In this paper, we use a rich dataset disaggregating imports and exports decisions by product and origin/destination of all Danish companies for the period 1993-2003 to provide key elements in characterizing Danish firms in international trade. Most evidence to date emanates from the U.S. or...

In this paper, we analyze the timing of promotions in academic departments. Contrary to previous attempts in the empirical literature, we test <p> alternative theories of fast tracks by adding a measure of performance in <p> our analysis. We find that learning from past performance is an important <p>...</p></p></p>

Existing tests of tournament theory have recently been criticized <p> for their failure to distinguish tournaments from other theories that <p> have similar effects like standards and marginal productivity theory <p> (Gibbs, 1994, 1996; Prendergast, 1999). In this paper, we propose a <p> series of empirical...</p></p></p></p>

This paper analyzes the effect of job creation and job destruction on the voting patterns of individuals in Poland during the 1997 and 2001 parliamentary elections. First, we link the votes <p> for the left wing party to the unemployment rate and the job creation and destruction rates in the...</p>