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Maize and precolonial Africa
Cherniwchan, Jevan; Moreno Cruz, Juan - 2018
the hypothesis that the introduction of maize increased population density and Trans-Atlantic slave exports in precolonial … Africa. We find robust empirical support for these predictions. We also find little evidence to suggest maize increased … economic growth or reduced conflict. Our results suggest that rather than stimulating development, the introduction of maize …
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Spatial differentiation and market power in input procurement : evidence from a structural model of the corn market
Jung, Jinho; Sesmero, Juan; Siebert, Ralph - 2020
We estimate the cost of transporting corn and the resulting degree of spatial differentiation among downstream firms that buy corn from upstream farmers and examine whether such differentiation softens competition enabling buyers to exert market power (defined as the ability to pay a price for...
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Relative performance feedback to teams
Gjedrem, William Gilje; Kvaløy, Ola - 2018
Between and within firms, work teams compete against each other and receive feedback on how well their team is performing relative to their benchmarks. In this paper we investigate experimentally how teams respond to relative performance feedback (RPF) at team level. We find that when subjects...
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Choking under pressure : evidence of the causal effect of audience size on performance
Böheim, René; Grübl, Dominik; Lackner, Mario - 2018
We analyze performance under pressure and estimate the causal effect of audience size on the success of free throws in top-level professional basketball. We use data from the National Basketball Association (NBA) for the seasons 2007/08 through 2015/16. We exploit the exogenous variation in...
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Which peer group to choose? : The effects of relative performance information on employee self-selection and performance
Nieken, Petra; Ressi, Anna - 2022
This paper reports results of two controlled experiments on the behavioural effects of relative performance information (RPI) in different organizational structures. Our baseline study 1 focuses on a centralized organizational structure where employees are exogenously assigned to either a...
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Measuring the integration of staple food markets in Sub-Saharan Africa : heterogeneous infrastructure and cross border trade in the East African community
Ihle, Rico; Cramon-Taubadel, Stephan von; Zorya, Sergiy I. - 2011
This analysis employs cointegration methods and semiparametric regression in order to assess the integration of maize … rich dataset of 16 series of wholesale maize prices between 2000 and 2008 for Kenya, Tanzanian and Uganda. Distance is … ; cointegration ; semi-parametric ; regression ; partially linear model ; Eastern Africa ; maize …
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The sword and the shield : the economics of targeted sanctions
Ahn, Daniel P.; Ludema, Rodney D. - 2019
How effective are "smart" sanctions in imposing costs on an adversary? We consider this question in a model where a targeted regime may choose to "shield" strategically important firms from harm. Using detailed firm and individual data, we estimate the impact on firm performance from smart...
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Concentrating on the fall of the labor share
Autor, David H.; Dorn, David; Katz, Lawrence F.; … - 2017
The recent fall of labor's share of GDP in numerous countries is well-documented, but its causes are poorly understood. We sketch a "superstar firm" model where industries are increasingly characterized by "winner take most" competition, leading a small number of highly profitable (and low labor...
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Immigrant entrepreneurship
Pekkala Kerr, Sari; Kerr, William R. - 2016
We examine immigrant entrepreneurship and the survival and growth of immigrant-founded businesses over time relative to native-founded companies. Our work quantifies immigrant contributions to new firm creation in a wide variety of fields and using multiple definitions. While significant...
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Taxes, incorporation, and productivity
Barro, Robert J.; Wheaton, Brian - 2019
U.S. businesses can choose to be C-corporations or pass-through entities in the forms of S-corporations, partnerships (notably LLCs), and sole proprietorships. C-corporate status conveys benefits from perpetual legal identity, limited liability, potential for public trading of shares, and...
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