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This paper studies the effects of introducing competition for local passenger railway markets in the German state of … Baden-Württemberg. We compare the evolution of the frequency of service on lines that were exposed to competition for the … further suggest that the effects of competition may depend strongly on the operator. -- Competition for the market …
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This paper focuses on comparisons of productivity, (unit) labor cost and industrylevel competitiveness for the manufacturing sector of China and India. We first provide a comparison between India and China using a broad international perspective. We find that China has increased its labor...
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This paper uses the standard one-sector neoclassical growth model to investigate why China’s consumption has been low and investment high. It finds that the low cost of capital has been quantitatively an important factor. Theory predicts that the price of capital may have been significantly...
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