Research classified by Journal of Economic Literature (JEL) codes

2008

• Celine Nauges & Caroline van den Berg, 2008, "Economies of density, scale and scope in the water supply and sewerage sector: a study of four developing and transition economies," Post-Print, HAL, number hal-02665237, DOI: 10.1007/s11149-008-9063-2.
• Gilles Duranton & Michael Storper, 2008, "Rising trade costs? Agglomeration and trade with endogenous transaction costs," Post-Print, HAL, number hal-03415826, Feb, DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2966.2008.00464.x.
• Nicolas Berman & Jérôme Héricourt, 2008, "Financial Factors and the Margins of Trade: Evidence from Cross-Country Firm-Level Data," Post-Print, HAL, number halshs-00321632, Sep.
• Gilles Duranton & Michael Storper, 2008, "Rising trade costs? Agglomeration and trade with endogenous transaction costs," Sciences Po Economics Publications (main), HAL, number hal-03415826, Feb, DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2966.2008.00464.x.
• Bellone, Flora & Musso, Patrick & Nesta, Lionel & Warzynski, Frederic, 2008, "Endogenous Markups, Firm Productivity and International Trade: : Testing SomeMicro-Level Implications of theMelitz-Ottaviano Model," Working Papers, University of Aarhus, Aarhus School of Business, Department of Economics, number 08-20, Sep.
• Stephan, Andreas & Talavera, Oleksandr & Tsapin, Andriy, 2008, "Corporate Debt Maturity Choice in Transition Financial Markets," Working Paper Series in Economics and Institutions of Innovation, Royal Institute of Technology, CESIS - Centre of Excellence for Science and Innovation Studies, number 125, Apr.
• Badunenko, Oleg & Fritsch, Michael & Stephan, Andreas, 2008, "What Drives the Productive Efficiency of a Firm? - the importance of industry, location, R&D, and size," Working Paper Series in Economics and Institutions of Innovation, Royal Institute of Technology, CESIS - Centre of Excellence for Science and Innovation Studies, number 126, Apr.
• Zikhali, Precious, 2008, "Fast Track Land Reform and Agricultural Productivity in Zimbabwe," Working Papers in Economics, University of Gothenburg, Department of Economics, number 322, Oct.
• Stephan, Andreas & Badunenko, Oleg & Fritsch, Michael, 2008, "What Drives the Productive Efficiency of a Firm? The Importance of Industry,Location, R&D, and Size," CISEG Working Papers Series, Jönköping International Business School, Centre for Innovation Systems, Entrepreneurship and Growth, number 4, Mar.
• Førsund, Finn R. & Hjalmarsson, Lennart, 2008, "Dynamic Analysis of Structural Change and Productivity Measurement," Memorandum, Oslo University, Department of Economics, number 27/2008, Oct.
• Eliasson, Gunnar, 2008, "Advanced Purchasing, Spillovers, Innovative Pricing and Serendipitous Discovery," Ratio Working Papers, The Ratio Institute, number 119, May.
• Kristensen, Troels & Møller Pedersen, Kjeld & Rose Olsen, Kim, 2008, "Hospitalers omkostninger, struktur og effektivitet. En undersøgelse af stordrifts- og samdriftsfordele i det danske sygehusvæsen," DaCHE discussion papers, University of Southern Denmark, Dache - Danish Centre for Health Economics, number 2008:11, Oct.
• Fukao, Kyoji & 深尾, 京司 & フカオ, キョウジ & Inui, Tomohiko & 乾, 友彦 & イヌイ, トモヒコ & Kabe, Shigesaburo & 可部, 繁三郎 & Liu, Deqiang & リュウ, トクキョウ, 2008, "An International Comparison of the TFP Levels of Japanese, Korean and Chinese Listed Firms," CEI Working Paper Series, Center for Economic Institutions, Institute of Economic Research, Hitotsubashi University, number 2007-13, Mar.
• Kyoji Fukao & Tomohiko Inui & Shigesaburo Kabe & Deqiang Liu, 2008, "An International Comparison of the TFP Levels of Japanese, Korean and Cinese Listed Firms," Hi-Stat Discussion Paper Series, Institute of Economic Research, Hitotsubashi University, number d07-244, Mar.
• Simon Teitel, 2008, "Innovation Promotion and Learning in International Trade: the Case of Colombian Manufacturing Exports," ICER Working Papers, ICER - International Centre for Economic Research, number 23-2008, Jun.
• Robert Finger & Werner Hediger, 2008, "The Application of Robust Regression to a Production Function Comparison – the Example of Swiss Corn," IED Working paper, IED Institute for Environmental Decisions, ETH Zurich, number 08-02, Jun.
• Man-Seop Park, 2008, "On the instantaneous life of a nondurable input: a reflection in light of Cantor, Newton and Zeno," Discussion Paper Series, Institute of Economic Research, Korea University, number 0802.
• Jean-Philippe Boussemart & Hervé Leleu, 2008, "Comparing TFP Catching-up and Capital Deepening in US and European Growths: A Directional Distance Function Approach," Working Papers, IESEG School of Management, number 2008-ECO-01, Jan.
• Laurens Cherchye & Timo Kuosmanen & Hervé Leleu, 2008, "Technical and economic efficiency measures under short run profit maximizing behavior," Working Papers, IESEG School of Management, number 2008-ECO-05, Jul.
• Jean-Philippe Boussemart & Walter Briec & Hervé Leleu, 2008, "Linear programming solutions and distance functions under a constant returns to scale technology," Working Papers, IESEG School of Management, number 2008-ECO-06, Sep.
• Walter Briec & Kristiaan Kerstens, 2008, "The Luenberger Productivity Indicator: An Economic Specifcation Leading to Infeasibilities," Working Papers, IESEG School of Management, number 2008-ECO-09, Sep.
• Walter Briec & Kristiaan Kerstens, 2008, "The Hicks-Moorsteen Productivity Index Satisfies the Determinateness Axiom," Working Papers, IESEG School of Management, number 2008-ECO-10, Feb.
• António B. Moniz, 2008, "The transformation of work? A quantitative evaluation of changes in work in Portugal," IET Working Papers Series, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, IET/CICS.NOVA-Interdisciplinary Centre on Social Sciences, Faculty of Science and Technology, number 07/2008, Aug.
• Ms. Marialuz Moreno Badia & Veerle Slootmaekers & Ilke Van Beveren, 2008, "Globalization Drives Strategic Product Switching," IMF Working Papers, International Monetary Fund, number 2008/246, Oct.
• Badri Narayanan G & Pankaj Vashisht, 2008, "Determinants of Competitiveness of the Indian Auto Industry," Indian Council for Research on International Economic Relations, New Delhi Working Papers, Indian Council for Research on International Economic Relations, New Delhi, India, number 201, Jan.
• Miguel St. Aubyn, 2008, "Law and Order Efficiency Measurement – A Literature Review," Working Papers Department of Economics, ISEG - Lisbon School of Economics and Management, Department of Economics, Universidade de Lisboa, number 2008/19, Mar.
• António Afonso & Sónia Fernandes, 2008, "Assessing Hospital Efficiency: Non-parametric Evidence for Portugal," Working Papers Department of Economics, ISEG - Lisbon School of Economics and Management, Department of Economics, Universidade de Lisboa, number 2008/07, Feb.
• Jens Mohrenweiser & Thomas Zwick, 2008, "Why do Firms Train Apprentices? The Net Cost Puzzle Reconsidered," Economics of Education Working Paper Series, University of Zurich, Department of Business Administration (IBW), number 0016, Mar, revised Oct 2008.
• Egon Franck & Stephan Nüesch, 2008, "The Effect of Talent Disparity on Team Performance in Soccer," Working Papers, University of Zurich, Institute for Strategy and Business Economics (ISU), number 0087, revised 2009.
• Gorodnichenko, Yuriy & Grygorenko, Yegor, 2008, "Are Oligarchs Productive? Theory and Evidence," IZA Discussion Papers, IZA Network @ LISER, number 3282, Jan.
• Gorodnichenko, Yuriy, 2008, "Using Firm Optimization to Evaluate and Estimate Returns to Scale," IZA Discussion Papers, IZA Network @ LISER, number 3368, Feb.
• Paserman, M. Daniele, 2008, "Do High-Skill Immigrants Raise Productivity? Evidence from Israeli Manufacturing Firms, 1990-1999," IZA Discussion Papers, IZA Network @ LISER, number 3572, Jun.
• Sabarwal, Shwetlena & Terrell, Katherine, 2008, "Does Gender Matter for Firm Performance? Evidence from Eastern Europe and Central Asia," IZA Discussion Papers, IZA Network @ LISER, number 3758, Oct.
• Voicu, Alexandru, 2008, "Adding Rungs to the Exporting Ladder: Plant-Level Exporting Dynamics and Total Factor Productivity Growth," IZA Discussion Papers, IZA Network @ LISER, number 3807, Oct.
• Dolado, Juan J. & Stucchi, Rodolfo, 2008, "Do Temporary Contracts Affect TFP? Evidence from Spanish Manufacturing Firms," IZA Discussion Papers, IZA Network @ LISER, number 3832, Nov.
• Yoshino, Hisao, 2008, "Technology Choice, Change of Trade Structure, and A Case of Hungarian Economy," IDE Discussion Papers, Institute of Developing Economies, Japan External Trade Organization(JETRO), number 139, Mar.
• Fukunishi, Takahiro, 2008, "Clothing Export from sub-Saharan Africa : Impact on Poverty and Potential for Growth," IDE Discussion Papers, Institute of Developing Economies, Japan External Trade Organization(JETRO), number 163, Jul.
• Bakht, Zaid & Salimullah, Md. & Yamagata, Tatsufumi & Yunus, Mohammad, 2008, "Competitiveness of the knitwear industry in Bangladesh : a study of industrial development amid global competition," IDE Discussion Papers, Institute of Developing Economies, Japan External Trade Organization(JETRO), number 169, Oct.
• Mueller Steffen, 2008, "Capital Stock Approximation using Firm Level Panel Data: A Modified Perpetual Inventory Approach," Journal of Economics and Statistics (Jahrbuecher fuer Nationaloekonomie und Statistik), De Gruyter, volume 228, issue 4, pages 357-371, August, DOI: 10.1515/jbnst-2008-0405.
• Jens J. Krüger, 2008, "Intra-Sectoral Structural Change and Aggregate Productivity Development. A Robust Stochastic Nonparametric Frontier Function Approach," Jena Economics Research Papers, Friedrich-Schiller-University Jena, number 2008-038, May.
• Panu Poutvaara & Andreas Wagener, 2008, "Why is the public sector more labor-intensive? A distortionary tax argument," Journal of Economics, Springer, volume 94, issue 2, pages 105-124, July, DOI: 10.1007/s00712-008-0002-6.
• Jeffrey Bernstein & Theofanis Mamuneas, 2008, "Public infrastructure, input efficiency and productivity growth in the Canadian food processing industry," Journal of Productivity Analysis, Springer, volume 29, issue 1, pages 1-13, February, DOI: 10.1007/s11123-007-0063-5.
• J. Griffin & M. Steel, 2008, "Flexible mixture modelling of stochastic frontiers," Journal of Productivity Analysis, Springer, volume 29, issue 1, pages 33-50, February, DOI: 10.1007/s11123-007-0064-4.
• Kathleen Carey & Avi Dor, 2008, "Expense preference behavior and management “outsourcing”: a comparison of adopters and non-adopters of contract management in U.S. hospitals," Journal of Productivity Analysis, Springer, volume 29, issue 1, pages 61-75, February, DOI: 10.1007/s11123-007-0065-3.
• Mulu Gebreeyesus, 2008, "Firm turnover and productivity differentials in Ethiopian manufacturing," Journal of Productivity Analysis, Springer, volume 29, issue 2, pages 113-129, April, DOI: 10.1007/s11123-007-0076-0.
• J. Sauer & B. Balint, 2008, "Distorted prices and producer efficiency: the case of Romania," Journal of Productivity Analysis, Springer, volume 29, issue 2, pages 131-142, April, DOI: 10.1007/s11123-007-0071-5.
• Anatoly Pilyavsky & Matthias Staat, 2008, "Efficiency and productivity change in Ukrainian health care," Journal of Productivity Analysis, Springer, volume 29, issue 2, pages 143-154, April, DOI: 10.1007/s11123-007-0070-6.
• Massimo Filippini & Nevenka Hrovatin & Jelena Zorić, 2008, "Cost efficiency of Slovenian water distribution utilities: an application of stochastic frontier methods," Journal of Productivity Analysis, Springer, volume 29, issue 2, pages 169-182, April, DOI: 10.1007/s11123-007-0069-z.
• Laure Latruffe & Sophia Davidova & Kelvin Balcombe, 2008, "Application of a double bootstrap to investigation of determinants of technical efficiency of farms in Central Europe," Journal of Productivity Analysis, Springer, volume 29, issue 2, pages 183-191, April, DOI: 10.1007/s11123-007-0074-2.
• Robin Cross & Rolf Färe, 2008, "Farrell efficiency under value and quantity data," Journal of Productivity Analysis, Springer, volume 29, issue 3, pages 193-199, June, DOI: 10.1007/s11123-007-0080-4.
• Dag Edvardsen & Finn Førsund & Sverre Kittelsen, 2008, "Far out or alone in the crowd: a taxonomy of peers in DEA," Journal of Productivity Analysis, Springer, volume 29, issue 3, pages 201-210, June, DOI: 10.1007/s11123-007-0066-2.
• Pierre Ouellette & Li Yan, 2008, "Investment and dynamic DEA," Journal of Productivity Analysis, Springer, volume 29, issue 3, pages 235-247, June, DOI: 10.1007/s11123-007-0079-x.
• R. Färe & S. Grosskopf & D. Margaritis, 2008, "U.S. productivity in agriculture and R&D," Journal of Productivity Analysis, Springer, volume 30, issue 1, pages 7-12, August, DOI: 10.1007/s11123-008-0092-8.
• Robert Chambers, 2008, "Stochastic productivity measurement," Journal of Productivity Analysis, Springer, volume 30, issue 2, pages 107-120, October, DOI: 10.1007/s11123-008-0082-x.
• Nigel Driffield & Jun Du & Sourafel Girma, 2008, "Optimal geographic diversification and firm performance: evidence from the U.K," Journal of Productivity Analysis, Springer, volume 30, issue 2, pages 145-154, October, DOI: 10.1007/s11123-008-0102-x.
• Jens Müller, 2008, "Efficiency vectors, efficiency and performance measures: new methods for ranking efficient organizational units," Journal of Productivity Analysis, Springer, volume 30, issue 2, pages 99-106, October, DOI: 10.1007/s11123-008-0106-6.
• Robert Chambers & Rolf Färe, 2008, "A “calculus” for data envelopment analysis," Journal of Productivity Analysis, Springer, volume 30, issue 3, pages 169-175, December, DOI: 10.1007/s11123-008-0104-8.
• Supawat Rungsuriyawiboon & Spiro Stefanou, 2008, "The dynamics of efficiency and productivity growth in U.S. electric utilities," Journal of Productivity Analysis, Springer, volume 30, issue 3, pages 177-190, December, DOI: 10.1007/s11123-008-0107-5.
• Thijs Raa, 2008, "Debreu’s coefficient of resource utilization, the Solow residual, and TFP: the connection by Leontief preferences," Journal of Productivity Analysis, Springer, volume 30, issue 3, pages 191-199, December, DOI: 10.1007/s11123-008-0112-8.
• B. Atrostic, 2008, "Measuring U.S. innovative activity: business data at the U.S. Census Bureau," The Journal of Technology Transfer, Springer, volume 33, issue 2, pages 153-171, April, DOI: 10.1007/s10961-007-9081-8.
• E. Grifell-Tatjé & C. Lovell, 2008, "Productivity at the post: its drivers and its distribution," Journal of Regulatory Economics, Springer, volume 33, issue 2, pages 133-158, April, DOI: 10.1007/s11149-007-9051-y.
• Céline Nauges & Caroline Berg, 2008, "Economies of density, scale and scope in the water supply and sewerage sector: a study of four developing and transition economies," Journal of Regulatory Economics, Springer, volume 34, issue 2, pages 144-163, October, DOI: 10.1007/s11149-008-9063-2.
• MESNARD, Louis de, 2008, "On companies' microeconomic behavior : profit rate versus economic profit," LEG - Document de travail - Economie, LEG, Laboratoire d'Economie et de Gestion, CNRS, Université de Bourgogne, number 2008-05, Oct.
• Joze P. Damijan & Crt Kostevc & Matija Rojec, 2008, "Innovation and Firms' Productivity Growth in Slovenia: Sensitivity of Results to Sectoral Heterogeneity and to Estimation Method," LICOS Discussion Papers, LICOS - Centre for Institutions and Economic Performance, KU Leuven, number 20308.
• Joze P. Damijan & Crt Kostevc & Saso Polanec, 2008, "From innovation to exporting or vice versa? Causal link between innovation activity and exporting in Slovenian microdata," LICOS Discussion Papers, LICOS - Centre for Institutions and Economic Performance, KU Leuven, number 20408.
• Marialuz Moreno Badia & Veerle Slootmaekers, 2008, "The Missing Link Between Financial Constraints and Productivity," LICOS Discussion Papers, LICOS - Centre for Institutions and Economic Performance, KU Leuven, number 20808.
• Marialuz Moreno Badia & Veerle Slootmaekers & Ilke Van Beveren, 2008, "New Dimensions of Adjustment to Globalization," LICOS Discussion Papers, LICOS - Centre for Institutions and Economic Performance, KU Leuven, number 20908.
• Joze P. Damijan & Matija Rojec & Boris Majcen & Mark Knell, 2008, "Impact of Firm Heterogeneity on Direct and Spillover Effects of FDI: Micro Evidence from Ten Transition Countries," LICOS Discussion Papers, LICOS - Centre for Institutions and Economic Performance, KU Leuven, number 21808.
• Joze P. Damijan & Jose de Sousa & Olivier Lamotte, 2008, "Does international openness affect productivity of local firms? Evidence from Southeastern Europe," LICOS Discussion Papers, LICOS - Centre for Institutions and Economic Performance, KU Leuven, number 21908.
• Peter Voigt & Heinrich Hockmann, 2008, "Russia's transition process in the light of a rising economy: Economic trajectories in Russia's industry and agriculture," European Journal of Comparative Economics, Cattaneo University (LIUC), volume 5, issue 2, pages 251-267, December.
• Poutvaara, Panu & Wagener, Andreas, 2008, "Why is the public sector more labor-intensive? A distortionary tax argument," Munich Reprints in Economics, University of Munich, Department of Economics, number 19825.
• Weifang Lou & David Prentice & Xiangkang Yin, 2008, "The Effects of Product Ageing on Demand: The Case of Digital Cameras," Working Papers, School of Economics, La Trobe University, number 2008.06, Nov.
• Salvador Barrios & Luisito Bertinelli & Andreas Heinen & Eric Strobl, 2008, "EXPLORING THE LINK BETWEEN LOCAL AND GLOBAL KNOWLEDGE SPILLOVERS: Evidence from Plant-Level Data," DEM Discussion Paper Series, Department of Economics at the University of Luxembourg, number 08-01.
• Heike Wetzel, 2008, "Productivity Growth in European Railways: Technological Progress,Efficiency Change and Scale Effects," Working Paper Series in Economics, University of Lüneburg, Institute of Economics, number 101, Oct.
• Medhi Farsi & Massimo Filippini & Diego Lunati, 2008, "Economies of scale and efficiency measurement in Switzerland's Nursing homes," Quaderni della facoltà di Scienze economiche dell'Università di Lugano, USI Università della Svizzera italiana, number 0801, Jan.
• William C. Horrace & Kurt E. Schnier, 2008, "Fixed-Effect Estimation of Highly-Mobile Production Technologies," Center for Policy Research Working Papers, Center for Policy Research, Maxwell School, Syracuse University, number 87, Apr.
• Anastasia Koutsomanoli-Filippaki & Emmanuel Mamatzakis, 2008, "Banking Inefficiency in Central and Eastern European countries under a Quadratic Loss Function," Discussion Paper Series, Department of Economics, University of Macedonia, number 2008_11, Sep, revised Sep 2008.
• Jennifer Hunt & Marjolaine Gauthier-Loiselle, 2008, "How Much Does Immigration Boost Innovation?," Departmental Working Papers, McGill University, Department of Economics, number 2008-07, Aug.
• Matthias Kräkel, 2008, "On Adverse Selection of Technologies," Journal of Institutional and Theoretical Economics (JITE), Mohr Siebeck, Tübingen, volume 164, issue 2, pages 343-355, June.
• Emilio Colombo & Luca Stanca, 2008, "The Impact of Training on Productivity: Evidence from a Large Panel of Firms," Working Papers, University of Milano-Bicocca, Department of Economics, number 134, Jan, revised Jan 2008.
• Gábor Kátay & Zoltán Wolf, 2008, "Driving Factors of Growth in Hungary - a Decomposition Exercise," MNB Working Papers, Magyar Nemzeti Bank (Central Bank of Hungary), number 2008/6.
• Nicolas Berman & Jérôme Héricourt, 2008, "Financial factors and the margins of trade: evidence from cross-country firm-level data," Documents de travail du Centre d'Economie de la Sorbonne, Université Panthéon-Sorbonne (Paris 1), Centre d'Economie de la Sorbonne, number bla08050, Sep, DOI: 10.1016/j.jdeveco.2009.11.006.
• Fida Karam & Bernard Decaluwé, 2008, "Migration impact on Moroccan unemployment: a static computable general equilibrium analysis," Documents de travail du Centre d'Economie de la Sorbonne, Université Panthéon-Sorbonne (Paris 1), Centre d'Economie de la Sorbonne, number bla08052, Apr.
• Arthur Grimes & Andrew Aitken, 2008, "Water, Water Somewhere: The Value of Water in a Drought-Prone Farming Region," Motu Working Papers, Motu Economic and Public Policy Research, number 08_10, Jun.
• Mauro Pisu, 2008, "Export destinations and learning-by-exporting : Evidence from Belgium," Working Paper Research, National Bank of Belgium, number 140, Sep.
• Kyoji Fukao & Keiko Ito & Hyeog Ug Kwon & Miho Takizawa, 2008, "Cross-Border Acquisitions and Target Firms' Performance: Evidence from Japanese Firm-Level Data," NBER Chapters, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc, "International Financial Issues in the Pacific Rim: Global Imbalances, Financial Liberalization, and Exchange Rate Policy".
• John A. Romley & Dana Goldman, 2008, "How Costly Is Hospital Quality? A Revealed-Preference Approach," NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc, number 13730, Jan.
• James D. Adams & J. Roger Clemmons, 2008, "The Origins of Industrial Scientific Discoveries," NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc, number 13823, Feb.
• Maria Elena Bontempi & Jacques Mairesse, 2008, "Intangible Capital and Productivity: An Exploration on a Panel of Italian Manufacturing Firms," NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc, number 14108, Jun.
• Eric Bond & James R. Tybout & Hâle Utar, 2008, "Credit Rationing, Risk Aversion and Industrial Evolution in Developing Countries," NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc, number 14116, Jun.
• Elhanan Helpman & Oleg Itskhoki & Stephen Redding, 2008, "Wages, Unemployment and Inequality with Heterogeneous Firms and Workers," NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc, number 14122, Jun.
• Bronwyn H. Hall & Francesca Lotti & Jacques Mairesse, 2008, "Innovation and Productivity in SMEs: Empirical Evidence for Italy," NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc, number 14594, Dec.
• Jens Mathias Arnold & Giuseppe Nicoletti & Stefano Scarpetta, 2008, "Regulation, Allocative Efficiency and Productivity in OECD Countries: Industry and Firm-Level Evidence," OECD Economics Department Working Papers, OECD Publishing, number 616, Jun, DOI: 10.1787/241447806226.
• Cyrille Schwellnus & Jens Mathias Arnold, 2008, "Do Corporate Taxes Reduce Productivity and Investment at the Firm Level?: Cross-Country Evidence from the Amadeus Dataset," OECD Economics Department Working Papers, OECD Publishing, number 641, Sep, DOI: 10.1787/236246774048.
• Mohrenweiser, Jens & Zwick, Thomas, 2008, "Why Do Firms Train Apprentices? The Net Cost Puzzle Reconsidered," ZEW Discussion Papers, ZEW - Leibniz Centre for European Economic Research, number 08-019.
• Oberndorfer, Ulrich & Moslener, Ulf & Böhringer, Christoph & Ziegler, Andreas, 2008, "Clean and Productive? Evidence from the German Manufacturing Industry," ZEW Discussion Papers, ZEW - Leibniz Centre for European Economic Research, number 08-091.
• Kerstin Gerling, 2008, "The Real Consequences of Financial Market Integration when Countries Are Heterogeneous," Working Papers, Oesterreichische Nationalbank (Austrian Central Bank), number 141, Apr.
• Kevin Stiroh, 2008, "Information Technology and Productivity: Old Answers and New Questions," CESifo Economic Studies, CESifo Group, volume 54, issue 3, pages 358-385, September.
• Jacques Mairesse, 2008, "Employment, innovation, and productivity: evidence from Italian microdata," Industrial and Corporate Change, Oxford University Press and the Associazione ICC, volume 17, issue 4, pages 813-839, August.
• Lavado, Rouselle F. & Barrios, Erniel B., 2008, "Spatial-Temporal Dimensions of Efficiency among Electric Cooperatives in the Philippines," Discussion Papers, Philippine Institute for Development Studies, number DP 2008-29, DOI: https://doi.org/10.62986/dp2008.29.
• Simona Bigerna & Paolo Polinori, 2008, "Ambiente operativo ed efficienza nel settore del Trasporto Pubblico Locale in Italia," Quaderni del Dipartimento di Economia, Finanza e Statistica, Università di Perugia, Dipartimento Economia, number 59/2008, Jun.
• Geraint Johnes & Ana S. Camanho & Maria S. Portela, 2008, "Assessing Efficiency Of Portuguese Universities Through Parametric And Non-Parametric Methods," Portuguese Journal of Management Studies, ISEG, Universidade de Lisboa, volume 0, issue 1, pages 39-66.
• Hagendorf, Klaus, 2008, "The Labour Theory of Value: A Marginal Analysis," MPRA Paper, University Library of Munich, Germany, number 10202, Aug.
• Berdugo, Binyamin & Hadad, Sharon, 2008, "How Do Firing Costs Affect Innovation and Growth when Workers' Ability is Unknown? – Employment Protection as a Burden on a Firm's Screening Process," MPRA Paper, University Library of Munich, Germany, number 11410, Aug.
• Caruntu, Constantin & Lăpăduşi, Mihaela Loredana, 2008, "The work volume reflection in the profit’s mass," MPRA Paper, University Library of Munich, Germany, number 11437, Jun.
• Burja, Camelia, 2008, "Financial consequences of the sales variation," MPRA Paper, University Library of Munich, Germany, number 11853, May.
• Herani, Gobind M., 2008, "Perspective of agro-based industry of Tharparkar," MPRA Paper, University Library of Munich, Germany, number 12134, Dec.
• Herani, Gobind M., 2008, "Brobles of agro based industry of Tharparkar and barrge area of Sindh," MPRA Paper, University Library of Munich, Germany, number 12136, Dec.
• Herani, Gobind M., 2008, "Importance of agro based industry of Tharparkar and barrage area of Sindh," MPRA Paper, University Library of Munich, Germany, number 12137, Dec.
• Herani, Gobind M., 2008, "Methods and procedurs of agro based industry of Tharparkar and barrage area of Sindh," MPRA Paper, University Library of Munich, Germany, number 12138, Dec.
• Herani, Gobind M., 2008, "Comparision of agro-based industry of Tharparkar and barrage area of Sindh," MPRA Paper, University Library of Munich, Germany, number 12140, Dec.
• Herani, Gobind M., 2008, "Agro-based industry of Tharparkar and barrage area of Sindh: Conclusion remarks," MPRA Paper, University Library of Munich, Germany, number 12141, Dec.
• Herani, Gobind M., 2008, "Agro-based industry of Tharparkar and barrage area of Sindh: Solutions and suggested policy," MPRA Paper, University Library of Munich, Germany, number 12143, Dec.
• Herani, Gobind M., 2008, "Perspectives of Agro-based Industry of Barrge Area of Sindh," MPRA Paper, University Library of Munich, Germany, number 12301, Dec, revised 20 Dec 2008.
• Stern, David I., 2008, "Derivation of the Hicks Elasticity of Substitution from the Input Distance Function," MPRA Paper, University Library of Munich, Germany, number 12414, Dec.
• Stern, David I, 2008, "Elasticities of Substitution and Complementarity," MPRA Paper, University Library of Munich, Germany, number 12454, Dec.
• Mukherjee, Dipa & Majumder, Rajarshi, 2008, "Efficiency, Technological Progress and Regional Comparative Advantage: A Study of Organised Manufacturing Sector in India," MPRA Paper, University Library of Munich, Germany, number 12758.
• Msuya, Elibariki Emmanuel & Hisano, Shuji & Nariu, Tatsuhiko, 2008, "Explaining Productivity Variation among Smallholder Maize Farmers in Tanzania," MPRA Paper, University Library of Munich, Germany, number 14626, Jul.
• Edwards, Lawrence & Rankin, Neil A. & Schöer, Volker, 2008, "South African exporting firms: What do we know and what should we know?," MPRA Paper, University Library of Munich, Germany, number 16906, Oct.
• Chirayil, Anish, 2008, "Economic reform and Productivity Growth in Indian Paper and Paper Products Industry: A Nonparametric Analysis," MPRA Paper, University Library of Munich, Germany, number 16919, Dec.
• Madu, T.U & Anyaegbunam, H.N & Okoye, B.C, 2008, "Empirical Analysis of Determinants of Productivity among Small holder Cassava Farmers in Abia State, Nigeria," MPRA Paper, University Library of Munich, Germany, number 17446, Aug.
• Okoye, B.C & Okoye, A.C & Asumugha, G.N & Dimelu, M.U & Agwu, A.E & Agbaeze, C.C, 2008, "Determinants of Gender Productivity among Small- Holder Cocoyam Farmers’ in Nsukka Agricultural Zone of Enugu State, Nigeria," MPRA Paper, University Library of Munich, Germany, number 17500, Aug.
• Yu, Yihua, 2008, "A stochastic frontier approach to measuring regional technical efficiency in China," MPRA Paper, University Library of Munich, Germany, number 18171, Sep, revised 15 Jul 2009.
• Sidorchuk, Roman, 2008, "Маркетинговый Аспект Формирования Оптимального Промышленного Ассортимента Товара Для Малого Бизнеса
  [Marketing aspect of formation of optimum industrial assortment of the goods in the conditions of SME]," MPRA Paper, University Library of Munich, Germany, number 19138, Nov.
• Ryan, John & Holmes, Andrew, 2008, "Where will commoditization take us?," MPRA Paper, University Library of Munich, Germany, number 22050, Sep.
• Ryan, John & Holmes, Andrew, 2008, "Surviving in a Commoditized World," MPRA Paper, University Library of Munich, Germany, number 22053, Feb.
• Verbic, Miroslav & Kuzmin, Franc, 2008, "Coefficient of Structural Concordance and an Example of its Application: Labour Productivity and Wages in Slovenia," MPRA Paper, University Library of Munich, Germany, number 25522, Jun.
• Athanasoglou, Panayiotis & Georgiou, Evangelia & Staikouras, Christos, 2008, "Assessing output and productivity growth in the banking industry," MPRA Paper, University Library of Munich, Germany, number 31996, Nov.
• Sufian, Fadzlan & Abdul Majid, Muhamed Zulkhibri, 2008, "The Relationship between Risk-Return Trade-Off and Productive Efficiency: Evidence from Malaysia Banking Sector," MPRA Paper, University Library of Munich, Germany, number 61817, Jan.
• Mac an Bhaird, Ciaran & Lucey, Brian, 2008, "Determinants of capital structure in Irish SMEs," MPRA Paper, University Library of Munich, Germany, number 62370, Jun, revised 28 Nov 2008.
• Anon-Higon, Dolores & Vasilakos, Nicholas, 2008, "Productivity, Multinationals and Knowledge Spillovers: Evidence from the UK Retail Sector," MPRA Paper, University Library of Munich, Germany, number 7181, Feb.
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• Aoki, Shuhei, 2008, "Aggregate Productivity Loss and the Theil Index of Inequality," MPRA Paper, University Library of Munich, Germany, number 7407, Mar.
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• Michaelides, Panayotis G. & Belegri-Roboli, Athena & Marinos, Theocharis, 2008, "Technical Efficiency in International Air Transport," MPRA Paper, University Library of Munich, Germany, number 74490.
• Jurdziak, Leszek, 2008, "Metoda Szacowania Kosztów Inwestycyjnych Oraz Eksploatacyjnych Przenośników
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• Goncharuk, Anatoliy G., 2008, "Межотраслевой Анализ Эффективности Промышленности Украины
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• Egon Franck & Stephan NŸesch, 2008, "The Effect of Talent Disparity on Team Performance in Soccer," Working Papers, University of Zurich, Center for Research in Sports Administration (CRSA), number 0021, revised 2009.
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• Andrew Sharpe, 2008, "Editor’s Overview," International Productivity Monitor, Centre for the Study of Living Standards, volume 16, pages 1-2, Spring.
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