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Costos pegajosos (sticky costs) en empresas españolas: un estudio empírico

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  • Werbin Eliana

    (Universidad Nacional de Córdoba)

  • Marín Vinuesa Luz María

    (Universidad de la Rioja)

  • Porporato Marcela

    (York University)

Abstract

To understand how and why the level cost changes is essential to efficiently manage an organization. Traditional cost accounting classifies them into fixed and variable, whether they change or not with changes in the activity level. Nevertheless, recent empirical research shows evidence of sticky costs because their response is stronger when the activity level increases that when such level falls. This paper shows that sticky costs are present in Spanish companies for the period 2005-2007 and that their magnitude is comparable with previous studies. This same type of study can be replicated in other international contexts provided that there are complete and publicly available databases, which means an interesting line of research.

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  • Werbin Eliana & Marín Vinuesa Luz María & Porporato Marcela, 2012. "Costos pegajosos (sticky costs) en empresas españolas: un estudio empírico," Contaduría y Administración, Accounting and Management, vol. 57(2), pages 185-200, abril-jun.
    • Handle: RePEc:nax:conyad:v:57:y:2012:i:2:p:185-200
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    1. Marcela Porporato & Eliana Werbin, 2012. "Evidence of sticky costs in banks of Argentina, Brazil and Canada," International Journal of Financial Services Management, Inderscience Enterprises Ltd, vol. 5(4), pages 303-320.
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