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  1. Quality and its impact on efficiency
    Author: Daraio, Cinzia; Simar, Léopold; Wilson, Paul W.
    Published: [2019]
    Publisher:  LEM, Laboratory of Economics and Management, Institute of Economics, Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna, Pisa, Italy

    The issue of quality and its relationship with efficiency and performance is a crucial operational issue in many fields of study including production economics, operations research, engineering and business management. In this paper we provide a... more

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    The issue of quality and its relationship with efficiency and performance is a crucial operational issue in many fields of study including production economics, operations research, engineering and business management. In this paper we provide a methodology for identifying latent quality factors, estimate their statistical significance and analyze their impact on the performance of the production process. This methodology is based on up-to-date computational methods and statistical tests for directional distances. We illustrate the approach using real data to evaluate the performance of European Universities.

     
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    Series: LEM working paper series ; 2019, 06 (March 2019)
    Subjects: Nonparametric efficiency; performance assessment; quality; benchmarking; directional distances; conditional efficiency; observed and unobserved heterogeneity; separability condition; European universities
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  2. Effects of market structure and patient choice on hospital quality for planned patients
    Author: Moscelli, Giuseppe; Gravelle, Hugh; Siciliani, Luigi
    Published: March 2019
    Publisher:  Centre for Health Economics, Alcuin College, University of York, York, UK

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    Series: CHE research paper ; 162
    Subjects: competition; quality; hospital; choice; endogeneity; difference in difference; control function
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  3. The importance of consumer taste in trade
    Author: Aw, Bee-yan; Lee, Yi; Vandenbussche, Hylke
    Published: [2019]
    Publisher:  CESifo, Center for Economic Studies & Ifo Institute, Munich, Germany

    This paper documents the importance of consumer taste in trade flows using Belgian firm-product customs data by destination. We identify consumer taste through the use of a control function approach and estimate it jointly with other demand... more

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    This paper documents the importance of consumer taste in trade flows using Belgian firm-product customs data by destination. We identify consumer taste through the use of a control function approach and estimate it jointly with other demand parameters using a very flexible demand specification. Consumer taste is identified for every trade ow. The results show that taste decreases in distance but this relationship is not monotonic. The contribution of consumer taste to actual export revenue ranges between 1-31% depending on the product category in the food industry. Overall, the demand shifters, taste and product quality explain twice as much of the variation in export revenues than cost.

     
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    Series: Array ; no. 7580 (March 2019)
    Subjects: tastes; quality; productivity; exports; firm-product
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  4. Market concentration, supply, quality and prices paid by local authorities in the English care home market
    Author: Pujol, Ferran Espuny; Hancock, Ruth; Hviid, Morten; Morciano, Marcello; Pudney, Stephen E.
    Published: [2019]
    Publisher:  Institute for Social and Economic Research, [Colchester]

    We investigate the impact of exogenous local conditions which favour high market concentration on supply, price and quality in local markets for care homes for older people in England. We extend the existing literature in: (i) considering supply... more

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    We investigate the impact of exogenous local conditions which favour high market concentration on supply, price and quality in local markets for care homes for older people in England. We extend the existing literature in: (i) considering supply capacity as a market outcome alongside price and quality; (ii) taking account of the chain structure of care home supply and differences between the nursing home and residential care home sectors; (iii) introducing a new econometric approach based on reduced form relationships that treats market concentration as a jointly-determined outcome of a complex contested market. We find that areas susceptible to a high degree of market concentration tend to have greatly restricted supply of care home places and (to a lesser extent) a higher average public cost, than areas susceptible to low degree of market concentration. There is no significant evidence that conditions favouring high market concentration affect average care home quality.

     
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    Edition: This version 23/10/2019
    Series: ISER working paper series ; no. 2019, 10 (November 2019)
    Subjects: Care homes; market concentration; price; supply; quality
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  5. La calidad de los programas de trabajo con familias y resultados en desarrollo infantil
    el caso de Cuna Más en Perú
    Author: Araujo, María Caridad; Dormal, Marta; Rubio-Codina, Marta
    Published: abril 2019
    Publisher:  Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo, [Washington, DC]

    This paper analyzes the association between quality of parenting programs and child development outcomes . It focuses on parenting programs delivered through home visits (i.e., home visiting programs) in which a par aprofessional works ... more

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    This paper analyzes the association between quality of parenting programs and child development outcomes . It focuses on parenting programs delivered through home visits (i.e., home visiting programs) in which a par aprofessional works with the caregiver to improve parental practices, skills and knowledge of child develop ment , wi th an application to the Peruvian national program Programa Nacional Cuna Má s. Home visiting quality is measured through the Home Visit Rating Scale, version A+2 (HOVRS - A+2), and child development outcomes through the Ages and Stages Questionnaires (ASQ - 3) and the Bayley Scales of Infant and Toddler Development (Bayley - III). The empirical analysis used is descriptive in nature. Results show that home visiting quality scores are significantly associated with our measures of child development, but thi s association is not consistent across all measures

     
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    Series: Documento de trabajo del BID ; no. IDB-WP-951
    Subjects: home visiting; quality; child development; HOVRS-A+2; ASQ-3; Bayley-III
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  6. Markups, quality, and trade costs
    Author: Chen, Natalie; Juvenal, Luciana
    Published: December 13, 2019
    Publisher:  University of Warwick, Department of Economics, Coventry, United Kingdom

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    Series: Warwick economics research papers ; no: 1233 (December 2019)
    Subjects: Distance; export unit values; heterogeneity; markups; quality; tariffs; trade costs; wine
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  7. Markups, quality, and trade costs
    Author: Chen, Natalie; Juvenal, Luciana
    Published: December 13, 2019
    Publisher:  The University of Warwick, Centre for Competitive Advantage in the Global Economy, Department of Economics, Coventry, United Kingdom

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    Series: Working paper series / Centre for Competitive Advantage in the Global Economy ; no. 446 (Dec 2019)
    Subjects: Distance; export unit values; heterogeneity; markups; quality; tariffs; trade costs; wine
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  8. The importance of consumer taste in trade
    Author: Vandenbussche, Hylke; Aw, Bee-yan; Lee, Yi
    Published: 24 March 2019
    Publisher:  Centre for Economic Policy Research, London

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    Series: Array ; DP13614
    Subjects: tastes; quality; productivity; exports; firm-product
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  9. Essays on factor investing
    Author: Kyosev, Georgi Stefanov
    Published: [2019]
    Publisher:  Erasmus Institute of Management (ERIM), Rotterdam

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    ISBN: 9789058925350
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    Series: ERIM PhD series in research in management ; EPS-2019-474-F&A
    Subjects: Factor premiums; size; value; momentum; quality; low-risk; market efficiency; mutual funds; fund flows
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  10. Climbing the rungs of the quality ladder
    FDI and domestic exporters in Romania
    Author: Bajgar, Matej; Javorcik, Beata K. Smarzynska
    Published: November 2019
    Publisher:  European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, [London, United Kingdom]

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    Series: Working paper / European Bank for Reconstruction and Development ; no. 235
    Subjects: FDI; MNEs; spillovers; exports; quality; linkages; Romania
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  11. Markups, quality, and trade costs
    Author: Chen, Natalie; Juvenal, Luciana
    Published: 17 December 2019
    Publisher:  Centre for Economic Policy Research, London

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    Series: Array ; DP14204
    Subjects: Distance; export unit values; heterogeneity; markups; quality; tariffis; trade costs; wine
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  12. The causal effect of hospital volume on health gains from hip replacement surgery
    Author: Rachet-Jacquet, Laurie; Gutacker, Nils; Siciliani, Luigi
    Published: August 2019
    Publisher:  Centre for Health Economics, Alcuin College, University of York, York, UK

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    Series: CHE research paper ; 168
    Subjects: quality; hospital; volumes; learning-by-doing; patient reported outcomes
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  13. Markups, quality, and trade costs
    Author: Chen, Natalie; Juvenal, Luciana
    Published: [2019]
    Publisher:  CESifo, Center for Economic Studies & Ifo Institute, Munich, Germany

    We investigate theoretically and empirically how exporters adjust their markups across destinations depending on bilateral distance, tariffs, and the quality of their exports. Under the assumption that trade costs are both ad valorem and per unit,... more

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    We investigate theoretically and empirically how exporters adjust their markups across destinations depending on bilateral distance, tariffs, and the quality of their exports. Under the assumption that trade costs are both ad valorem and per unit, our model predicts that markups rise with distance and fall with tariffs, but these effects are heterogeneous and are smaller in magnitude for higher quality exports. We find strong support for the predictions of the model using a unique data set of Argentinean firm-level wine exports combined with experts wine ratings as a measure of quality.

     
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    Series: Array ; no. 8013 (December 2019)
    Subjects: distance; export unit values; heterogeneity; markups; quality; tariffs; trade costs; wine
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  14. Firms and economic performance
    a view from trade
    Author: Bonfiglioli, Alessandra; Crinò, Rosario; Gancia, Gino Alessandro
    Published: [2019]
    Publisher:  CESifo, Center for Economic Studies & Ifo Institute, Munich, Germany

    We use transaction-level US import data to compare firms from virtually all countries in the world competing in a single destination market. Guided by a simple theoretical framework, we decompose countries. market shares into the contribution of the... more

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    We use transaction-level US import data to compare firms from virtually all countries in the world competing in a single destination market. Guided by a simple theoretical framework, we decompose countries. market shares into the contribution of the number of firm-products, their average attributes (quality and efficiency) and heterogeneity around the mean. To further explore the role of exceptional firms, we also develop a novel decomposition that separates the contribution of heterogeneity from that of granularity. Our results show that the number of firm- products explains half of the variation in sales, while the remaining part is equally accounted for by average attributes and their dispersion. Quality is the main driver of firm heterogeneity. While individual firms matter, we find that heterogeneity is more important than granularity for explaining sales. We then study how the distribution of firm-level characteristics varies across countries, and we explore some of its determinants. Countries with a larger market size tend to be characterized by a more dispersed distribution of firms’ sales, especially due to heterogeneity in quality. These countries also tend to be more likely to host superstar firms, although this is not the only source of higher heterogeneity.

     
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    Series: Array ; no. 7444 (January 2019)
    Subjects: US imports; firm heterogeneity; international trade; prices; quality; variety; granularity
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  15. Nostalgic demand
    Author: Björkegren, Daniel
    Published: March 29, 2019
    Publisher:  BREAD, the Bureau for Research and Economic Analysis of Development, [Cambridge, Massachusetts]

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    Edition: Revision March 29, 2019
    Series: BREAD working paper ; no. 563
    Subjects: quality; innovation; asymmetric information; food; health
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  16. Cost-effective public daycare in a low-income economy benefits children and mothers
    Author: Hojman, Andrés; López Bóo, Florencia
    Published: August 2019
    Publisher:  IZA - Institute of Labor Economics, Bonn, Germany

    This paper evaluates the impacts of a public program that introduced access to part-time childcare centers for children younger than four years of age in poor urban areas in Nicaragua. We explore the effects of this program on several measures of... more

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    This paper evaluates the impacts of a public program that introduced access to part-time childcare centers for children younger than four years of age in poor urban areas in Nicaragua. We explore the effects of this program on several measures of children's and parental outcomes. Our identification strategy exploits the original randomization and the distance to the centers, using Instrumental Variables (IV) and Marginal Treatment Effects (MTE) methods to tackle imperfect compliance with the original treatment assignments. We present a theoretical model to rationalize our IV assumptions. We find a positive impact of 0.35 standard deviations on the personal-social domain of a widely used development test, and an impact of 14 percentage points on mothers' work participation. Our results are robust to different econometric specifications. We also find suggestive evidence that quality greatly matters for the impacts at the child level, but not at the mother level.

     
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    Series: Discussion paper series / IZA ; no. 12585
    Subjects: RCT; early childhood development; daycare; Latin America; maternal labor force participation; quality
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  17. The importance of consumer taste in trade
    Author: Aw, Bee-yan; Lee, Yi; Vandenbussche, Hylke
    Published: [2019]
    Publisher:  KU Leuven, Department of Economics, Leuven

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    Series: Discussion paper series / KU Leuven, Department of Economics ; DPS19, 02 (March 2019)
    Subjects: tastes; quality; productivity; exports; firm-product
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