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Showing 1 to 20 of 21 for “"Firm Dynamics"”.
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Firm Dynamics under Industrial Policy
… whole vary with the attributes of the supported firms and with the nature of the supported industry? To answer this question, this thesis develops a model describing firm dynamics under government support in the form of tax credits and conducts simulation experiments while varying policy …
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Essays in Macroeconomics and Firm Dynamics
… growth and resource misallocation among firms in the economy. The first chapter studies the implications of financing constraints on optimal expansion strategies of multiple-product firms and their consequent effect on aggregate productivity level. In particular, this chapter seeks to …
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ESSAYS ON ECONOMIC POLICY AND FIRM DYNAMICS
… aggregate economy by analyzing their effects on firms' behavior. It employs theoretical and quantitative macroeconomic models to explore how these policies affect social welfare. In Chapter 1, I study the second-best optimal carbon taxes when negative externalities from carbon emissions coexist …
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An analysis of firm dynamics and seedbed role
Firm dynamics research can be considered an important area of study given the relationship between firm dynamics and economic growth. Firm births can increase economic growth and employment (Doran et al., 2016). Meanwhile firm deaths can reduce economic growth via increases in unemployment (Arcuri …
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Trade liberalization and firm dynamics evidence from Indian firms
This paper aims to investigate the firm level effects from the removal of trade barriers. It uses firm level data on Indian firms, and employs simple but effective specifications aimed to analyze the differential effects in sales and prices of goods previously quota bound compared to unbound …
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Essays on Consumer Bankruptcy, Employment, Firm Dynamics, and Aging in the United States
… trends in consumer bankruptcy, employment, firm dynamics, and aging in the U.S. economy. The first chapter shows that improved matching between borrowers and lenders quantitatively explains the rise in unsecured credit and consumer bankruptcies in the United States. The model is calibrated …
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FROM NATIONAL LINES TO GLOBAL NETWORKS: STRATEGIC COUPLING AND EVOLVING STATE-FIRM DYNAMICS IN SINGAPORE’S TELECOMMUNICATIONS INDUSTRY
… this lacuna by examining the evolving state-firm relations underpinning the globalisation of Singapore’s telecommunications industry since the 1980s. From a centralised monopoly structure, I show that the industry has since been coupled into an ensemble of global production networks through …
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Three Essays in Macroeconomics
… and capital structure, the second essay is on firm dynamics, and the third essay is on financial crises. The first essay clarifies the role of the corporate income tax: as a form of double taxation) for achieving socially optimal allocations in the Mirrlees framework when the government cannot …
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Using administrative data to gain insights into microdrivers of productivity
… We describe how we measure productivity, define firm participation in business networks and handle missing data for this research. Missing data is a common problem in data analysis, but the problem is exacerbated when we analyse an integrated administrative dataset. We need to address this …
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Using administrative data to gain insights into microdrivers of productivity
… We describe how we measure productivity, define firm participation in business networks and handle missing data for this research. Missing data is a common problem in data analysis, but the problem is exacerbated when we analyse an integrated administrative dataset. We need to address this …
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Essays on Macroeconomics and Labor Markets
… hypothesis that the housing crisis has impaired firm formation and firm expansion by diminishing the value of real estate collateral used by firms to secure loans. We exploit state-level variation in job flows and housing prices to show that a decline in housing prices diminishes job creation and …
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Governance in global value chains: Exploring multiple layers of lead-firm orchestration
… within several layers of participating firms in the global value chain of the automotive industry, and how new forms of governance shape the development of the Brazilian and Chinese automotive industry. In particular, it examines how the local supply firms from Brazil and China can …
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Essays on reputation
… by this observation, I develop a model of firm dynamics where firms have heterogeneous qualities that are unobservable by consumers. Reputation is used as a signal of private information to buyers in order to improve allocations. I structurally estimate this model to uncover deep parameters …
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Essays in Macroeconomics with Heterogeneity
… in microeconomic uncertainty for the firm dynamics over the business cycle in an economy with frictional financial markets. To begin, it documents facts on asymmetric response across age and size groups of firms in the U.S. to the changes in aggregate economic conditions. I argue that …
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Three Essays on Occupational Safety and Labor Market Outcomes
… the indirect effect on labor market outcomes and firm dynamics.</p> <p>Chapter 1 examines the effect of workplace inspections on workplace safety, product quality, and worker productivity in nursing facilities. The identification strategy exploits the nationwide Site-Specific Targeting (SST) plan …
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Three Essays on Urban Property Taxes
… current understanding of urban property tax dynamics and fragmentation features.In the first chapter, titled "Property Tax Interaction among Overlapping Local Jurisdictions: Quasi-experimental Evidence from School Bond Referenda," I empirically examine interactive behaviors of local …
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Essays on Economic Growth and Innovation
… provides new theory and evidence to explain how firms choose which technologies to innovate and adopt. A point of emphasis, particularly in the first two chapters, is that complementarities across firms play an important role in determining the rate and direction of technological change. These …
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Essays in Macroeconomics and Heterogeneity
… The first two chapters focus on the effects of firm heterogeneity and firm dynamics on macroeconomic outcomes, particularly how the transmission of macroeconomic shocks is impacted by strategic behaviour and the distribution of financially constrained firms. The last two chapters address the …
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