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Finegold and Soskice (1998) argue that Britain is trapped in a 'low-skills' equilibrium. In Redding (1996), this notion is formalised in a dynamic model which relies on strategic complementaries between firms' investm...Read more...
Stephen Nickell and D Nicolitsas
October 1997
This paper presents an empirical investigation of the hypothesis that increased R&D expenditure by companies generates a subsequent increase in fixed capital investment both within the same companies and in the companies...Read more...
October 1996
In this paper, we investigate the role of three external factors in generating improved productivity performance in companies. These are product market competition, financial market pressure and shareholder control. We h...Read more...
N Dryden, Stephen Nickell and D Nicolitsas
How does monetary policy work? While one aspect of the investigation has focused on the behaviour of consumers, another has concentrated on the behaviour of companies faced with the kind of financial pressures associated...Read more...
October 1995
The decreases in the number of strikes in the UK during the 1980s has revived the discussion of the explanatory factors of strike frequency. This paper investigates explanations for the variations of strike frequency in ...Read more...
D Nicolitsas
September 1995
Empirical analyses of longitudinal data on some 66 manufacturing companies on Britain lead us to the following three conclusions. First, agreed reductions in restrictive work practices lead to increases in productivity. ...Read more...
December 1994