estimation accuracy on the solution of marketing allocation problems conditional on the number of observations. Is there a …

Determinanten der Allokation von Infrastrukturinvestitionen. … between infrastructure and private productivity. The second subject is the determinants of regional infrastructure investment … allocation. Whereas the first and the second essay in this thesis mainly focus on the first subject, i.e. the contribution of …

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 …

on productivity growth, and additionally export behavior has to be persistent over time. Both conditions are empirically …

-, 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 …

This paper analyses efficiency and productivity changes in 12 broad segments of food manufacturing industries during … Envelopment Analysis (DEA) approach is used to compute the Malmquist Total Factor Productivity (TFP) change, which has been … technical and managerial aspects to improve productivity and efficiency. …

'transformation' also takes into account the existence of China's otherspecific challenges including the many small scale mines, poor … argues thatthe policy of simply closing down mines in China is impractical and ineffective, and that a better alternative is …Rio Tinto-ANU China Partnership, ANU-PKU exchange program, Vice-Chancellor's travel grant …

derived with DEA. It uses these results to investigate the productivity change in Polish agriculture during a crucial period …. The bias corrected estimates show regress in productivity at an annual rate of 4 percent. The confidence intervals suggest … productivity. The cluster analysis based on confidence bounds reveals three paths of productivity change. Farms which recorded an …