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Long run relationship between entry and exit: time series evidence from Turkish manufacturing industry

Soytas, Ugur - In: Economics Bulletin 12 (2006) 11, pp. 1-12

This paper investigates the long run relationship between entry and exit using aggregate annual data from the Turkish manufacturing industry for the period 1968-2001. The time series properties of the data imply that simple OLS regressions may yield spurious results. We employ both bivariate and...

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The Relationship Between Innovation, Productivity and Exports: Some Preliminary Evidence from the Malaysian Manufacturing Sector

Lee, Cassey - In: Economics Bulletin 12 (2008) 31, pp. 1-13

The objective of this paper is to empirically examine the relationship between innovation, productivity and trade … between innovation, productivity and exports is a complex one. Exporting and industry technological characteristics may … innovate, be it product or process innovation. Product innovation is negatively related to productivity while process …

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An Empirical Study on Stock Price Responses to the Release of the Environmental Management Ranking in Japan

Takeda, Fumiko; Tomozawa, Takanori - In: Economics Bulletin 13 (2006) 6, pp. 1-4

This paper investigates how stock prices respond to the release of the environmental management ranking by using a standard event study methodology. Examining top 30 manufacturing companies in the environmental management ranking published by Nihon Keizai Shimbun (Nikkei newspaper) from 1998 to...

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Preemptive acquisition and downgrading innovation.

Tarola, Ornella - In: Economics Bulletin 31 (2011) 2, pp. 1520-1529

Research papers on innovation activity share the view that whenever an invention is made available by a startup …

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Spurious correlation in estimation of the health production function: A note

Akkoyunlu, Sule; Lichtenberg, Frank R.; Siliverstovs, Boriss - In: Economics Bulletin 30 (2010) 3, pp. 2505-2514

contribution by Lichtenberg (2004), which relates longevity in the United States to pharmaceutical innovation and public health …

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An empirical study of the relationship between corporate information disclosure and financial distress

Li, Sheng-Jung - In: Economics Bulletin 29 (2009) 4, pp. 31-31

The purpose of this study is to analyze the relationship between corporate information disclosure and financial distress. From the Securities and Futures Institute network, we collect the financial data of the stock listing companies in the Taiwan Security Exchange (TSE) and GreTai Securities...

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Predicting the continuance usage of information systems: A comparison of three alternative models

Wang, Shu-Chuan; Fang, Kwoting - In: Economics Bulletin 28 (2008) 14, pp. 0-0

This study examines the explanatory power of three prospective models in predicting usersÂ¡Â¦ continuous adoption of information system. The three models include: Expectation-Confirmation Theory Model (ECTM, Model 1), the integration of ECTM with Technology Acceptance Model (ECT-TAM, Model...

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Measuring the Productivity of Physicians and Evaluating the Factors that Influence such Productivity in Taiwan

Liu, Chun - In: Economics Bulletin 13 (2006) 3, pp. 1-15

This study intends to focus on the physicians, and to examine the input-output relationships between the medical resources used by these physicians and the quantity of medical services provided by them, in order to analyze the productivity and efficiency of physicians. In addition, by applying...

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FIRM SIZE AND MONITORING

Long, Cheryl; Boylan, Richard - In: Economics Bulletin 4 (2003) 34, pp. 1-5

We present a model of optimal monitoring expenditures. For any technology that yields a conventional ``S-shaped''' production function for monitoring, the optimal level of monitoring is shown to be higher in medium-sized firms than in both small and large firms. Further, the interaction between...

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The diffusion of new technology: adoption subsidies, spillovers, and transaction costs.

Dridi, Chokri; Khraief, Naceur - In: Economics Bulletin 31 (2011) 1, pp. 771-781

We establish the relation between optimal subsidy rates and spillovers from the sequential adoption of a new technology, we find that they evolve in the same direction over time. We show that spillovers, hence the subsidy rates, need not be monotonic. We show that when subsidy rates are...

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