At the firm level, revenue and costs are well measured but prices and quantities are not. This paper shows that because … often inconsistent with profit maximization or imply implausibly large profits. The puzzle arises because popular estimators … the restrictions imposed by profit maximization (cost minimization) so that estimators are inconsistent or poorly …

other aspects of firm behaviour. In this paper we consider the impact of minimum wages on firm profitability by exploiting … firm profitability was significantly reduced (and wages significantly raised) by the minimum wage introduction. This … residential care homes, and a second on firms across all sectors). Interestingly, we find no evidence that the profitability …

Germany, this paper presents the first comprehensive evidence on the relationship between exports and profitability. It … documents that the positive profitability differential of exporters compared to non-exporters is statistically significant …. Instead, we use a newly developed continuous treatment approach and show that exporting improves the profitability almost over …

We investigate the relationship between outsourcing and profitability paying particular attention to the endogeneity of …

and gender) and its performance (productivity and profitability) for a large representative sample of enterprises from …' profitability, which is consistent with deferred compensation considerations. Moreover, our analysis reveals for the first time that … with a lower level of profitability in these firms. If anything, profitability is (slightly) higher in firms with a larger …

in U.S. refugee admissions starting in 2017 costs the overall U.S. economy today over $9.1 billion per year ($30,962 per … missing refugee per year, on average) and costs public coffers at all levels of government over $2.0 billion per year ($6 … during the same period likewise carry ongoing costs in the billions of dollars per year. These estimates imply that barriers …

How have changes in the costs of enrolling full-time at public two- and four-year colleges affected student decisions … public four-year colleges we study the impact of public higher education costs on the post-secondary enrollment decisions of … college, a public four-year university in their state of residence, other colleges, or no college at all, as relative costs …

tradeoff between the costs of turnover and two other costs, higher pay to offset bad working conditions (compensating …