Title:The Firm as an Inspector: Private Ordering and Political Rules
Author(s):HERITIER, Adrienne; MUELLER-DEBUS, Anna Kristin; THAUER, Christian R.Date:2009Type of Publication:ArticleAbstract:With increasing fragmentation of worldwide production chains and the corresponding contracting relations between companies, the “firm as an inspector" has become a frequent phenomenon. Buyer firms deploy supervising ...
Title:Firm Dynamics Support the Importance of the Embodied Question
Author(s):GABLER, Alain; LICANDRO, OmarDate:2009Type of Publication:Working PaperSeries/Report no.:EUI ECOAbstract:This paper contributes to the literature on both embodied technical
progress and firm dynamics, by formulating an endogenous growth
model where selection and imitation play a fundamental role in helping
capital good ...
Title:Firm heterogeneity and macroeconomic performance
Author(s):POSCHKE, MarkusDate:2007Type of Publication:ThesisSeries/Report no.:EUI PhD thesesAbstract:The regulation of entry and aggregate productivity Euro Area economies have lower firm turnover rates, lower total factor and labor productivity, and higher capital intensity than the Unites States. I argue that differences ...
Title:Firm Heterogeneity and the Two Sources of Gains from Trade
Author(s):AGUR, ItaiDate:2006Type of Publication:Working PaperSeries/Report no.:EUI ECOAbstract:Recent empirical work identies two main channels through which consumers benefit
from trade. Trade liberalization lowers prices, while it raises product variety. This paper
develops the first model that connects both ...
Title:Firm Size and the Entire Distribution of Wages: A Semiparametric Approach
Author(s):EL-ATTAR, Mayssun; LOPEZ-BAZO, EnriqueDate:2008Type of Publication:ArticleAbstract:In this article we argue that parametric regression analysis might well provide only partial evidence on the firm size-wage effect and propose a methodology that focuses on the entire distribution of wages. Results for a ...
Title:The first European grain invasion: a study in the integration of the European market 1750-1870
Author(s):FEDERICO, GiovanniDate:2008Type of Publication:Working PaperSeries/Report no.:EUI HECAbstract:This paper argues that market integration should be measured as σ-convergence over
the largest possible sample of markets. It test this claim with an empirical analysis of the
European market for wheat, rye and candles ...
Title:First or Second Order Referendums? Understanding the votes on the EU constitutional treaty in four EU member states
Author(s):GLENCROSS, Andrew; TRECHSEL, Alexander H.Date:2011Type of Publication:ArticleSeries/Report no.:[EUDO]Abstract:This article uses post-referendum Flash-Eurobarometer surveys to analyse empirically voter attitudes towards the EU Constitution in four member states. The theoretical model used incorporates first and second order variables ...
Title:Fiscal Expansions, Unemployment, and Labor Force Participation: Theory and evidence
Author(s):BRÜCKNER, Markus; PAPPA, EviDate:2012Type of Publication:ArticleAbstract:Structural VARs indicate that for many OECD countries labor force participation, employment, and the unemployment rate significantly increase following increases in government expenditures under a variety of specifications ...
Title:Fiscal forecasting: The track record of the IMF, OECD and EC
Author(s):ARTIS, Michael J.; MARCELLINO, MassimilianoDate:2001Type of Publication:ArticleAbstract:We analyse the relative performance of the IMF, OECD and EC in forecasting the government deficit, as a ratio to GDP, for the G7 countries. Interesting differences across countries emerge, sometimes supporting the hypothesis ...