. However, previous studies have underestimated the lumpiness. Their assumption of constant capital utilization reduces firms …' incentives to undertake large investments as it prevents reserve capacity building. This paper shows that if capacity utilization … fixed capital adjustment costs, heterogeneous firms, variable utilization, and aggregate technology shocks, I numerically …

While the national average for maternal and child health services utilization shows improvement, the Philippines is yet … services utilization across economic classes and across regions. Moreover, based on regional Gini coefficient, there are … various patterns of utilization and concentration of services across living standards. Interventions to increase the uptake of …

-neutral technical change and timevarying factor utilization rates. This ensures the resulting real marginal cost measures match …-cyclical cost elements plus pro-cyclical (and co-varying) utilization rates. Although pro-cyclical elements dominate, real marginal …

utilization rates (PUR) are far below 100 percent. In this paper, we examine the variation in PUR both across products and … countries of origin. This allows us to analyze determinants of utilization rates as well as the costs associated with using a … preferential trade agreement. Our findings highlight that both savings potential and trade volume positively affect utilization …

points scale and chi-square test of association of energy utilization by households in the University staff quarters explored …

government and private hospital fees. The extent of its effect on hospital utilization rates and the determinants of demand and …