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Regulation and UK retailing productivity: evidence from micro data
Haskel, Jonathan; Sadun, Raffaella - 2009
We use UK micro data to explore whether planning regulation reduced UK retailing productivity growth between 1997 and 2003. We document a shift to smaller shops, particularly within supermarket chains, following a regulatory change in 1996 which increased the costs of opening large stores. This...
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Does Entry Regulation Hinder Job Creation? Evidence from the French Retail Industry
Bertrand, Marianne; Kramarz, Francis - 2002
Are product market and entry regulation key sources of low employment growth in many European countries? We investigate this question in the context of the French retail trade industry. Since 1974, approval by regional zoning boards has been required for the creation or extension of any large...
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Industrial relations and the environment in the European Community
Hildebrandt, Eckart - 1991
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[Rezension] Max Eli: Sogo Shosha : Strukturen und Strategien japanischer Welthandelsunternehmungen. Düsseldorf [u.a.]: Econ Verlag, 1977
Simonis, Udo E. - In: Internationales Asienforum 9 (1978) 3/4, pp. 407-408
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Equilibrium corporate ownership structure with free-riding
Konrad, Kai A. - 1992
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Internationalization strategies of Japanese and German automobile companies
Jürgens, Ulrich - In: New impacts on industrial relations: …, (pp. 63-96). 1992
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Conceptualizing power in the context of climate change: A multi-theoretical perspective on structure, agency & power relations
Stör, Lorenz - 2017
Aspekte von Macht anhand der klassischen Gegenüberstellung von Struktur und Handlung. Die gängige positivistische … als ein wissenschaftstheoretischer Ansatz, um sowohl Struktur als auch Handlung als Formen der Macht anzuerkennen und zu … Kapitel anhand der Frage von Struktur und Handlung kontextualisiert und somit in Beziehung zu einander gebracht. Das fünfte …
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The reintegration of the South African economy into the global economy and its influence on (un)employment in the post-apartheid era
Smet, Koen - 2011
The present thesis examines the trade structure of South Africa as well as the impact of this structure on (un)employment. The starting point of this work is a descriptive analysis of the South African trade structure. Besides a general discussion, the thesis elaborates on structural differences...
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Retail productivity
Griffith, Rachel; Harmgart, Heike - 2005
Recent attention has focused on the UK's productivity gap in the retail sector. Figure 1 shows an estimate of labour productivity in retail across countries, using output per hour worked. The UK lies well behind the US, France and Germany. Reynolds at al (2005) contribute to this debate by...
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Merger control in differentiated product industries
Mariuzzo, Franco; Walsh, Patrick Paul; Whelan, Ciara - 2005
Thresholds defined on the level and change in the HHI (Herfindahl-Hirschmann Index) applied to market shares seem to be the main instrument to select notified mergers for investigation in both the EU and US. We question the use of such a selection rule in differentiated products industries. We...
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