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Analyzing Cost Efficient Production Behavior Under Economies of Scope : A Nonparametric Methodology

Cherchye, L. - 2006

In designing a production model for firms that generate multiple outputs, we take as a starting point that such multi-output production refers to economies of scope, which in turn originate from joint input use and input externalities. We provide a nonparametric characterization of cost...

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Corruption and Bureaucratic Structure in a Developing Economy

Bennett, John - 2007

We address the impact of corruption in a developing economy in the context of an empirically relevant hold-up problem - when a foreign firm sinks an investment to provide infrastructure services. We focus on the structure of the economy's bureaucracy, which can be centralized or decentralized,...

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Private Notes on Gary Becker

Heckman, James J. - 2014

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Does Private Tutoring Payoff?

Gurun, Ayfer; Millimet, Daniel L. - 2021

We assess the causal effect of private tutoring on the probability of university placement in Turkey. We find that tutoring increases the probability of being placed in a university when non-random selection is ignored. Moreover, among those utilizing private tutoring, greater expenditure on...

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Lower and Upper Bounds of Unfair Inequality : Theory and Evidence for Germany and the US

Niehues, Judith - 2011

Previous estimates of unfair inequality of opportunity (IOp) are only lower bounds because of the unobservability of the full set of endowed circumstances beyond the sphere of individual responsibility. In this paper, we suggest a new estimator based on a fixed effects panel model which...

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The US Labor Market in 2030 : A Scenario Based on Current Trends in Supply and Demand

Edwards, Rebecca - 2013

Three fundamental forces have shaped labor markets over the last 50 years: the secular increase in the returns to education, educational upgrading, and the integration of large numbers of women into the workforce. We modify the Katz and Murphy (1992) framework to predict the structure of the...

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Why is Pollution from U.S. Manufacturing Declining? The Roles of Trade, Regulation, Productivity, and Preferences

Shapiro, Joseph S. - 2015

Between 1990 and 2008, emissions of the most common air pollutants from U.S. manufacturing fell by 60 percent, even as real U.S. manufacturing output grew substantially. This paper develops a quantitative model to explain how changes in trade, environmental regulation, productivity, and consumer...

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On the Reversibility of Structural Reforms

Campos, Nauro F. - 2012

evidence showing that (a) FDI inflows reduce the likelihood of privatization reversals, (b) worsened terms of trade increase …

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Asset Stripping, Rule of Law and Firm Survival : The Hoff-Stiglitz Model and Mass Privatization in Montenegro

Koman, Matjaz - 2013

privatizations are accompanied by asset stripping. In addition to directly testing the theory, we also tackle an important policy …-oriented issue of why a large number of efficient firms disappeared during mass privatization in a booming economy of Montenegro …. Econometrically, we present the first study to look at firms that disappeared during a mass privatization transition, improving upon …

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Enterprise Restructuring in Belarus

Bakanova, Marina - 2006

We explore the impact of privatization and the entry of new firms on enterprise performance in Belarus, a transition …

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