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The Great Realignment: How the Changing Technology of Technological Change in Information Technology Affected the US and Japanese IT Industry, 1983-1999
Arora, Ashish; Branstetter, Lee; Drev, Matej - 2009
This paper empirically shows that innovation in Information Technology (IT) has become increasingly dependent on and … intertwined with innovation in software. This change in the nature of IT innovation has had differential effects on the …’s contribution in IT innovation and the differential innovation performance of US and Japanese electronics, semiconductors, and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009441225
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International trade policy towards monopoly and oligopoly
Kujal, Praveen; Ruiz Pérez, Juan Manuel - 2009
differentiation the duopoly is subsidized or the government remains inactive. In contrast, the monopoly is always subsidized. The … government with a duopoly may be active or inactive depending on the degree of product differentiation. Thus, we may observe a …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012530200
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The role of Producer Organizations in supply concentration and marketing: a comparison between European Countries in the fruit and vegetables sector
Camanzi, Luca; Malorgio, Giulio; Garcia Azcarate, T. - 2009
The Fruit and Vegetables (FV) sector has a relevant and increasing economic value in the EU, accountingfor about 20% of the total value of agricultural production; the Countries with higher significance are Greece, Spainand Italy (from 25% to 35%). Nevertheless the producers are negatively...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009445952
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A Product-Quality View of The Linder Hypothesis
Hallak, Juan Carlos - 2006
which, as in Linder’s theory, product quality plays the central role. A formal derivation of the Linder hypothesis is … for Linder’s theory. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009477275
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Three essays on distribution channels and pricing strategy
Shi, Hongyan - 2011
This dissertation involves three essays, studying firms' decision-making on marketing mix variables. Specifically, the first essay (Chapter 2) studies the effects of distribution channels on firms' advertising content decision. In many markets, consumers may not have full information of product...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009477743
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LABOR PRODUCTIVITY GROWTH AND CONVERGENCE IN THE KANSAS FARM SECTOR: A TRIPARTITE DECOMPOSITION USING THE DEA APPROACH
Mugera, Amin W.; Langemeier, Michael R. - 2008
The objective of this paper is to analyze sources of labor productivity growth in the Kansas farm sector over the period 1993-2006 for a sample of 668 farms. The nonparametric production frontier method is used to decompose labor productivity growth into three components: (1) technological...
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A New Measure of the Producer Welfare Effects of Technological Change
Bullock, David S. - 2011
It is well recognized that the statistical reliability of the conventional method of estimating the effects of technological change on producer welfare is often quite poor. I present a method that enhances the statistical reliability of such estimates. I emphasize that when measuring the welfare...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009444347
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Investments in energy technological change under uncertainty
Shittu, Ekundayo - 2009
This dissertation addresses the crucial problem of how environmental policy uncertainty influences investments in energy technological change. The rising level of carbon emissions due to increasing global energy consumption calls for policy shift. In order to stem the negative consequences on...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009467959
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Skill-Biased Transition: The Role of Markets, Institutions, and Technological Change
Peter, Klara Sabirianova - 2003
This study attempts to explain why the transition to a market economy is skill-biased. It shows unequivocal evidence on increased skill wage premium and supply of skills in transition economies. It examines whether similar skill–favoring shifts in the Russian and U.S. economies are driven by...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009477147
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Adjustment Costs, Learning-by-Doing, and Technology Adoption Under Uncertainty
Pavlova, Anna - 2002
We consider a variety of vintage capital models of a firm?s choice of technology under uncertaintyin the presence of adjustment costs and technology-specific learning. Similar models have beenstudied in a deterministic setting. Part of our objective is to examine the robustness of...
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