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This paper examines the role played by uncertainty and sunk costs on the timeseries fluctuations in industry structure ….S. manufacturing industries over a 30-year period, our estimates show that time periods of greater uncertainty, especially in … as a key driver of industry dynamics, our results indicate that uncertainty and sunk costs play a crucial role. Our …
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We examine the impact of uncertainty on employment dynamics. Alternative measures of uncertainty are constructed based … stock price index, and fuel prices. Our results indicate that greater uncertainty has a negative impact on growth of … non-existent or weaker. Our results suggest that to truly understand the effects of uncertainty on employment dynamics, we …
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uncertainty on firms’ decisions and market outcomes. We construct alternative measures of uncertainty based on survey of … index, and fuel prices. Our results indicate that greater uncertainty has a negative impact on growth of employment and the … generally non-existent or weaker. Our results suggest that to truly understand the effects of uncertainty on firms’ decisions …
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Motivated by relatively recent theoretical contributions on the role played by uncertainty, sunk costs and …
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The present state of world economy urges managers to look for new methods, which can help to start the economic growth. To achieve this goal, managers use standard as well as new procedures. The fundamental prerequisite of the efficient decision-making processes are actual and right information....
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We examine the impact of uncertainty on employment dynamics. Alternative measures of uncertainty are constructed based … price index, and fuel prices. Our results indicate that greater uncertainty has a negative impact on growth of employment …-existent or weaker. Our results suggest that to truly understand the effects of uncertainty on employment dynamics, we need to …
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there is uncertainty about the marginal costs of the newly merged firms. The authors consider that the merging firms decide … always have incentives to merge, irrespective of cost uncertainty, while a merger without role redistribution is ex ante … profitable if and only if uncertainty is sufficiently great. As regards the social desirability of mergers, it is found that a …
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. A key assumption is that mergers create uncertainty on productivity and informational asymmetry between firms. The paper …
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This paper analyzes patent pools and their effects on innovation incentives. It is shown that the pro-competitive effects of patent pools for complementary patents naturally extend for dynamic innovation incentives. However, this simple conclusion may not hold if we entertain the possibility...
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Following the development of knowledge economies, there has been a rapid expansion of economic analysis of knowledge, both in the context of technological knowledge in particular and the decision theory in general. This paper surveys this literature by identifying the main themes and...
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