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College Financial Aid Application Frictions
ABSTRACT We document that 11 percent of recent U.S. high school graduates did not apply for federal student aid due to difficulty in applying, mistaken beliefs, or lack of awareness. Not applying due to such application frictions negatively predicts college enrollment after controlling for other attributes.
Emily G. Moschini +1 more
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Stochastic Frontier-Based Analysis of Energy Efficiency in Russian Open-Pit Mining Enterprises
This article is devoted to the study of the possibilities for improvAzing the quality of energy management systems adopted at open-pit mining enterprises in the Russian Federation.
Ulvi Rzazade +3 more
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Euro area production function and potential output: a supply side system approach [PDF]
In this paper, we present a three equation supply-side model based on aggregation across sectors with sector specific mark-ups and the technology parameters of the production function.
Willman, Alpo
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Accounting for the Evolution of China's Production and Trade Patterns
ABSTRACT We study the evolution of China's production and trade patterns during its integration into the global economy. Using firm‐level microdata, we document how production and exports shifted across industries and within industries across firms.
Hanwei Huang, Jiandong Ju, Vivian Z. Yue
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COMPARISON OF AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION FACTORS IN THE EUROPEAN UNION AND MERCOSUR COUNTRIES: ISSUES IN COBB-DOUGLAS PRODUCTION FUNCTION ESTIMATION [PDF]
After 25 years of negotiations, representatives of the European Union and the Mercosur countries reached an agreement on concluding an Economic Partnership Agreement.
Iwona Szczepaniak, Oksana Kiforenko
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The Interaction Between Credit and Labor Market Frictions
ABSTRACT I study a novel two‐way feedback between credit and labor market frictions. Running from credit to labor markets, amplitude in capital demand caused by collateral constraints spills over onto labor demand due to the complementarity of capital and labor; and, furthermore, credit frictions raise effective financial hiring costs, prompting firms ...
Yulia Moiseeva
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Estimation of a Production Function for Philippine Retail Stores
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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Expert Asymmetry: Evidence From Securities Litigation
ABSTRACT Modern litigation often involves two separate, extra‐legal features: (1) contingency fee arrangements with the plaintiff‐side attorney, and (2) a “battle of the experts” where the outcome of the case rests on conflicting expert witness testimony.
Adam Callister +2 more
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Labor-capital relations in the construction sector in Poland [PDF]
The aim of this paper is to estimate the Cobb-Douglas production function and the CES (constant elasticity of substitution) function for the construction sector in Poland. The period since 2002 is analyzed.
Krzysztof Drachal
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