http://hdl.handle.net/2027.42/13913 http://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/retrieve/63223 http://hdl.handle.net/2027.42/13913 Search the Channel search http://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/simple-search http://hdl.handle.net/2027.42/64437 Title: Firms’ Exporting Behavior under Quality Constraints<br/><br/>Authors: Sivadasan, Jagadeesh; Hallak, Juan Carlos<br/><br/>Abstract: We develop a model of international trade with export quality requirements and two dimensions of firm heterogeneity. In addition to "productivity", firms are also heterogeneous in their "caliber" — the ability to produce quality using fewer fixed inputs. Compared to single-attribute models of firm heterogeneity emphasizing either productivity or the ability to produce quality, our model provides a more nuanced characterization of firms’ exporting behavior. In particular, it explains the empirical fact that firm size is not monotonically related with export status: there are small firms that export and large firms that only operate in the domestic market. The model also delivers novel testable predictions. Conditional on size, exporters are predicted to sell products of higher quality and at higher prices, pay higher wages and use capital more intensively. These predictions, although apparently intuitive, cannot be derived from single-attribute models of firm heterogeneity as they imply no variation in export status after size is controlled for. We find strong support for the predictions of our model in manufacturing establishment datasets for India, the U.S., Chile, and Colombia. http://hdl.handle.net/2027.42/64436 Title: Market models for predicting PHEV adoption and diffusion<br/><br/>Authors: Senter, R. Jr.; McManus, W.<br/><br/>Abstract: This is the final report on market models for predicting Plug-In Hybrid Electric Vehicles (PHEV) adoption. The work was one of the tasks carried out by the University ofMichigan on the technical challenges of PHEVs and impacts to the U.S. power system. We first examine benchmark market models with fixed saturation levels. On balance, we conclude that their weaknesses dominate their strengths. We then examine two alternative approaches to predicting PHEV adoption and diffusion using models without a fixed saturation level: Centrone et al. (2007) and the consideration-purchase model (suggested by Struben and Sterman (2008)). The consideration-purchase model makes the market behavior of consumers the focus of attention, and it is our preferred market model. http://hdl.handle.net/2027.42/64435 Title: Revision of Pterandra (Malpighiaceae)<br/><br/>Authors: Anderson, Christiane http://hdl.handle.net/2027.42/64434 Title: Revision of Thryallis (Malpighiaceae)<br/><br/>Authors: Anderson, Christiane