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作者:Hall, RE
作者单位:Stanford University
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作者:Komlos, J
作者单位:University of Munich
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作者:Stole, LA; Zwiebel, J
作者单位:University of Chicago; Stanford University
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作者:Wei, C
作者单位:University of North Carolina; University of North Carolina Chapel Hill
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作者:Cabral, LMB; Mata, J
作者单位:New York University; Universidade Nova de Lisboa
摘要:Using a comprehensive data set of Portuguese manufacturing firms, we show that the firm size distribution is significantly right-skewed, evolving over time toward a lognormal distribution. We also show that selection accounts for very little of this evolution. Instead, we propose a simple theory based on financing constraints. A calibrated version of our model does a good job at explaining the evolution of the firm size distribution.
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作者:Hertz, T
作者单位:American University
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作者:Levy-Yeyati, E; Sturzenegger, F
摘要:We study the relationship between exchange rate regimes and economic growth for a sample of 183 countries over the post-Bretton Woods period, using a new de facto classification of regimes based on the actual behavior of the relevant macroeconomic variables. In contrast with previous studies, we find that, for developing countries, less flexible exchange rate regimes are associated with slower growth, as well as with greater output volatility. For industrial countries, regimes do not appear to...
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作者:Levin, J
作者单位:Stanford University
摘要:Standard incentive theory models provide a rich framework for studying informational problems but assume that contracts can be perfectly enforced. This paper studies the design of self-enforced relational contracts. I show that optimal contracts often can take a simple stationary form, but that self-enforcement restricts promised compensation and affects incentive provision. With hidden information, it may be optimal for an agent to supply the same inefficient effort regardless of cost conditi...
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作者:Poterba, JM; Weisbenner, SJ
作者单位:Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT); University of Illinois System; University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
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作者:Swartz, K
作者单位:Harvard University; Harvard Medical School