rigidity. The third essay analyses how different unionisation structures affect firm productivity and firm performance in a … among heterogeneous producers and increases average productivity and profit levels, firm-level bargaining allows less … productive entrants to remain in the market. The positive effect of centralised bargaining on average productivity can, however …

-and-trade program and financial constraints. I use the change in the permit prices and the heterogeneity in permit allocation to …

competitiveness. At the same time, they increase productivity and industrial up-grading in the region of location and can be …

This thesis presents a collection of essays about Public Economics and individual heterogeneity. The essays are … aggregate productivity (fundamental) is stochastic, 2) only the government observes it and; 3) every agent privately receives a …

other hand, have not been successful in incorporating both individual rationality and inter-individual heterogeneity …

heterogeneity as an unobserved state that raises a firm's research productivity. In my analysis, I find that increased investment in … incorporatingunobserved firm-level heterogeneity using techniques from Arcidiacono and Miller (2007). I use publicly available panel data on …