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An exact method for cost-oriented assembly line balancing

Amen, Matthias - EconWPA - 2003

After a characterization of the cost-oriented assembly line balancing problem it will be shown that by loading the stations maximally the cost-oriented optimum can be missed. Instead of loading the stations maximally the criterion two-stations-rule a has to be used. For generating optimal...

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Heuristic methods for cost-oriented assembly line balancing: a comparison on solution quality and computing time

Amen, Matthias - EconWPA - 2003

This paper is focused on the solution quality and computing time requirements of heuristic methods for cost-oriented assembly line balancing. It is based on a recent paper (Amen, International Journal of Production Economics 68 (2000), which describes in detail the solution process of existent...

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Heuristic methods for cost-oriented assembly line balancing: a survey

Amen, Matthias - EconWPA - 2003

This paper is concerned with cost-oriented assembly line balancing. This problem occurs especially in the final assembly of automotives, consumer durables or personal computers, where production is still very labour- intensive, and where the wage rates depend on the requirements and...

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The Curse of Natural Resources in the Transition Econonmies of the Former East

Kronenberg, Tobias - EconWPA - 2003

effect and a neglect of education. …

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Does Longevity Cause Growth

Hazan, Moshe; Zoabi, Hosny - EconWPA - 2005

's future income proportionally at all levels of education, leaving the relative return between quality and quantity unaffected …. This result is consistent with historical evidence that longevity began to increase long before education did. Our theory … also casts doubts on recent findings about a positive effect of health on education. This is because health raises the …

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An inquiry into the multiplier process in IS-LM model

ziran, Li; weiye, Li - EconWPA - 2001

The multiplier theory is still an important analytical tool in many macroeconomic textbooks. For example, a number of textbook authors use the theory to explain the process of growth in goods market by expanding the multiplier process into a geometric series, and thus obtain the route of...

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Dynamics of Income Distribution

Li, Hongyi; Xie, Danyang; Zou, Heng-fu - EconWPA - 2002

In this paper, we have obtained closed-form solutions in Cass-Koopmans growth models with heterogeneous agents. The relationship between the form of production function and the dynamics of income distribution is made explicit. We then use this relationship to determine what production structure...

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Heterogeneous Researchers in a Two-Sector Representative Consumer Economy

Gomes, Orlando - EconWPA - 2004

Research activities have uncertain outcomes. The question asked in this paper is whether or not this uncertainty can be a central piece on the explanation of long run consumption growth paths. More specifically, we inquire how the existence of different research projects, with different degrees...

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