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We estimate the macroeconomic benefits and international spillovers of an increase in competition using a general …-equilibrium simulation model with nominal rigidities and monopolistic competition in product and labor markets. We draw three conclusions … after calibrating the model to the euro area against the rest of the industrial world. First, greater competition produces …
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financial system in which there is intense competition among banks for private households' funds. Following earlier work by … contracts is restrained by households' financial market access. However, we also assume spatial monopolistic competition among … monopoly rents also entails a positive effect; however, this beneficial effect is only relevant if competition among banks does …
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Using a newly available and multifaceted dataset provided by the German Federal Statistical Office, this paper is the first to investigate both technical and cost efficiency of more than 1500 German general hospitals conducting a stochastic frontier analysis. The empirical results for the years...
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This paper measures energy efficiency improvements of US single-family homes between 1997 and 2001 using a two-stage procedure. In the first stage, an indicator of energy efficiency is derived by means of Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA), and the analogy between the DEA estimator and traditional...
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Increasing energy efficiency is a key global policy goal for climate protection. An important step towards an optimal reduction of energy consumption is the identification of energy saving potentials in different sectors and the best strategies for increasing efficiency. This paper analyzes...
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urban Mexico using data from the Mexican Family Life Survey (MxFLS). We control for different potential selection patterns …Diese Studie beschäftigt sich mit Lohnunterschieden zwischen ländlichen und städtischen Regionen in Mexiko. Anhand des …
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22,000 km2 agricultural frontier spanning the base of Mexico's southern Yucatán. After developing a theoretical model …
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In Mexico, conflicts between drug-trafficking organisations result in a high number of deaths and immense suffering … supply strongly and significantly for men. The findings demonstrate that Mexico's population not only suffers from the … income through less work which in turn has consequences for Mexico's social development and economic growth. …
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This study investigates the effect of an economic shock due to crop loss on health outcomes of children in rural Mexico …, Mexico has to invest more to combat poverty and provide mechanisms to help households to cope with sudden economic losses. … in ländlichen Gebieten in Mexico auswirkt. Die Daten des Mexican Family Life Survey der Jahre 2002 und 2005 beinhalten …
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The welfare effects of private equity transactions are debated controversially. We analyze the impact of expansion financing and buyouts by private equity investors on investment of portfolio firms in the UK and France - two countries with different financial systems. Unobserved heterogeneity...
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