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How environmental regulations affect productivity of U.S. and Mexican primary iron & steel and aluminum industries

Creator:

Hackenbruck, Satenik

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Many economists believe that the slowdown of the productivity growth rates in the U.S. economy in early 1970's was a consequence of the increased level of environmental regulations. The main reason presented in support of this argument is that increased environmental regulations impose an additional burden to the firms, thus...

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Masters Thesis

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in Mexico. During the debates of North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), 1994, this difference
The comparison of productivity growth in the U.S. and Mexican food processing sectors

Creator:

Alpay, Ebru

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In this study, the rates of technological change in food processing sectors of U.S. and Mexico are compared through econometric estimation of both the unrestricted (long-run) and restricted (short-run) profit functions with first order autocorrelation correction. Then, the dual rate of productivity growth is computed and decomposed into its sources....

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Masters Thesis

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Ebru Alpay A THESIS submitted to Oregon State University in partial fulfillment of the