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Testing Porter's Hypothesis: A Stochastic Frontier Panel Data Analysis of Dutch Horticulture
van der Vlist, Arno; Withagen, Cees; Folmer, Henk - 2005
We propose a test of the Porter hypothesis for the Dutch horticulture sector, using a stochastic production frontier analysis allowing for an inclusion of policy variables to account for the effect of environmental policy of firm performance. We find considerable heterogeneity in the way firms...
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The US Agriculture Greenhouse Emissions and Environmental Performance
Kabata, Tshepelayi - 2011
efficiency change has been invariant to the treatment of the undesirable output as input. The average productivity growth is 2 …, the productivity growth is driven by technological change. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009446174
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Micro Gains From Micro Reform
Quiggin, John - 1998
Large estimates of the benefits of microeconomic reform have been put forward in official studies. By contrast, Quiggin (1997) concludes that benefits of microeconomic reforms have been modest. A key area of disagreement relates to the claim that increased competition leads to increases in...
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Essays on the contribution of public infrastructure to private production and its political economy
Stephan, Andreas - 2001
between infrastructure and private productivity. The second subject is the determinants of regional infrastructure investment … infrastructure to private production; the essays three to five study besides the productivity effects also the determinants of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009467016
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International trade and labour markets
Braun, Sebastian Till - 2010
rigidity. The third essay analyses how different unionisation structures affect firm productivity and firm performance in a … among heterogeneous producers and increases average productivity and profit levels, firm-level bargaining allows less … productive entrants to remain in the market. The positive effect of centralised bargaining on average productivity can, however …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009467258
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Die Transformation des Verarbeitenden Gewerbes in Berlin/Brandenburg unter Berücksichtigung der Exporte : eine empirische Analyse mit amtlichen Mikrodaten
Mangelsdorf, Stefan - 2009
on productivity growth, and additionally export behavior has to be persistent over time. Both conditions are empirically …
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Mandatory Works Councils in Germany: Their Effects on Productivity and Profits
Müller, Steffen - 2009
-, consultation-, and co-determination rights. The effects works councils have on productivity and profits are estimated for medium …-sized manufacturing firms using information from the IAB establishment panel. The results indicate a positive effect on productivity of 6 …
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Land Security, Efficiency and Productivity, and Rural Income in China
Zhang, Yanjie - 2013
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Do Institutions, Ownership, Exporting and Competition Explain Firm Performance?
Commander, Simon; Svejnar, Jan - 2008
We analyse a large stratified random sample of firms that provide measures of each firm’s top manager’s perception of the severity of business environment constraints. Specifically, we use the 2005 and 2002 Business Environment and Enterprise Performance Survey (BEEPS) to assess the effect...
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