the interaction between firms and trade union in determining wages and employment. The focus is on analyzing the effects … of unions? demands on the firm?s choice of factors of production. In a two-step process the union and firm determine … capital operating time. We suggest the use of a panel data approach applied to manufacturing data. A dynamic model is …

Female-run firms are less likely to be exporters although they exert positive influence in various aspects in an economy … and society. With a new and comprehensive data set on manufacturing plants, I investigate the exporter productivity … premium of female-run firms in Germany. The results show that female-run firms gain a higher exporter-productivity premium than …

Female-run firms are less likely to be exporters although they exert positive influence in various aspects in an economy … and society. With a new and comprehensive data set on manufacturing plants, I investigate the exporter productivity … premium of female-run firms in Germany. The results show that female-run firms gain a higher exporter-productivity premium than …

, a description of the observed diversification and its trend is provided for manufacturing firms in Germany. …

In this paper, we study a new channel to explain firms' price setting behavior. We propose that uncertainty about … factor prices has a positive effect on markups. We show theoretically that firms with higher shares of inputs with volatile … prices set higher markups. We use the Bartik shift-share approach to empirically test whether firms which use more oil …

in the Swedish manufacturing sector 1985-1995. The skill-bias is further corroborated: it is confirmed although the …

This paper studies the impact of size on labor cost and productivity for Italian manufacturing firms. The distributions … relationship on a new set of data and we are able to show that once accounted for productivity differences among firms, size still …

This paper develops a model of endogenous product selection by firms. The theory is motivated by new evidence we … present on the importance of product switching by U.S. manufacturers. Two-thirds of continuing firms change their product mix … theoretical model incorporates heterogeneous firms, heterogeneous products, and ongoing entry and exit. In equilibrium, firm …