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Wages, Employment, and Capital in Capitalist and Worker-Owned Firms
Pencavel, John; Pistaferri, Luigi; Schivardi, Fabiano - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2006
Differences in wages, employment, and capital between worker-owned and capitalist enterprises are computed from a matched employer-worker panel data set from Italy, the market economy with the greatest incidence of worker-owned and worker-managed firms. These differences are related to orthodox...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005233888
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L'effet papillon : une forme d'apprentissage par l'échec ?
Cusin, Julien - Université Paris-Dauphine (Paris IX) - 2006
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010707958
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Echec d'un projet isolé et processus d'apprentissage
Cusin, Julien - Université Paris-Dauphine (Paris IX) - 2007
This paper deals with projects’ performance. To be more precise, we endeavor to redeem the concept of commercial failure, by making a critical appraisal of certain works on innovation journey. We show that product innovation is not always characterized by a stream of interdependent projects....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011171592
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Ownership structure, debt, and private benefits in controlled firms
de La Bruslerie, Hubert - Université Paris-Dauphine (Paris IX) - 2011
conflict between outside and controlling shareholders. It may self-regulate the two parties involved in a control contract. The …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010707651
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Efficiency of French privatizations: a dynamic vision
Gérard, Charreaux; Alexandre, Hervé - Université Paris-Dauphine (Paris IX) - 2004
We interpret privatization in light of corporate governance theory. After replicating some traditional tests, we test … whatever positive value accrues from privatization is affected by the contextual, organizational, governance, and strategic … variables that influence the privatization process. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010708641
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On the Production of Victory: Empirical Determinants of Battlefield Success in Modern War
Rotte, Ralph; Schmidt, Christoph M. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2002
Using a data set of historical battles from 1600 to 1973, this paper analyzes the empirical determinants of tactical success in modern war. Based on a reduced form approach we consider key elements of military theory as factors in the production of combat success, formalized in a military...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005703261
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The Impacts of Corporate Governance On the Performance of Privatized Firms In Vietnam
Tran Thi, Que Giang - Université Paris-Dauphine (Paris IX) - 2008
, Nash and Van Randenborgh (MNR 1994) by using the Wilcoxon and proportion tests to compare the pre- and post-privatization … studies, it has its shortcomings. Indeed, this method is unable to isolate the impact of privatization on firm performance … employed in this paper. Both approaches confirm that privatization in Vietnam brings about significant improvement in most …
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Sharing Rule Identification for General Collective Consumption Models
Cherchye, Laurens; De Rock, Bram; Lewbel, Arthur; … - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2012
We propose a method to identify bounds (i.e. set identification) on the sharing rule for a general collective household consumption model. Unlike the effects of distribution factors, it is well known that the level of the sharing rule cannot be uniquely identified without strong assumptions on...
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The (Unexpected) Structure of "Rents" on the French and British Labour Markets
Clark, Andrew E.; Senik, Claudia - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2004
This paper considers the allocation of labour on the French and British markets, using objective wage and subjective satisfaction data. We show that, in some sectors, workers enjoy both higher wages and higher job satisfaction. We argue that this reflects labour market wage rents. Perhaps...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005762123
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Subjective Health Assessments and Active Labor Market Participation of Older Men: Evidence from a Semiparametric Binary Choice Model with Nonadditive Correlated Individual-Specific...
Maurer, Jürgen; Klein, Roger; Vella, Francis - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2007
We use panel data from the US Health and Retirement Study 1992-2002 to estimate the effect of self-assessed health limitations on active labor market participation of men around retirement age. Self-assessments of health and functioning typically introduce an endogeneity bias when studying the...
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