Showing 1 - 10 of 4,050
Identification of the strength of human capital externalities at the aggregate level is still not fully understood. The existing method may yield positive or negative externalities even if wages reflect marginal social products. We propose an approach that yields positive average human capital...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011411270
The validity of existing empirical tests of the Pollution Haven Hypothesis (PHH) is constantly under scrutiny due to two shortcomings. First, the issues of unobserved heterogeneity and measurement error in environmental regulation are typically ignored due to the lack of a credible, traditional...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009315496
qualitative nature of our findings is similar between Cournot and Bertrand competition, suggesting that our results are robust to … the mode of strategic behavior. -- outsourcing tax ; employment effects ; oligopolistic competition ; product …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009124754
such differences are driven by different attitudes towards competition. In our experiment subjects choose between a … social norms whose nature and origin we discuss. -- competition ; tournament ; piece rate ; gender ; risk-aversion ; relative …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003280790
Local news offers a unique look not only at customer preferences but also at the strategic response of firms to these preferences. This paper uses a combination of ratings data and newly gathered information on television stations in 25 U.S. markets to examine the decisions of competing firms...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003189635
We develop a model where the unemployed workers in the city can find a job either directly or through weak or strong ties. We show that, in denser areas, individuals choose to interact with more people and meet more random encounters (weak ties) than in sparsely populated areas. We also...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010238209
toughness of competition in cities? The short answers are: no; yes; and it depends. -- trade frictions ; urban frictions ; city …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009697548
men without the element of direct competition, which allows for the identification of psychological effects of competition …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011531865
changes in competition in the United States. The sector offers workplace employee representation through trade union branches … Productivity (TFP) than incumbents. Increased competition from new entrants leads incumbents to reduce the price of union …. Those with higher TFP have higher survival probabilities. However, increased competition does not induce incumbents to raise …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012139524
Competition in the labor market theoretically leads to higher wages, yet empirical evidence to substantiate it …, particularly in developing countries, has been sparse. Our study delves into the impact of increased competition in the labor …-owned enterprises gained the most from this upswing in competition, primarily due to restructuring. Furthermore, we demonstrate that …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10015046199