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This paper estimates the effect of privatization on multifactor productivity (MFP) using long panel data for nearly the … models imply that majority privatization raises MFP about 15% in Romania, 8% in Hungary, and 2% in Ukraine, while in Russia …. Positive domestic effects appear within a year in Hungary, Romania, and Ukraine and continue growing thereafter, but take 5 …
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This paper estimates the effect of privatization on multifactor productivity (MFP) using long panel data for nearly the … models imply that majority privatization raises MFP about 15% in Romania, 8% in Hungary, and 2% in Ukraine, while in Russia …. Positive domestic effects appear within a year in Hungary, Romania, and Ukraine and continue growing thereafter, but take 5 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005030679
We analyze the impact of privatization on multifactor productivity (MFP) using long panel data for nearly the universe … Romania, 22 percent in Hungary, and 3 percent in Ukraine, with some variation across specifications, while in Russia it lowers … much more consistent across countries. The positive effects emerge within a year in Hungary, Romania, and Ukraine and …
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decentralization. Productivity dispersion between firms and countries has motivated the improved measurement of firm organization … relationship is complex, and identification of the productivity effects of organizational practices remains a challenge for future …
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This paper examines the effect of inflation on productivity growth in Australia. Broad historical correlations suggest … a negative relationship between inflation and aggregate productivity growth. The low-frequency nature of the … significant results with industry-level inflation explaining industry productivity. We also find that the relationship varies by …
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A purchaser/provider split together with output- based reimbursement were recently introduced by several Swedish county councils. These changes have been motivated by arguments of efficiency and consumer choice. This paper tests the null hypothesis that hospital services are provided as...
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Employee involvement and financial incentives are often praised as effective means for increasing firm productivity. We … assess the productivity effects of these human resource practices by accounting for the main sources of estimation bias … employee involvement raises establishment productivity, but financial incentive systems do not. An important result is that …
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reimbursement (internal markets). Differences in productivity growth are also found, although the differences are significant in one …
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The literature on within-firm organizational change and productivity suggests that firms can make more efficient use of … technologies and that joint adoption leads to higher productivity. Without having introduced complementary organizational … innovations, the adoption of CO2 reducing technologies is associated with lower productivity. …
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