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Gabaix, Xavier - 2006

This paper develops a simple equilibrium model of CEO pay. CEOs have different talents and are matched to firms in a competitive assignment model. In market equilibrium, a CEO%u2019s pay changes one for one with aggregate firm size, while changing much less with the size of his own firm. The...

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Railroads and the Rise of the Factory : Evidence for the United States, 1850-70

Atack, Jeremy - 2008

Over the course of the nineteenth century manufacturing in the United States shifted from artisan shop to factory production. At the same time United States experienced a quot;transportation revolutionquot;, a key component of which was the building of extensive railroad network. Using a newly...

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Employer Size and the Wage Structure in U.S. Manufacturing

Davis, Steven J.; Haltiwanger, John - 2021

We study how the hourly wage structure varies with establishment size and how wage dispersion breaks down into between-plant and within-plant components Our study combines household and establishment data for the U.S. manufacturing sector in 1982. 1) Wage dispersion falls sharply with...

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The Relationship between Firm Size and Firm Growth in the U.S. Manufacturing Sector

Hall, Bronwyn H. - 2022

This paper investigates the dynamics of firm growth in the U. S.manufacturing sector in the recent past. I use panel data on thepublicly traded firms in the U. S. manufacturing sector: from auniverse of approximately 1800 firms in 1976, I am able to follow mostof them for at least three years,...

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Size and Growth of Japanese Plants in the United States

Blonigen, Bruce A.; Tomlin, Kasaundra - 2021

Using a unique database on all Japanese manufacturing plants in the United States, we examine the relationship between plant size and growth for these foreign-owned plants. These plants average sizes are three times larger than comparable U.S. plants and experienced 30 percent growth from 1987...

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Deregulation, Consolidation, and Efficiency : Evidence from U.S. Nuclear Power

Davis, Lucas W. - 2011

percent increase in operating efficiency, achieved primarily by reducing the frequency and duration of reactor outages. At … average wholesale prices the value of this increased efficiency is approximately $2.5 billion annually and implies an annual …

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Health Insurance Provision and Labor Market Efficiency in the United States

Holtz-Eakin, Douglas - 2010

do not alter this aspect of labor market efficiency …

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United States Steel'S Acquisition of the Great Northern Ore Properties : Vertical Foreclosure or Efficient Contractual Governance?

Mullin, Joseph C.; Mullin, Wallace P. - 2021

qualitative evidence to support an alternative view that the lease generated a net efficiency gain, resulting in lower steel …

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Efficiency Effects on the U.S. Economy from Wireless Taxation

Hausman, Jerry A. - 2021

This paper measures for the first time the economic efficiency effects of the taxation of wireless services, which are … thereby suppress demand for service, imposing an efficiency loss on the economy of $0.53 for every $1 currently raised in … taxes. Prospective taxes will impose an efficiency loss of $0.72-$1.14 per additional dollar of tax revenue raised …

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Bank Size, Reputation, and Debt Renegotiation

Fernández, Raquel - 2011

This paper examines the effect that the coexistence of small and large banks, with different interests in the international market, has on the debt renegotiation process. Making use of a reputational model, we argue that the presence of small banks implies that debtor countries have a harder...

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