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Working Inflow, Outflow, and Churning
(2003-09-01)
Linked employer-employee data from the Finnish business sector is used in an analysis of worker turnover. The data is an unbalanced panel with over 219 000 observations in the years 1991-97. The churning (excess worker ...
Sensitivity of the Exporting Economy on the External Shocks: Evidence from Slovene Firms
(2003-11-01)
In this paper we investigate the export participation of Slovene firms. We first show that sunk costs are an important factor for explaining the export behavior of Slovene firms. Next we show that when the absorption ...
THE EFFECTS OF PRIVATIZATION AND INTERNATIONAL COMPETITIVE PRESSURE ON FIRMS’ PRICE-COST MARGINS: MICRO EVIDENCE FROM EMERGING ECONOMIES1
(2003-01-01)
This paper uses representative firm level panel data of 1,701 Bulgarian and 2,047 Romanian manufacturing firms to estimate price-cost margins and to analyze how these are affected by privatization and increased competitive ...
Revenue Sharing and Control Rights in Team Production: Theories and Evidence from Joint Ventures.*
(2003-06-20)
This paper presents a model of the joint venture that is grounded in the stylized facts we found from a sample of 200 joint venture contracts. The model incorporates the revenue-sharing contract into the incomplete contract ...
Intervention program to keep girls in the science pipeline: Outcome differences by ethnic status
(Wiley Subscription Services, Inc., A Wiley Company, 2003-04)
This study evaluated a 2-week residential program aimed at enhancing the science interest and persistence of high-achieving 8th-grade girls. Questionnaires were administered to 38 program participants (14 of whom were of ...
Economic transition and elections in Poland 1
(Blackwell Publishing Ltd, 2003-03)
Poland's economic and political transition, one of the most successful, has depended very heavily on job creation in new firms to replace the jobs lost in the formerly state-owned enterprises. This paper uses survey and ...