This paper examines the impact of unionization on profit- ability, growth and productivity using time series data on … negative union effects on profitability, but growth, productivity and the capital-labor ratio appear to be little affected by … may have longer term implications for efficiency since the impact on profitability appears to fall most heavily on firms …

operating profit of capital, I extend the model to include measurement error and analyze the cash-flow coefficient in …

The purpose of this paper is to treat scale economies, profit-maximizing markups, economic profitability, capacity … run profit potential from markup behavior. As a result, on average economic profits are normal, but declining … profitability is prevalent in most industries since the early 1970s. Also, although cost and revenue shares tend to be approximately …

estimated. Using the full rainfall distribution and our profit function estimates, we find that Indian farmers on average under … expected profits. Farmers who use skilled forecasts have increased average profit levels but also have more variable profits …

. The imperfect information is endogenized using a variant of the theory of quot;rational inattentionquot; proposed by Sims …

This paper examines available industry data on two profitability measures, the price-cost margin and the ratio of quasi … profitability and that this effect occurs in highly concentrated industries. The effect of unionism is quite substantial in most … calculations, suggesting that the fraction organized in a sector be included in standard Industrial Organization profitability …

' future returns. Becoming more skilled, however, can reduce a manager's expected profit if enough other managers also become … more skilled. The greater skill allows those managers to identify profit opportunities more accurately, but active …