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Firm formation and agglomeration under monopolistic competition
Brunow, Stephan; Nijkamp, Peter - 2013
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010191264
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A firm's first year
Abbring, Jaap H.; Campbell, Jeffrey R. - 2004
This paper determines the structural shocks that shape a firm's first year by estimating a structural model of firm growth, learning, and survival using monthly sales histories from 305 Texas bars. We find that heterogeneity in firms' pre-entry scale decisions accounts for about 40% of their...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011343305
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Fixed costs matter
Kamphorst, Jurjen; Mendys-Kamphorst, Ewa; Westbrock, Bastian - 2018
According to standard economic wisdom, fixed costs should not matter for pricing decisions. However, outside economics, it is widely accepted that firms need to increase their prices after a fixed cost rise. In this note, we show that a liquidity-constrained firm that maximizes lifetime profits...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011936060
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Welfare measurement and poverty targeting based on participatory wealth rankings
Wiegand, Martin - 2020
aim to reflect local perceptions of poverty. This paper demonstrates how such a measure can be constructed, using data … from a field experiment on poverty targeting in Indonesia. It then explores the potential impact of using this welfare … used as a meaningful basis for targeting and poverty measurement. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012404170
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Globalization, roundaboutness, and relative wages
Francois, Joseph F.; Grier, Kevin; Nelson, Douglas R. - 2004
We depart from the trade and wages literature and its emphasis on North-South trade, examining North-North by developing the basic linkages between trade-based integration and relative wages in an Ethier-type division of labor model. Using this model we identify a formal relationship between...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011334843
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Keynesian multipliers and the cost of public funds under monopolistic competition
Heijdra, Ben J.; Ploeg, Frederick van der - 1993
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10000151656
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A monopolist in public transport : undersupply or oversupply?
Karamychev, Vladimir A.; Reeven, Peran A. van - 2009 - This version: July 2009
A monopolist in public transport may oversupply frequency relative to the social optimum, as van Reeven (2008) demonstrates with homogeneous consumers. This result generalizes for heterogeneous consumers who know the timetable. Whether a monopolist oversupplies or undersupplies frequency depends...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011378950
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Cost recovery of congested infrastructure under market power
Verhoef, Erik T. - 2012
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009723032
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Globalization, roundaboutness, and relative wages
Francois, Joseph F.; Grier, Kevin; Nelson, Douglas R. - 2004
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10001948599
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Keynesian multipliers, direct crowding out, and the optimal provision of public goods
Heijdra, Ben J.; Ligthart, Jenny E. - 1995
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10000909001