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This article provides an overview of the technology industry that has evolved to provide technology outsourcing … transition phase being brought about by changing economic fundamentals in banking and in information technology. These factors … have contributed to significant consolidation among the technology companies that serve the banking industry, especially …
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I present empirical evidence of how the U.S. economy, including per-capita hours worked, responds to a technology shock … positive technology shock. This paper's empirical evidence suggests that emphasizing the drop in hours worked is misdirected …. In response to a positive technology shock, a standard flexible price model would have an immediate increase in hours …
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Recent empirical studies using infinite horizon long-run restrictions question the validity of the technology … propose a alternative identification that maximizes the contribution of technology shocks to the forecast error variance of … counterpart by producing less biased impulse responses and technology shocks that are more highly correlated with the technology …
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development of the country, the comparative advantage of the sector, and the sector’s skill and technology intensity. Using sector …
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.S. information technology (IT) sector. The index first appeared under the sponsorship of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York; due to …
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Colleges and universities can contribute to the economic success of a region by deepening the skills and knowledge—or human capital—of its residents. Producing graduates who join the region’s educated workforce is one way these institutions increase human capital levels. In addition, the...
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Since Galí [1999], long-run restricted VARs have become the standard for identifying the effects of technology shocks …. In a recent paper, Francis et al. [2008] proposed an alternative to identify technology as the shock that maximizes the … responses to technology shocks identified from various frequency bands. Two distinct technology shocks emerge. An expansionary …
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Remarks before the Houston World Affairs Council, Houston, Texas, April 13, 2007 ; "We need new and better tools to help us determine just how globalization is affecting economies around the world, and how policymakers can reap benefits from these insights. Getting it right may well alter our...
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