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Methodological Extensions of First-Order Adjustment Models: An Application to U.S. Industries

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This paper empirically tests two industrial-organization models with a sample of 182 U.S. industries, from to 1963 to 1967. The models extend standard models and integrate them with dynamics associated with the " persistence of profits" methodologies. We extend it by replacing the traditional cross-section profit equation with a profit-adjustment equation for U.S. industrial data. Our study measures the speed of adjustment of profits and explicitly models steady-state profits, in addition to the speed of structural adjustment and steady-state market structure. We find that the structural-adjustment speed is slower than the profit-adjustment speed and that nonzero economic profits tend to be quite persistent

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  • Jo Sunghan, 2000. "Methodological Extensions of First-Order Adjustment Models: An Application to U.S. Industries," International Economic Journal, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 14(2), pages 85-111.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:intecj:v:14:y:2000:i:2:p:85-111
    DOI: 10.1080/10168730000000020
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