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IT and Beyond: The Contribution of Heterogenous Capital to Productivity
Wilson, Daniel - Census Bureau, Department of Commerce - 2004
This paper explores the relationship between capital composition and productivity using a unique and remarkably detailed data set on firm-level, asset-specific investment in the U.S. Using cross-sectional and longitudinal regressions, I find that among all types of capital, only computers,...
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Investment Behavior of U.S. Firms Over Heterogenous Capital Goods: A Snapshot
Wilson, Daniel - Census Bureau, Department of Commerce - 2004
Recent research has indicated that investment in certain capital types, such as computers, has fostered accelerated productivity growth and enabled a fundamental reorganization of the workplace. However, remarkably little is known about the composition of investment at the micro level. This...
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The Determinants of Corporate Growth
Rosique, Francisco - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2010
Corporate Growth is a concept that has been widely treated in a specific way or as part of strategy theories, in definition and in econometric models and has also been studied in many different aspects and approaches. The author describes in depth the main variables affecting corporate growth...
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The separation of ownership and control and investment decisions in Mexican manufacturing firms
Ruiz-Porras, Antonio; Lopez-Mateo, Celina - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2010
We study how the ownership and control structures may explain investment decisions of Mexican manufacturing firms. We … claim that agency costs, as a measure of the separation of management and control, and firms` size can explain investment … decisions. Furthermore the estimations support the necessity to include investment opportunities and cash flow as control …
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Recognizing Investment Opportunities at the Onset of Recoveries
Fioretti, Guido - EconWPA - 2002
Investment decision-making is modeled by means of a Kohonen neural net, where neurons represent firms. This is done in order to model investments in novel fields of economic activity, that according to this model are carried out when firms recognize the emergence of a new technological pattern....
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Leasing in Deutschland: Breitengeschäft wächst weiter - Großmobilien durch Steuerrechtsänderungen gebremst
Städtler, Arno - In: Ifo Schnelldienst 53 (2000) 35-36, pp. 27-34
Nach den Ergebnissen des neuesten ifo Investitionstestes bei den deutschen Leasinggesellschaften wuchs das Neugeschäft in der Branche 1999 um 6,3%. Für 2000 ist ein weiteres Plus von 4,5% zu erwarten. Die Leasingquote erhöhte sich dadurch 1999 erneut, und zwar von 14,7% auf 15,1%; im...
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Betriebliche Altersversorgung: Neue ifo Erhebung zeigt Stabilisierungstendenzen
Ruppert, Wolfgang - In: Ifo Schnelldienst 53 (2000) 21, pp. 24-32
Die achte Erhebung des ifo Instituts zur Situation der betrieblichen Altersversorgung ergab, dass in der westdeutschen Industrie der Anteil der Beschäftigten, die mit einer betrieblichen Altersversorgung rechnen können, weiter gesunken ist (von 65% auf 64%). Im westdeutschen Handel stagniert...
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Industry Concentration in South African Manufacturing Industry: Trends and Consequences, 1972-96
Fedderke, Johannes; Szalontai, Gabor - Economic Research Southern Africa (ERSA) - 2005
This paper examines industry concentration for the South African manufacturing sector over the 1972-1996 period, for the three digit industry classification. The paper notes both the high level of industry concentration in South African manufacturing, and a rising trend in concentration across a...
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Recognizing Investment Opportunities at the Onset of Recoveries
Fioretti, Guido - Society for Computational Economics - SCE
Investment decision-making is modeled by means of a Kohonen neural net, whose neurons represent firms as decision-makers. Thus, the network reconstructs collective decision-making by the productive system. This model focuses on the decision to invest in novel fields of activity, which requires...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005706831