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Productivity, place, and plants : revisiting the measurement
Schoefer, Benjamin; Ziv, Oren - 2021
US cities is spurious and reflects granularity bias: idiosyncratic heterogeneity in plant-level productivity and size …Why do cities differ so much in productivity? We document that most of the measured dispersion in productivity across …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012418448
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Who do unions target? : unionization over the life-cycle of US businesses
Dinlersoz, Emin Murat; Greenwood, Jeremy; Hyatt, Henry R. - 2014
to answer this question. A union monitors establishments in an industry to learn about their productivity and decides …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010402128
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The Cost-Effectiveness of Armored Tactical Wheeled Vehicles for Overseas U.S. Army Operations
Rohlfs, Chris - 2011
This study uses For Official Use Only data on U.S. military operations to evaluate the large-scale Army policies to replace relatively light Type 1 Tactical Wheeled Vehicles (TWVs) with more heavily protected Type 2 variants and later to replace Type 2s with more heavily protected Type 3s. We...
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Shifting Sands Whilst Sifting for Profits : Evolving Patterns of Firm Size and Performance in the U.S. Economy
Muthusamy, Senthil Kumar - 2020
Research Summary: Firm size has long been recognized as a source of competitive advantage. However, the disruptions arising from the knowledge-based global economy are decoupling the link between firm size and profitability. We demonstrate in this article, the structural shifts and evolving...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012824120
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What Businesses Attract Unions? Unionization over the Life‐Cycle of U.S. Establishments
Dinlersoz, Emin - 2016
this question. A union monitors establishments in an industry to learn about their productivity and decides which ones to …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013006702
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Who Do Unions Target? Unionization Over the Life-Cycle of U.S. Businesses
Dinlersoz, Emin - 2014
to answer this question. A union monitors establishments in an industry to learn about their productivity and decides …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013047857
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Who Do Unions Target? Unionization Over the Life-Cycle of U.S. Businesses
Dinlersoz, Emin - 2014
constructed to answer this question. A union monitors establishments in an industry to learn about their productivity, and decides …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013057220
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Dynamic Investment and Deterrence in the U.S. Cement Industry
Chicu, Mark - 2015
Many industries experience periods of excess capacity. Explanations include firms deterring rivals, anticipating future demand, or the lumpiness of investment. This paper identifies capacity investment intended to deter rivals separately from investment driven by other factors. To achieve this...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013024956
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The plant life-cycle of the average wage of employees in US manufacturing
Dinlersoz, Emin; Hyatt, Henry R.; Nguyen, Sang V. - In: IZA Journal of Labor Economics 2 (2013), pp. 1-23
average wage starts out low for a new plant and increases along with labor productivity as the plant ages. As a plant … does not fall as fast as productivity does. A dynamic model of labor quality and quantity choice by plants is estimated to …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010221105
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Long-term firm growth : an empirical analysis of US manufacturers 1959–2015
Dosi, Giovanni; Grazzi, Marco; Moschella, Daniele; … - 2021
widespread evidence that heterogeneity across firms correlates with industry dynamism …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013314635