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Measuring the Impact of the Manufacturing Extension Partnership

Jarmin, Ron - Census Bureau, Department of Commerce - 1996

at manufacturing plants. To do this, I match MEP client data to the Census Bureau’s Longitudinal Research Database (LRD … and Technology (NIST) administers the MEP as part of their effort to improve the competitiveness of U.S. manufacturing …

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Learning By Doing And Competition In The Early Rayon Industry

Jarmin, Ron - Census Bureau, Department of Commerce - 1993

In this paper, I derive a structural econometric model of learning by doing from a dynamic oligopoly game. Unlike previous empirical models, this model is capable of testing hypotheses concerning both the technological nature and behavioral implications of learning. I estimate the model with...

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Productivity, Investment in ICT and Market Experimentation: Micro Evidence from Germany and the U.S.

Haltiwanger, John; Jarmin, Ron; Schank, Thorsten - Census Bureau, Department of Commerce - 2003

young US businesses and there is greater experimentation among those actively changing their technology. This … Internet access for workers. We also find that the mean impact of adopting new technology is greater in U.S. than in Germany … technology. …

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Measuring The Performance Of Government Technology Programs: Lessons From Manufacturing Extension

Jensen, Bradford J; Jarmin, Ron - Census Bureau, Department of Commerce - 1997

Managers of government technology programs are under increasing pressure to demonstrate the effectiveness of their …

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Pollution Abatement Costs, Regulation And Plant-Level Productivity

Gray, Wayne B; Shadbegian, Ronald J - Census Bureau, Department of Commerce - 1994

We analyze the connection between productivity, pollution abatement expenditures, and other measures of environmental regulation for plants in three industries (paper, oil, and steel). We examine data from 1979 to 1990, considering both total factor productivity levels and growth rates. Plants...

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Measuring the Electronic Economy: Current Status and Next Steps

Atrostic, Barbara K; Gates, John; Jarmin, Ron - Census Bureau, Department of Commerce - 2000

The recent growth of consumer retailing over the Internet draws attention to the electronic economy. However, businesses also conduct other business processes over computer networks, and many have been doing so for some time. Uses of computer networks attract attention because of assertions that...

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Manufacturing Extension And Productivity Dynamics

Jarmin, Ron - Census Bureau, Department of Commerce - 1998

This paper presents results from an investigation of the effects of manufacturing extension on the productivity dynamics of client plants. Previous econometric studies of manufacturing extension had very little time series information. This limited what researchers could say about the relative...

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Learning by Doing and Plant Characteristics

Jarmin, Ron - Census Bureau, Department of Commerce - 1996

than is Aformal@ knowledge gained via research and development expenditures, (b) interfirm spillovers are stronger than …

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Plant Vintage, Technology, and Environmental Regulation

Gray, Wayne B; Shadbegian, Ronald J - Census Bureau, Department of Commerce - 2001

Does the impact of environmental regulation differ by plant vintage and technology? We answer this question using … annual Census Bureau information on 116 pulp and paper mills’ vintage, technology, productivity, and pollution abatement … include our technology, vintage, and renovation variables. Sample calculations of the impact of pollution abatement on …

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Environmental Regulation And Manufacturing Productivity At The Plant Level

Gray, Wayne B; Shadbegian, Ronald J - Census Bureau, Department of Commerce - 1993

steel). We combine productivity data from the Longitudinal Research Database ( LRD ) with pollution abatement expenditures …

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