. A unique data set, which contains detailed...

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Credit constraints, quality, and export prices : theory and evidence from China

Fan, Haichao; Lai, Edwin L.-C.; Li, Yao - 2013

This paper examines the relationship between the credit constraints faced by a firm and the unit value prices of its exports. The paper modifies Arkolakisś (2010) model of trade with heterogeneous firms by introducing endogenous quality and credit constraints. The model predicts that tighter...

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Do cost-sharing and entry deregulation curb pharmaceutical Innovation?

Grossmann, Volker - 2011

productivity ; cost-sharing ; entry deregulation ; health insurance ; pharmaceutical innovation …

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