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Connecting to power : political connections, innovation, and firm dynamics
Akcigit, Ufuk; Baslandze, Salomé; Lotti, Francesca - In: Econometrica : journal of the Econometric Society, an … 91 (2023) 2, pp. 529-564
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014309683
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Committing to grow : privatizations and firm dynamics in East Germany
Akcigit, Ufuk; Alp, Harun; Diegmann, André; … - 2023
This paper investigates a unique policy designed to maintain employment during the privatization of East German firms after the fall of the Iron Curtain. The policy required new owners of the firms to commit to employment targets, with penalties for non-compliance. Using a dynamic model, we...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014384451
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Committing to grow : privatizations and firm dynamics in East Germany
Akcigit, Ufuk; Alp, Harun; Diegmann, André; … - 2023
There is a large literature on the role infrastructure plays in economic development, but few papers document the causal effect of infrastructure on the sustainability of natural resources. We examine the effect of the arrival of two new national highways on ground water levels in a small...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014340125
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Committing to grow : privatizations and firm dynamics in East Germany
Akcigit, Ufuk; Alp, Harun; Diegmann, André; … - 2024
We develop a labor demand model that encompasses pre‑match hiring cost arising from tight labor markets. Through the lens of the model, we study the effect of labor market tightness on firms' labor demand by applying novel Bartik instruments to the universe of administrative employment data on...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014462148
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Committing to grow: privatizations and firm dynamics in East Germany
Akcigit, Ufuk; Alp, Harun; Diegmann, André; … - 2023
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014434133
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Innovation network
Acemoglu, Daron; Akcigit, Ufuk; Kerr, William R. - 2016
linked fields. Our analysis uses 1.8 million U.S. patents and their citation properties to map the innovation network and its … strength. Past innovation network structures are calculated using citation patterns across technology classes during 1975 … predictive power on future innovation after 1995. This pattern is consistent with the idea that when there is more past upstream …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011557905
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History, microdata, and endogenous growth
Akcigit, Ufuk; Nicholas, Tom - In: Annual review of economics 11 (2019), pp. 615-633
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Optimal taxation and R&D policies
Akcigit, Ufuk; Hanley, Douglas; Stantcheva, Stefanie - In: Econometrica : journal of the Econometric Society, an … 90 (2022) 2, pp. 645-684
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013190092
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Buy, keep, or sell : economic growth and the market for ideas
Akcigit, Ufuk; Çelik, Murat Alp; Greenwood, Jeremy - In: Econometrica : journal of the Econometric Society, an … 84 (2016) 3, pp. 943-984
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011579599
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Ten facts on declining business dynamism and lessons from endogenous growth theory
Akcigit, Ufuk; Ates, Sina T. - 2019
explain them. We then describe a theoretical framework of endogenous markups, innovation, and competition that can potentially …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012104042