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Firm heterogeneity, labour marketing pooling, and the formation of local labour markets
Stahl, Konrad; Walz, Uwe - 1997
regions, workers demand higher wages there, imposing thereby higher labour costs on firms. We analyze this trade-off and ask …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010405340
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Firm heterogeneity, labour marketing pooling, and the formation of local labour markets
Stahl, Konrad; Walz, Uwe - 1997
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013268616
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Emergence of electronic markets : implication of declining transport costs on firm profits and consumer surplus
Morasch, Karl - 2000
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013283161
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Trade, productivity improvements and welfare : an endogenous market structure framework
Montinari, Letizia - 2013
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010233235
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The export-magnification effect of offshoring
Kleinert, Jörn; Zorell, Nico - 2010
In this paper we argue that the surge in world trade over the two decades preceding the global downturn of 2008-09 can be partly explained by the export-magnification effect of offshoring. In a general equilibrium model with heterogeneous firms we show analytically that a fall in variable...
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Export-magnification effect of offshoring
Kleinert, Jörn; Zorell, Nico - 2010
raise the aggregate efficiency in the differentiated good sector. As a result, real wages and aggregate welfare …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003951208
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International trade and retailing : diversity versus accessibility and the creation of "retail deserts"
Eckel, Carsten (contributor) - 2007
The retail sectors in many industrialized countries have experienced a large increase in concentration and the appearance of so-called "retail deserts", areas of low retail provision. This study addresses the role of international trade in this process. The analysis shows that by raising product...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003525568
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Trade, Productivity Improvements and Welfare : An Endogenous Market Structure Framework
Montinari, Letizia - 2015
In this paper, I investigate the welfare effects that developed countries experience after productivity improvements occur in their emerging trading partners, using a two-country model featuring pro-competitive effects of trade and asymmetries in technology. I model the technology advantage of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013034576
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Wage and productivity differentials in Japan : the role of labor market mechanisms
Kalantzis, Yannick; Kanbayashi, Ryō; Lechevalier, … - 2012
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009663915
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Wage and Productivity Differentials in Japan : The Role of Labor Market Mechanisms
Kalantzis, Yannick - 2018
firm-level productivity differentials. We build a model where firms can choose between efficiency wages with endogenous … effort and competitive wages, and show that it can replicate those facts. Using Japanese microeconomic data, we find support … for the existence of efficiency wages in one group of firms and competitive wages in the other group. Based on those …
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