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Legal Regime and Business'S Organizational Choice : A Comparison of France and the United States
Lamoreaux, Naomi R.; Rosenthal, Jean-Laurent - 2021
freer nor more flexible than that in France during this critical period. Not only did U.S. law offer enterprises a more … France to improve the menu of choices. To the contrary, it was not until the late twentieth century that U.S. business …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013247667
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Technology, Information and the Decentralization of the Firm
Acemoglu, Daron - 2014
This paper develops a framework to analyze the relationship between the diffusion of new technologies and the decentralization decisions of firms. Centralized control relies on the information of the principal, which we equate with publicly available information. However, the manager can use her...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012752291
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The Adoption and Diffusion of Organizational Innovation : Evidence for the U.S. Economy
Lynch, Lisa M. - 2015
Using a unique longitudinal representative survey of both manufacturing and non-manufacturing businesses in the United States during the 1990's, I examine the incidence and intensity of organizational innovation and the factors associated with investments in organizational innovation. Past...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012750369
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Shared Capitalism in the U.S. Economy? Prevalence, Characteristics, and Employee Views of Financial Participation in Enterprises
Kruse, Douglas L. - 2008
Between one-third and one-half of employees participate directly in company performance through profit sharing, gainsharing, employee ownership, or stock options. This flies in the face of concerns about the free rider problem and worker risk aversion in group incentives, and raises many...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012770670
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French Wine and the U.S. Boycott of 2003 : Does Politics Really Affect Commerce?
Ashenfelter, Orley - 2007
In early 2003, France actively tried to thwart the plans of the Bush administration to build international support for …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012776517
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How Progressive is the U.S. Federal Tax System? A Historical and International Perspective
Piketty, Thomas - 2010
United Kingdom is similar to the US pattern. France had less progressive taxes than the US or UK in 1970 but has experienced …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012760747
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Pauvreté, Egalité, Mortalité : Mortality (In)Equality in France and the United States
Currie, Janet - 2018
We develop a method to compare levels and trends in inequality in mortality in the United States and France in a … similar framework. The comparison shows that while income inequality has increased in both the United States and France …, inequality in mortality in France remained remarkably low and stable. In the United States, inequality in mortality increased for …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012918612
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Comparing Productivity Growth : An Exploration of French and U.S. Industrial and Firm Data
Griliches, Zvi; Mairesse, Jacques - 2021
This paper compares and analyzes the growth of productivity in the manufacturing industries and firms in France and the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013215716
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The Earnings of Linguistic Minorities : French in Canada and Spanish in the United States
Bloom, David E.; Grenier, Gilles - 2021
This paper measures and compares the relative earnings of French and English speakers in Canada, and of Spanish and English speakers in the U.S., in the 1970s and 1980s. In Canada, the earnings gap between French and English speakers narrowed over time, especially in Quebec. This decline appears...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013220946
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Firm Level Investment and R&D in France and the United States : A Comparison
Mulkay, Benoit; Hall, Bronwyn H.; Mairesse, Jacques - 2021
incorporates both output (sales or turnover) and cash flow as predictors for investment. Our focus is on two comparisons: France …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013222959