James M MacDonald
Biographic Data
| ID | 5046115 |
|---|---|
| NAME | James M MacDonald |
| GIVEN NAMES | James M |
| FAMILY NAME | MacDonald |
| SIGNATURE | MACDONALD J M |
| AFFILIATIONS | Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 6 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 14 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 6 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1983 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1996 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Railroad Deregulation
The Staggers Rail Act of 1980 relaxed restrictions on pricing and eased abandonment procedures in the railroad industry. Although the Act made virtually no reference to labor, its impact on labor has been dramatic. The long-term contraction of industry employment accelerated quite sharply after 1980. Wages increased until 1985, then declined substantially. The authors, whose empirical analysis uses data on aggregate rail employment for the years …
Does Import Competition Force Efficient Production
Increases in import competition led to large increases in labor productivity growth in highly concentrated industries during the period from 1975 through 1987. The finding is based on a panel of ninety-four manufacturing industries observed over four periods, each of three years duration. Imports had no observable effects on productivity growth in less concentrated industries; the strong effects in concentrated industries did not occur contempora…
Do the poor still pay more? Food price variations in large metropolitan areas
R & D and the Directions of Diversification
The pattern of diversification within U.S. manufacturing between 1963 and 1977 are examined. Firms didn't diversify at random; they were more likely to enter rapidly growing industries, and industries that were related to their primary activities through supply relationships or marketing similarities. Research and development (R & D) expenditures also influence the observed patterns. R & D intensive industries generate outbound diversification an…
Market Exchange or Vertical Integration
Merger Statistics Revisited
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Merger Statistics Revisited
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R & D and the Directions of Diversification
The pattern of diversification within U.S. manufacturing between 1963 and 1977 are examined. Firms didn't diversify at random; they were more likely to enter rapidly growing industries, and industries that were related to their primary activities through supply relationships or marketing similarities. Research and development (R & D) expenditures also influence the observed patterns. R & D intensive industries generate outbound diversification an…
Market Exchange or Vertical Integration
Do the poor still pay more? Food price variations in large metropolitan areas
Does Import Competition Force Efficient Production
Increases in import competition led to large increases in labor productivity growth in highly concentrated industries during the period from 1975 through 1987. The finding is based on a panel of ninety-four manufacturing industries observed over four periods, each of three years duration. Imports had no observable effects on productivity growth in less concentrated industries; the strong effects in concentrated industries did not occur contempora…
Railroad Deregulation
The Staggers Rail Act of 1980 relaxed restrictions on pricing and eased abandonment procedures in the railroad industry. Although the Act made virtually no reference to labor, its impact on labor has been dramatic. The long-term contraction of industry employment accelerated quite sharply after 1980. Wages increased until 1985, then declined substantially. The authors, whose empirical analysis uses data on aggregate rail employment for the years …
Economics (6 works) · Business (3 works) · Econometrics (3 works) · Firm Innovation and Growth (3 works) · Economic Growth and Productivity (2 works) · Global trade and economics (2 works) · Industrial organization (2 works) · Abandonment (legal) (1 work) · Aviation Industry Analysis and Trends (1 work) · Biology (1 work)