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The Exit of Pharmacia and Regional Growth

Fridh, Ann-Charlotte - Ratioinstitutet - 2003

In this paper we ask whether the withdrawal of a major employer (Pharmacia) from a region in Sweden (Uppsala) has had a negative effect on employment growth. We explore the possibility that the exit of Pharmacia may not have had a negative effect on the total employment in the region. It might...

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Multiple-product firms and product switching

Bernard, Andrew B.; Redding, Stephen; Schott, Peter K. - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2010

This paper examines the frequency, pervasiveness, and determinants of product switching by US manufacturing firms. We find that one-half of firms alter their mix of five-digit SIC products every five years, that product switching is correlated with both firm- and firm-product attributes, and...

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Industrial Dynamics and the Role of Small Plants in Swedish Manufacturing Industry, 1968-1988

Carlsson, Bo - Institutet för Näringslivsforskning (IFN) - 1992

No abstract.

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Analysis of Industrial Structure: A Production Function Approach

Førsund, Finn R.; Hjalmarsson, Lennart - Institutet för Näringslivsforskning (IFN) - 1984

No abstract.

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Multiple-Product Firms and Product Switching

Bernard, Andrew B.; Redding, Stephen J.; Schott, Peter K. - In: American Economic Review 100 (2010) 1, pp. 70-97

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Framing the empirical findings on firm growth

Capasso, Marco; Cefis, Elena; Sapio, Sandro - Laboratory of Economics and Management (LEM), Scuola … - 2011

This paper proposes a general framework to account for the divergent results in the empirical literature on the relation between firm sizes and growth rates, and on many results on growth autocorrelation. In particular, we provide an explanation for why traces of the LPE sometimes occur in...

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What is 'firm heterogeneity' in trade models? The role of quality, scope, markups and cost

Hottman, Colin; Redding, Stephen; Weinstein, David E. - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2014

We estimate a structural model of heterogeneous multiproduct firms to examine the sources of firm heterogeneity emphasized in the recent trade and macro literatures. Using Nielsen barcode data on prices and sales, we estimate elasticities of substitution within and between firms, and use the...

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What is Firm Heterogeneity in Trade Models? The Role of Quality, Scope, Markups, and Cost

Hottman, Colin; Redding, Stephen J.; Weinstein, David E. - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2014

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Emergency Messaging to General Public Via Public Wireless Networks

Simonsen, P. - 2009

Warnings to the broad population in an emergency situation, irrespective of location and condition, is a public policy responsibility. Public wireless networks offer now the opportunity to deliver emergency warnings in this way with explanations, because in many countries the mobile penetration...

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Disasters and loss of life : new evidence on the effect of disaster risk management governance in Latin America and the Caribbean

Guerrero Compeán, Roberto; Lacambra Ayuso, Sergio - 2020

) governance in terms of human losses resulting from disaster events. To measure governance in disaster risk management, we use the … Index of Governance and Public Policy in Disaster Risk Management (IGOPP), developed by the Inter-American Development Bank … 1980-2017 period. We show that an improvement in disaster risk management governance leads to a significant reduction in …

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