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13 p, 653.1 KB Vertical integration : a real options approach / Koussis, Nicos (Frederick University Cyprus) ; Silaghi, Florina (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona.)
We develop a theoretical real options model and explore the trade-off between vertical integration and external procurement. In contrast to transaction cost theory, we show that higher volatility in the downstream market reduces the likelihood to switch to internal production. [...]
Routledge, 2022 - 10.1080/13504851.2022.2107159
Applied Economics Letters, Vol. 30, Num.19(2022),p.2758-2764  
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7 p, 310.4 KB Does a complex environment affect police efficiency : an examination on municipal police in Mexico / Alda, Erik (American University) ; Giménez, Víctor (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Departament d'Empresa) ; Prior Jiménez, Diego (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Departament d'Empresa)
Research on police organizations argues that the external environment in which they operate have a negative effect on their performance. We tested these assumptions on a sample of 1,634 municipal police forces in Mexico, We used a conditional order-m model to examine how the environment in which police operate affects their performance. [...]
2020 - 10.1080/13504851.2019.1676378
Applied Economics Letters, Vol. 27 Núm. 14 (2020) , p. 1220-1223  
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3 p, 272.4 KB Education choices and job market characteristics / Liu, Qianshuo (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona) ; Macho Stadler, Inés (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona)
We propose a simple three-stage model where heterogeneous schools compete via tuition fees, individuals with the ex-ante unknown ability make their education choices to (eventually) get a diploma and reveal their ability, and finally the job market determines the assignment of workers to firms and the equilibrium wages. [...]
2023 - 10.1016/j.econlet.2023.110985
Economics letters, Vol. 223 (2023) , p. 110985  
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3 p, 277.2 KB Drivers of productivity change in global value chains : Reallocation vs. innovation / Savin, Ivan (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Institut de Ciència i Tecnologia Ambientals) ; Mundt, Philipp (Otto-Friedrich-Universität. Department of Economics)
We investigate the role of technological improvement and market share reallocation in determining global changes in sectoral labor productivity. Contrary to previous work that neglects dependencies between suppliers in global value chains, we account for input linkages that impact both channels of productivity improvement. [...]
2022 - 10.1016/j.econlet.2022.110878
Economics letters, Vol. 220 (November 2022) , art. 110878  
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6 p, 56.6 KB Testing the product test / Brea-Solis, Humberto ; Grifell-Tatjé, Emili (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Departament d'Economia de l'Empresa) ; Lovell, C. A. Knox (University of Queensland)
The product test asks the product of volume and price index numbers to equal the corresponding value change. The literature treats the product test as a requirement. We treat it as a hypothesis, and we provide an empirical test.
2011 - 10.1016/j.econlet.2011.06.017
Economics letters, Vol. 113 Núm. 2 (November 2011) , p. 157-159  

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