http://repub.eur.nl/res/aut/10697/ List of Publications en http://repub.eur.nl/static-eur/img/logo.png http://repub.eur.nl http://repub.eur.nl/res/pub/9591/ 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z The influence of labour costs, concentration, capacity utilization, exports and firm size on manufacturing profit margin is studied with a discrimination between small and large firms. http://repub.eur.nl/res/pub/9585/ 1987-06-01T00:00:00Z A model explaining gross margins in the hotel and catering sector is developed. A cost-mark-up model for the retail sector is used as a starting point. Although we have to reject the hypothesis of mark-up pricing in the hotel and catering sector, the model proves a useful instrument to discriminate between such influences as sales composition, costs and their various components, scale and demand conditions on price setting. Our empirical evidence stems from the Dutch hotel and catering sector (1977 through 1981). http://repub.eur.nl/res/pub/9268/ 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z This article studies differences in labour productivity in the hotel business. Cross section data consisting of one German and two Dutch samples are used. Explanatory variables are: scale, proportion of restaurant sales relative to accommodation sales, wage rate, location and price. This analysis is part of a larger fundamental quantitative study of the explanation of productivity differences in the hospitality business.