the same firm. This management variation accounts for about a fifth of the spread of productivity, a similar fraction as …Partnering with the Census we implement a new survey of "structured" management practices in 32,000 US manufacturing … plants. We find an enormous dispersion of management practices across plants, with 40% of this variation across plants within …

sample of Australian and American hospitals. The paper applies the stochastic frontier model to reflect on the technical …

likely. Likewise, many workers who quit out of dissatisfaction with pay or management leave the public sector altogether …

How does competition affect the entry and selection of politicians? I use data on U.S. Congressional primary and … effects, I rely on variation in competition caused by demographic changes resulting from decennial redistricting. Difference … competition in primary elections in the strong party. As opposed to this, experienced candidates and candidates with a good …