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have made it possible to trade in some business and computing services that were previously considered non-tradable. This …
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We empirically analyze the welfare effects of cross-firm bundling in the pharmaceutical industry. Physicians often treat patients with "cocktail" regimens that combine two or more drugs. Firms cannot price discriminate because each drug is produced by a different firm and a physician creates the...
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A new interest in the role of services in world transactions has been generated by the current efforts of the U. S …. Government to reduce barriers to international trade in services.The paper distinguishes four different classifications of … economic activities between services and corrmodities. Service industries -- those producing non-storable outputs -- have been …
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of sources. Establishments are larger in manufacturing than in services, and in each sector they are larger in richer …
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Operation Survey, we find that receiving a grant almost doubles the probability that a firm introduces new goods and services to …
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We analyze the spatial determinants of female entrepreneurship in India in the manufacturing and services sectors. We …
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Most manufacturing activities use inputs from the financial and business services sectors. But these services sectors … financial services in developed countries like the United States and United Kingdom, and business services in developing … countries like India and the Philippines. This paper examines the implications of services development for the export …
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We argue that greater misallocation is a key driver of the worse management practices in Mexico compared to the US. These management practices are strongly associated with higher productivity, growth, trade, and innovation. One indicator of greater misallocation in Mexico is the weaker...
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unappreciated is that accelerated manufacturing growth has also been accompanied by accelerated services growth. Using firm … productivity in services, especially large urban firms and in service sectors whose output is used as a manufacturing input …
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, manufacturing firms with auxiliary employment pivot towards services in response to a plausibly exogenous decline in their physical …
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