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Determinants of Firm Boundaries : Empirical Analysis of the Japanese Auto Industry from 1984 to 2002

Nagaoka, Sadao - 2010

sourcing by seven Japanese automobile manufacturers (OEMs) with respect to 54 components in light of contract economics. Our … integration over keiretsu and keiretsu over market, consistent with transaction cost economics. Second, interdependency is a more …

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Time as a Trade Barrier

Hummels, David L. - 2012

A large and growing share of international trade is carried on airplanes. Air cargo is many times more expensive than maritime transport but arrives in destination markets much faster. We model firms' choice between exporting goods using fast but expensive air cargo and slow but cheap ocean...

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The Inside Scoop : Acceptance and Rejection at the Journal of International Economics

Cherkashin, Ivan - 2010

submissions to the Journal of International Economics to help answer these questions …

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What Do Economists Know About Crime?

Dills, Angela K. - 2010

In this paper we evaluate what economists have learned over the past 40 years about the determinants of crime. We base our evaluation on two kinds of evidence: an examination of aggregate data over long time periods and across countries, and a critical review of the literature. We argue that...

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The Impact of Milton Friedman on Modern Monetary Economics : Setting the Record Straight on Paul Krugman's "Who Was Milton Friedman?"

Nelson, Edward - 2010

Paul Krugman's essay quot;Who Was Milton Friedman?quot; seriously mischaracterizes Friedman's economics and his legacy … a self-contained guide to Milton Friedman's impact on modern monetary economics and on today's central banks. We also …

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Employment Law and the Labor Market

Jolls, Christine - 2010

Legal rules governing the employer-employee relationship are many and varied. Economic analysis has illuminated both the efficiency and the effects on employee welfare of such rules, as described in this paper. Topics addressed include workplace safety mandates, compensation systems for...

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A Citation-Based Test for Discrimination at Economics and Finance Journals

Smart, Scott - 2015

Discrimination is notoriously difficult to document. Convincing tests for discrimination require good measures of the legitimate determinants of the outcome of interest, for example wages and productivity. While few contexts provide data adequate to the task of measuring discrimination, copious...

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What Can Economics Say About Alzheimer's Disease?

Chandra, Amitabh - 2020

States. We describe the central economic questions raised by AD. While there is overlap with the economics of aging, the … defining features of the ‘economics of Alzheimer's Disease' is an emphasis on cognitive decline, choice by cognitively impaired … public programs for AD. These topics overlap with many areas of economics -- labor economics, health economics, public …

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Differences in Citation Patterns Across Journal Tiers : The Case of Economics

Anauati, Maria Victoria - 2018

We study how citation patterns differ between journal tiers in economics. Concretely, we analyze citations patterns of … more than 6,000 economics research articles published in top five, second tier, and top field economics journals between … field of economics research (e.g. this ratio is the lowest for econometric methods papers) and with articles' impact (e …

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Publishing and Promotion in Economics : The Tyranny of the Top Five

Heckman, James J. - 2018

in academic economics departments. Analyzing the job histories of tenure-track economists hired by the top 35 U ….S. economics departments, we find that T5 publications have a powerful influence on tenure decisions and rates of transition to …

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