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Zeroes and Lumps in Investment: Empirical Evidence on Irreversibilities and Non-Convexities
Nilsen, Oivind Anti; Schiantarelli, Fabio - Department of Economics, Boston College - 1996
distribution of investment rates. We then present two pieces of econometric evidence on these issues. First, we estimate a discrete … hazard model to determine the probability of having an episode of high investment, conditional on the length of the interval … from the last high investment episode and we discuss what the empirical results suggest about the shape of the adjustment …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004968798
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Do product market reforms stimulate employment, investment, and innovation? : reducing entry barriers and increasing competition can be beneficial for the economy, under certain co...
Schiantarelli, Fabio - 2016
countries. Will these developments improve economic performance in terms of creating jobs, fostering investment, and encouraging …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011514596
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Does Financial Liberalization Improve the Allocation of Investment?: Micro Evidence from Developing Countries
Galindo, Arturo José; Schiantarelli, Fabio; Weiss, Andrew - Inter-American Development Bank - 2002
also developed a summary index of the efficiency of investment allocation that measures whether, and to what extent …, investment funds are going to firms with a higher marginal return to capital. Then it was examined the relationship between this … has led to an increase in the efficiency with which investment funds are allocated. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010944537
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Production smoothing and the shape of the cost function
Galeotti, Marzio; Guiso, Luigi; Sack, Brian; … - 1997
We present estimates of inventory models based on firm level panel data and investigate whether over-simplified specification of the production technology may account for the frequent failure to find technological incentives to smooth production in the context of the standard linear-quadratic...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011608286
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Employment Changes, the Structure of Adjustment Costs, and Plant Size
Nilsen, Øivind Anti; Salvanes, Kjell G.; … - 2003
In this paper we analyze the pattern of employment adjustment using a rich panel of Norwegian plants. The data suggest that the frequency of episodes of zero net employment changes is inversely related to plant size. We develop and estimate a simple ?q? model of labor demand, allowing for the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010276026
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Employment Changes, the Structure of Adjustment Costs, and Plant Size
Nilsen, Øivind Anti; Salvanes, Kjell G.; … - 2021
In this paper we analyze the pattern of employment adjustment using a rich panel of Norwegian plants. The data suggest that the frequency of episodes of zero net employment changes is inversely related to plant size. We develop and estimate a simple "q" model of labor demand, allowing for the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013319643
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Employment Changes, the Structure of Adjustment Costs, and Firms' Size
Nilsen, Øivind; Salvanes, Kjell G.; Schiantarelli, Fabio - International Conferences on Panel Data - 2000
In this paper we analyze the pattern of employment adjustment at the plant level using a rich data set for Norway. We first document the stylized facts about employment changes in small and large plants. The data reveals important differences across size classes. In particular, episodes of zero...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005345812
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Inventories, Production Smoothing and the Shape of the Cost Function
Galeotti, Marzio; Guiso, Luigi; Sack, Brian P.; … - 2004
In this paper, we present estimates of inventory models based on firm level panel data and investigate whether an over-simplified specification of the production technology may account for the failure to find technological incentives to smooth production in the context of the standard...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014028570
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Employment Changes, the Structure of Adjustment Costs, and Plant Size
Nilsen, Øivind A.; Salvanes, Kjell G.; Schiantarelli, Fabio - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2003
In this paper we analyze the pattern of employment adjustment using a rich panel of Norwegian plants. The data suggest that the frequency of episodes of zero net employment changes is inversely related to plant size. We develop and estimate a simple “q” model of labor demand, allowing for...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005703432
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Employment Changes, the Structure of Adjustment Costs, and Plant Size
Schiantarelli, Fabio; Nilsen, Oivind A.; Salvanes, Kjell G. - Department of Economics, Boston College - 2003
In this paper we analyze the pattern of employment adjustment using a rich panel of Norwegian plants. The data suggest that the frequency of episodes of zero net employment changes is inversely related to plant size. We develop and estimate a simple "q" model of labor demand, allowing for the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005074127