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作者:Ades, A; Di Tella, R
作者单位:Harvard University
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作者:Holmes, TJ
作者单位:University of Minnesota System; University of Minnesota Twin Cities; Federal Reserve System - USA; Federal Reserve Bank - Minneapolis
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作者:Mendelsohn, R; Nordhaus, W
作者单位:Yale University; Yale University
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作者:Cummings, RG; Taylor, LO
作者单位:University System of Georgia; Georgia State University
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作者:Fogel, RW
作者单位:University of Chicago; University of Chicago; National Bureau of Economic Research
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作者:Parente, SL; Prescott, EC
作者单位:University of Illinois System; University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign; University of Chicago; University of Minnesota System; University of Minnesota Twin Cities; Federal Reserve System - USA; Federal Reserve Bank - Minneapolis
摘要:Our thesis is that poor countries are poor because they employ arrangements for which the equilibrium outcomes are characterized by inferior technologies being used, and being used inefficiently. In this paper, we analyze the consequences of one such arrangement. In each industry, the arrangement enables a coalition of factor suppliers to be the monopoly seller of its input services to all firms using a particular production process. We find that eliminating this monopoly arrangement could wel...
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作者:Lerman, RI
作者单位:American University; Urban Institute
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作者:Cooper, R; Haltiwanger, J; Power, L
作者单位:Boston University; University System of Maryland; University of Maryland College Park; United States Department of the Treasury
摘要:This paper explores investment fluctuations due to discrete changes in a plant's capital stock. The resulting aggregate investment dynamics are surprisingly rich, reflecting the interaction between a replacement cycle, the cross-sectional distribution of the age of the capital stock, and an aggregate shock. Using plant-level data, lumpy investment is procyclical and more likely for older capital. Further, the predicted path of aggregate investment that neglects vintage effects tracks actual ag...
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作者:Huang, HZ; Xu, CG
作者单位:International Monetary Fund; University of London; London School Economics & Political Science
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作者:Goldberg, L; Tracy, J; Aaronson, S
作者单位:Federal Reserve System - USA; Federal Reserve Bank - New York; National Bureau of Economic Research; Columbia University