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story of the simple triumph of right-wing ideas, the neoliberal breakthrough was contingent on the economic crises of the … the author addresses the relationship between intellectual history and the history of politics and policy. Fascinating … the free market, as well as the origins of the current economic crisis. …
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story of the simple triumph of right-wing ideas, the neoliberal breakthrough was contingent on the economic crises of the … the author addresses the relationship between intellectual history and the history of politics and policy. Fascinating … the free market, as well as the origins of the current economic crisis. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011115243
-industrial products’ export competitiveness, without adequate and relatively easy access to finances is mission impossible. The scarce of …. But, one is for sure: the finances could only be provided by close and mutual cooperation between the Government, the …’s living standard and set foundations for serious and persistent economic growth. No national economy has ever reached the …
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We develop a new rationale for IPO waves based on product market considerations. Two firms, with differing productivity levels, compete in an industry with a significant probability of a positive productivity shock. Going public, though costly, not only allows a firm to raise external capital...
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This paper examines the evolution of productivity in U.S. manufacturing plants from 1963 to 1992. We define a “vintage effect” as the change in productivity of recent cohorts of new plants relative to earlier cohorts of new plants, and a “survival effect” as the change in productivity of...
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This paper investigates whether a popular IO technology assumption, the commodity technology model, is appropriate for specific United States manufacturing industries, using data on product composition and use of intermediates by individual plants from the Census Longitudinal Research Database....
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The information systems (IS) "productivity paradox" is based on those studies that found little or no positive relationship between firm productivity and spending on IS. However, some earlier studies and one more recent study have found a positive relationship. Given the large amounts spent by...
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This paper is a theoretical and empirical investigation of the connection between science, R&D, and the growth of capital. Studies of high technology industries and recent labor studies agree in assigning a large role to science and technology in the growth of human and physical capital,...
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Part of the uniqueness of the immigrant Asian business community in the U.S. lies in the fact that many among the highly educated pursue self-employment in small-scale, low-yielding retail and personal service fields. This study analyzes owner departure for a nationwide sample of small...
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In recent years a growing number of countries have constructed data series on job creation and job destruction using establishment-level data sets. This paper provides a description and detailed comparison of these new data series for the United States and Canada. First, the Canadian and United...
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