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Market Segmentation and the Sources of Rents from Innovation : Personal Computers in the Late 1980's
Bresnahan, Timothy F. - 1996
This paper evaluates the sources of transitory market power in the market for personal computers (PCs) during the late 1980's. Our analysis is motivated by the coexistence of low entry barriers into the PC industry and high rates of innovative investment by a small number of PC manufacturers. We...
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The Theory of Allocation and Its Implications for Marketing and Industrial Structure
Carlton, Dennis W. - 1991
This paper identifies a cost of using the price system and from that develops a general theory of allocation. The … theory explains why a buyer's stochastic purchasing behavior matters to a seller. This leads to a theory of optimal customer … mix much akin to the theory of optimal portfolio composition. It is the job of a firm's marketing department to put …
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School Competition and Efficiency with Publicly Funded Catholic Schools
Card, David - 2008
The province of Ontario has two publicly funded school systems: secular schools (known as public schools) that are open to all students, and separate schools that are open to children with Catholic backgrounds. The systems are administered independently and receive equal funding per student. In...
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The Lengthening of Childhood
Deming, David - 2008
Forty years ago, 96% of six-year-old children were enrolled in first grade or above. As of 2005, the figure was just 84%. The school attendance rate of six-year-olds has not decreased; rather, they are increasingly likely to be enrolled in kindergarten rather than first grade. This paper documents...
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Do Students Care about School Quality? Determinants of Dropout Behavior in Developing Countries
Hanushek, Eric A. - 2006
School quality and grade completion by students are shown to be directly linked, leading to very different perspectives on educational policy in developing countries. Unique panel data on primary school age children in Egypt permit estimation of behavioral models of school leaving. Students...
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How Much is Too Much? The Influence of Preschool Centers on Children's Social and Cognitive Development
Loeb, Susanna - 2005
Previous research has demonstrated that attending center care is associated with cognitive benefits for young children. However, little is known about the ideal age for children to enter such care or the "right" amount of time, both weekly and yearly, for children to attend center programs....
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The Competitive Effects of Online Education
Deming, David J. - 2016
We study the impact of online degree programs on the market for U.S. higher education. Online degree programs increase the competitiveness of local education markets by providing additional options in areas that previously only had a small number of brick-and-mortar schools. We show that local...
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Creating markets for new vaccines
Kremer, Michael - 2000
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Creating Markets for New Vaccines Part I : Rationale
Kremer, Michael - 2000
Malaria, tuberculosis, and the strains of HIV common in Africa kill approximately 5 million people each year. Yet research on vaccines for these diseases remains minimal largely because potential vaccine developers fear that they would not be able to sell enough vaccine at a sufficient price to...
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ABC at Insteel Industries
Narayanan, V.G. - 1999
In this paper, we seek to provide empirical documentation of the effect of Activity-Based Costing (ABC) information on product and customer-related decisions made by managers in a company. Proponents of ABC argue that when an entity implements ABC, it reaps at least two important benefits:...
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