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Essays on Distribution Channel Structures, Efficiency and Market Performance
Lucinda Trigo Gamarra - 2008
This collection of articles contributes to knowledge of the German insurance industry after its liberalization by analyzing changes in the structure and choice of distribution channels in private insurance markets in the first and second article. In a third article the development of market...
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Measuring TFP: the role of profits, adjustment costs, and capacity utilization
Comin, Diego; Quintana González, Javier; Schmitz, Tom; …
Desarrollamos un nuevo método de estimación del crecimiento de la productividad total de los factores (PTF) a nivel tanto sectorial como agregado. Nuestro método tiene en cuenta tanto beneficios como costes de ajuste y usa encuestas empresariales para aproximar cambios en la intensidad de la...
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Accounting for variations in trade union effectiveness : state labor relations in East Central Europe
Avdagic, Sabina - 2003
This paper offers an explanation for variations in the effectiveness of trade unions to obtain legislative and policy concessions in peak-level tripartite negotiations in post-communist East Central Europe. I examine the usefulness of some standard interpretations for such variations, namely...
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The new employer employee relationship
In: Building high performance people and organizations. 2008
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The engaged workplace : organizational strategies
In: Building high performance people and organizations. 2008
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Case studies and conversations
In: Building high performance people and organizations. 2008
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Are credit unions in Ecuador achieving economies of scale?
Marchio, Nick A - 2009
theory suggest that they work against efficiency when membership grows too diffuse. To address this issue, this study uses a …
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Explaining Economic Growth: Factor Accumulation, Total Factor Productivity Growth, and Production Efficiency Improvement
Limam, Yasmina Reem; Miller, Stephen M. - 2004
productivity growth, and production efficiency improvement. In addition, this paper incorporates the quality of inputs in analyzing …
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Simple-Offer vs. Complex-Offer Auctions in Deregulated Electricity Markets
Baltaduonis, Rimvydas - 2007
allocative efficiency more quickly. …
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Efficiency in Deregulated Electricity Markets: Offer Cost Minimization vs. Payment Cost Minimization Auction
Baltaduonis, Rimvydas - 2006
This study of the wholesale electricity market compares the efficiency performance of the auction mechanism currently … of the current auction with respect to efficiency is not that obvious. We present a case where the proposed auction … outperforms the current mechanism on efficiency even if all offers reflect true production costs. We also find that a market …
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