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Economica, EarlyView.Abstract We estimate the trade and income effects of regulatory developments concerning standard‐like non‐tariff measures (NTMs) over 2012–2017 combining structural gravity estimates and general equilibrium projections. The trade cost effects of regulatory changes vary at the country‐pair level and across sectors.
Octavio Fernández‐Amador +2 more
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Modelling Corruption in a Cobb-Douglas Production Function Framework [PDF]
In this paper, we extend the Solow growth model to include corruption as a determinant of the multifactor productivity using a Cobb-Douglas production function framework. In addition to the classical components of any growth model (output, labor, capital)
Farida, Moe, Ahmadi-Esfahani, Fredoun Z.
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Information and communication technology innovations and labor hours: A business cycle analysis
Economic Inquiry, EarlyView.Abstract This paper examines the impact of changes in information and communication technologies (ICTs) on skilled and unskilled labor at the business cycle frequency. To achieve this, we construct aggregate hours series for both labor groups using the monthly outgoing rotation group of the Current Population Survey from 1994 to 2023.
Sangheon Ahn, Soojin Jo, Myungkyu Shim
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International Journal of Technology, 2018 The metal industry in Indonesia is facing greater risks and challenges locally and globally. Therefore, decision makers in this industry should be able not only to be competitive in the market but also to be resilient in this dynamic environment.
Ida Bagus Made Putra Jandhana +2 more
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Entrepreneurs, Sticky Competition and the Schumpeterian Cobb-Douglas Production Function [PDF]
In this paper, we institute the role of entrepreneurs in technical progress and the mechanism of tools multiplication into the Cobb Douglas Production Function. After the advancements, the technology component in the function has technical meaning and is
Mo, Pak Hung
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Sustained Higher Education Expansion and Firms' Productivity: Evidence From China
Economics &Politics, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This study investigates the relationship between China's sustained higher education expansion and the productivity of A‐share listed firms from 2004 to 2020. We find that a larger supply of university graduates is associated with significantly higher firm total factor productivity (TFP) on average, a result robust to extensive testing ...
Haozhi Tong, Hamish Anderson, Jing Chi
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The Intensity of using production factors in Romania. Estimates from Cobb-Douglas and CES Models [PDF]
Revista Romana de Economie, 2007 The production function explains the mechanism through which inputs are changed into outputs and the partial efficiency of labour and capital. It also allows for understanding the elasticity of substitution, which measures the percentage change in factor
Gheorghe Zaman, Zizi Goschin
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Connectivity and Selective Rural Migration
International Economic Review, EarlyView.ABSTRACT How does infrastructure shape rural development? Using household panel data from a nationally representative sample of Chinese villages, matched to high‐resolution highway maps, we find that road expansion between 2000 and 2015 operates mainly through reallocation, with less productive farmers scaling down or exiting and more productive ...
Lin Ma +3 more
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