The paper contributes to the literature on the relation between structural changes indemand and supply and growth. We develop a macro{economic model with agent{basedmicro{foundations that articulates the links between production and organisational structureson the supply side, and the endogenous...

This paper explores the statistical properties of household consumption-expenditure budgetshares distributions (HBSDs) —defined as the share of household total expenditurespent for purchasing a specific category of commodities— for a large sample of Italianhouseholds in the period 1989-2004....

This paper examines the role of bequests and of taxation on bequests for the distributionof wealth. We investigate a model with overlapping generations and heterogenoushouseholds where parents derive utility directly from their bequests. We obtain allresults analytically. Using the coefficient...

This paper examines the implications of income redistribution from men to women for the welfareof married women and children. We develop a Cournot model of a two-person household whereagents provide market labor and allocate their spending between a private consumption good andgoods for children...

Marginal propensity to consume food out of food stamps in the US is higher than that out ofcash income. We explain this in terms of differential impact of cash income and in-kindtransfers on intra-household division of cash. We develop a Cournot model of a multi-personhousehold where food...

[...]We observe several trends in payment timing from 1998 to2006. After 2000, the peak in payment activity shifts to laterin the day. Indeed, post-2000, a greater concentration ofpayments occurs after 17:00. At the same time, however, severalfactors have been associated with increased payment...

In dieser Arbeit werden 2 Verfahren zur operativen Planung und Steuerung von Crossdocking-Zentren entwickelt und bewertet. Ausgangspunkt ist eine umfassende Untersuchung der operativen logistischen Prozesse im Rahmen der Distributionstechnik Crossdocking, bei der die An- und Auslieferungen...

[...]In this paper, I draw on analyses that aimed todetermine whether impoverished U.S. locales varied byrace or urban/rural location in their rates and causes ofexcess mortality, and whether mortality gaps betweenimpoverished and other U.S. populations widened over thedecade from 1980 to 1990....

Since the 1980s the debate about economic convergence hasdominated empirical work about the dynamics of growth. Economichistorians have been attracted, in particular, by stories of clubconvergence. However, the analytical foundations of most of the work inthis area have rested on linear, or more...

Economic convergence has emerged as one of the key debates in the theoretical andhistorical literature over the last decade. Galor identified three forms of long run percapita income convergence: absolute convergence, whereby convergence occursindependently of the initial conditions facing each...