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The Productivity Effect of Public–Private Partnership

The Journal of Industrial Economics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Public–Private partnerships (PPPs) are often employed by public authorities to deliver infrastructure and public services through contracts bundling construction, operation, and maintenance over extended periods. Using a novel dataset covering the universe of Italian district heating plants (DHs) from 2007 to 2014, I show that PPP improves ...
Vincenzo Mollisi
wiley   +1 more source

China's Capital and Productivity Measurement Using Financial Resources [PDF]

This paper constructs China's capital stock, which is used in conjunction with a labor variable to estimate a Cobb-Douglas production function for the Chinese economy.
Kui-Wai Li
core  

How the Threat of Knowledge Loss Drives Firms’ R&D Dynamism: A Threat Rigidity Perspective

Journal of Management Studies, EarlyView.
Abstract Drawing on threat rigidity theory, this paper argues that the threat of knowledge loss gives rise to a threat rigidity effect in firms’ R&D function, that is, reduces their R&D dynamism. It further argues that the dampening of R&D dynamism is greater for firms more vulnerable to the threat of knowledge loss due to facing greater product market
Aman Asija, Dimo Ringov
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Estimation of a Production Function for Philippine Retail Stores

ECONOMICS, 2019
The purpose of this paper is the estimation of a production function for retail stores in the Philippines. A generalized Cobb-Douglas production function is utilized for this purpose. Ordinary Least Squares is used in obtaining the coefficients for labor
Patalinghug Jason C.
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Is the matching function Cobb-Douglas?

, 2012
[cat] Estudiem les propietats teòriques que una funció d.emparellament ha de satisfer per tal de representar un mercat laboral amb friccions dins d'un model d'equilibri general amb emparellament aleatori. Analitzem el cas Cobb-Douglas, CES i altres formes funcionals per a la funció d.emparellament.
Ribó, Ausias, Vilalta-Bufí, Montserrat
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STOCHASTIC FRONTIER ANALYSIS OF PRODUCTION FUNCTION AND COST FUNCTION ESTIMATION METHODS. STUDY OF EFFICIENCY AT INDUSTRY LEVEL [PDF]

This paper analyses the efficiency or productivity at the level of a production unit, but also at industry level, resorting for this purpose to both parametric and non-parametric techniques.
Iulian LIŢĂ, Tănase STAMULE
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The Core‐Periphery Model Under Additively Separable Preferences

Journal of Regional Science, Volume 65, Issue 2, Page 378-402, March 2025.
ABSTRACT This paper reexamines Krugman's core‐periphery model by substituting his constant elasticity of substitution (CES) utility with a general additively separable utility that comprehensively captures the pro‐competitive effect while preserving the income effect.
Congcong Wang, Dao‐Zhi Zeng, Xiwei Zhu
wiley   +1 more source

Cluster Policy, Innovation, and Firm Productivity. An Econometric Assessment of the Flemish Spearhead Cluster Program

Journal of Regional Science, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The Flemish government launched its Spearhead Cluster (SHC) policy in 2017. The aim is to boost strategic sectors by setting up cluster initiatives which coordinate collaborative R&D initiatives. In this paper, we analyze whether becoming a member of such a cluster initiative has an impact on the Total Factor Productivity (TFP) of the firm. We
Pierluigi Angelino, Dirk Czarnitzki, Astrid Volckaert   +2 more
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Technical Change as Exogenous or Endogenous Factor in the Production Function Models. Empirical Evidence from Romania [PDF]

As technical change is nowadays largely accepted to be an engine of economic growth, researchers have tried to include it explicitly in the economic growth models, either as an exogenous or endogenous factor of influence.
Goschin, Zizi, Zaman, Gheorghe
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Greener Operations Amid a Complex Customer Base: The Role of Environmental Management Systems and Innovation

Journal of Supply Chain Management, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Firms currently operate in increasingly complex business environments, often facing increasingly diverse environmental requirements from their customers. This challenge is reflected in the concept of “customer base complexity,” which encompasses three dimensions: horizontal complexity (i.e., number of customers), vertical complexity (i.e ...
Chengyong Xiao, Shuhan Wang, Di Fan
wiley   +1 more source