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Road accidents and traffic flows : an econometric investigation
Dickerson, Andrew P.; Peirson, John; Vickerman, Roger W. - 1998
This paper develops an empirical model of the relationship between road traffic accidents and traffic flows. The analysis focuses on the accident externality which is mainly determined by the difference between the marginal and average risks. The model is estimated using a new dataset which...
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Tax design in the alcohol market
Griffith, Rachel; O'Connell, Martin; Smith, Kate - 2017
We study optimal corrective taxation in the alcohol market. Consumption generates negative externalities that are non … externalities, then varying tax rates on different products can lead to welfare gains. We study this problem in an optimal tax … externalities are amongst heavy drinkers. A sufficient statistics approach is informative about the direction of reform, but not …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011817184
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Historical analysis of national subjective wellbeing using millions of digitized books
Hills, Thomas; Proto, Eugenio; Sgroi, Daniel - 2016
from millions of digitized books for the USA, UK, Germany, France, Italy and Spain. While existing measures go back at most …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011476047
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Historical Analysis of National Subjective Wellbeing Using Millions of Digitized Books
Hills, Thomas - 2017
from millions of digitized books for the USA, UK, Germany, France, Italy and Spain. While existing measures go back at most …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012969029
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What causes industry agglomeration? : Evidence from coagglomeration patterns
Ellison, Glenn; Glaeser, Edward L.; Kerr, William R. - 2007
1997 to compute pairwise coagglomeration measurements for U.S. manufacturing industries. Industry attributes are used to … construct measures of the relevance of each of Marshall's three theories of industry agglomeration to each industry pair: (1 …
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Profitability, Capacity, and Uncertainty : A Model of UK Manufacturing Investment
Driver, Ciaran - 2010
Standard models fail to explain variation in UK capital investment. This paper develops and tests a new theory based on the insights of Edmond Malinvaud, in which investment under uncertainty is adjusted to balance the cost of excess and deficient capacity. Using quarterly UK manufacturing data...
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Why Does Manufacturing Matter? Which Manufacturing Matters? A Policy Framework
Helper, Susan; Krueger, Timothy; Wial, Howard - 2021
especially important. Productivity and wages vary greatly within as well as between industries. In any industry, manufacturers …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013235845
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Evolution and Sources of Manufacturing Productivity Growth : Evidence from a Panel of European Countries
Giannangeli, Silvia; Salvador, Ramon Gomez - 2021
The study aims at describing productivity growth in the manufacturing sector for a selected panel of five European countries using firm-level data. The paper explores the empirical regularities of firm productivity distribution across countries. In particular, we assess the degree of persistence...
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Exchange Rate Cycles and Canada/US Manufacturing Prices
Baldwin, John R.; Yan, Beiling - 2009
The paper examines the industry characteristics that are related to the shifts in competitiveness, measured as the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014202482
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The Cyclicality of Mark-Ups and Profit Margins : Some Evidence for Manufacturing and Services
Small, Ian - 1998
This paper uses industry and firm data to look at price cost mark-ups and firm profit margins in U.K. manufacturing and …
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