In 1991 Gary S. Becker presented A Note on Restaurant Pricing and Other Examples of Social In uences on Price explaining why many successful restaurants, plays, sporting events, and other activities do not raise their ...

Este paper discute o relacionamento entre a heterogeneidade da demanda em relação a critérios de escolha e à inovaçao de produto. É proposto um modelo evolucionário que apresenta como consumidores com informação imperfeita ...

In the technician dispatching problem, a given number of repair teams must visit different locations to provide service support. Considering that there is a fixed vehicle capacity and variations in the demand, not all ...

This paper develops a theoretical framework that expands the task-based models of technical progress and labor markets to allow for firm heterogeneity and wages that vary across firms. The model is compatible with the ...

This paper explores the impact of the adoption of information and communications technology on firm performance and labor market outcomes using a firm survey from the manufacturing sector in Argentina. The findings are ...

A strand of the literature documents no effects or even positive effects of a higher minimum wage on employment. This evidence is frequently linked to the existence of monopsonistic labor markets or search frictions. ...