productivity
Technical efficiency, farm size and deforestation in the Brazilian Amazonian Forest
by: shinta, 23 pagesThe aim of this paper is to estimate the impact of farm productivity on defo- restation and to analyse whether this effect depends on farm size. Census-tract-level data from the Censo ...
Helping the Invisible Hand A Theory of Endogenous Mutual Concern
by: shinta, 27 pagesThis paper develops a theory of endogenous mutual concern. The mutual concern or the morality of economic agents is seen as a means to reduce the inefficiencies of markets in an ...
THE EFFECT OF FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT ON LABOUR PRODUCTIVITY: EVIDENCE FROM ESTONIA AND SLOVENIA
by: shinta, 49 pagesThis paper studies the effects of foreign direct investment on labour productivity in manufacturing industries of two transition countries, Estonia and Slovenia. The emphasis is on ...
Cementing Relationships: Vertical Integration, Foreclosure, Productivity, and Prices
by: samanta, 61 pagesThis paper looks at the reasons for and results of vertical integration, with specific regard to its possible effects on market power as proposed in the theoretical literature on foreclosure. It uses ...
Productivity and the Natural Rate of Unemployment
by: samanta, 35 pagesI propose an econometric model that improves upon existing methods of estimating the natural rate of unemployment (NAIRU) by us- inginformation contained in the trend of productivity growth. My ...
Corporate Governance Quality: Trends and Real Effects
by: samanta, 43 pagesThis paper constructs a composite index of corporate governance quality, documents its evolution from 1994 through 2003 in selected emerging and developed economies, and assesses its impact on ...
Trial Balance
by: samanta, 4 pagesOn reaching age 65, New Zealand citizens and permanent residents* become eligible to apply for NZ Superannuation. Work and Income NZ do not automatically start making payments on reaching eligible ...
Exploiting opportunities of the new economy: developing nations in support of the ICT industry
by: samanta, 8 pagesNations competing in this ruthless and changing"new economy"rely on industries that are often headquartered, performing research and development and executing their supply chains and distribution ...
Training for Business Success: Does Diversity Training Improve Productivity, Performance, and Fair Promotions?
by: samanta, 18 pagesThere is a great deal of pessimism about the impact of diversity. Some critics have declared that diversity training programs do not work. Using data from the 2002 National Organizations Survey, this ...
Skill differentials, return to schooling, and market segmentation in a transition economy: the case of Mainland China
by: samanta, 14 pagesA body of existing research attributes evident underpayment of workers and low private returns to schooling in China through the mid-1990s to the persistence of labor-market monopsony. We find that ...
