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Joan Robinson first suggested that the labor supply curve for a firm may be upward sloping with a finite wage elasticity. Recently, a rapidly growing volume of microeconomics studies have found empirical support for Robinson's suggestion. In this paper it is shown that if a firm's wage...
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have a disparate impact on men and women because economic growth can affect men and women differently. More subtle gender … people question it on grounds of gender. Nevertheless, gender issues exist. Most obviously, men as a group benefit more from … the preference than women because they generally have more capital gains than women. Moreover, a major justification for …
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This paper presents evidence that the spread between the marginal product of capital and the return on financial assets is mich higher in poor than in rich countries. A model with costly intermediation is developed. In this economy, individuals choose at each instant whether to work or to...
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Prior research hasfound thatpublicly-traded equity was a more viable option over private firms forrisk-averse investors. This finding was termedthe "private equitypremium puzzle," and two parts to this puzzle were determined: acorporate-finance dimension and a portfolio-choice dimension. Here,...
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companies listed on the Swiss Exchange for the period 2003-2013. The distinction is made between family firms, widely held firms … and those owned by another blockholder, as well as between the generation of the family firm and the active involvement of … the family in the management of the company. The results of the study show that differences in the ownership structure of …
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