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Behar, Alberto; Manners, Phil - Department of Economics, Oxford University - 2008

Drawing on a new and comprehensive measure of logistics quality, our gravity model suggests logistics in the exporting and partner-country can have an important impact on bilateral exports. A one standard deviation improvement in the exporter's logistics quality, which for example would...

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Regional Convergence and Catch-up in India between 1960 and 1992

Trivedi, Kamakshya - Department of Economics, Oxford University - 2002

This paper examines the evidence for regional convergence or catch-up in levels and growth rates of per capita income …, Re-Weighted Least Squares, and Least Trimmed Squares - establish that unconditional convergence in growth rates does not … obtain, but that there is clear and robust evidence of conditional convergence. This suggests that important differences …

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The determinants of Italy's regional imbalances over the long run: exploring the contributions of human and social capital

Felice, Emanuele - Department of Economics, Oxford University - 2011

inequality in Italy. More particularly, convergence in value added per capita across Italy's regions is tested (through both …

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Geography, Institutions, and the Making of Comparative Development

Auer, Raphael A. - CESifo - 2012

While the direct impact of geographic endowments on prosperity is present in all countries, in former colonies, geography has also affected colonization policies and, therefore, institutional outcomes. Using non-colonized countries as a control group, I re-examine the theories put forward by La...

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Tax Interaction among Walloon Municipalities: Is there Room for Yardstick Competition, Intellectual Trend and Partisan Monopoly Effect?

Gérard, Marcel; Malderen, Laurent van - CESifo - 2012

Three sources of strategic tax interactions among local jurisdictions are usually considered in the literature: public expenditure spill-over, tax competition and yardstick competition. However, another source has now been suggested: the intellectual trend. According to that hypothesis,...

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Firm-level Productivity Spillovers in China's Chemical Industry: A Spatial Hausman-Taylor Approach

Baltagi, Badi H.; Egger, Peter; Kesina, Michaela - CESifo - 2014

This paper assesses the role of intra-sectoral spillovers in total factor productivity across Chinese producers in the chemical industry. We use a rich panel data-set of 12,552 firms observed over the period 2004-2006 and model output by the firm as a function of skilled and unskilled labor,...

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Sources of Productivity Spillovers: Panel Data Evidence from China

Baltagi, Badi H.; Egger, Peter; Kesina, Michaela - CESifo - 2014

This paper assesses sources of productivity spillovers in China’s electric and electronic manufacturing industry using a rich panel data-set of 25,360 firms observed over the period 2004-2007. This industry is characterized by its important reliance on technology. In particular, the paper...

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Fiscal Rules and the Opportunistic Behaviour of the Incumbent Politician: Evidence from Italian Municipalities

Bartolini, David; Santolini, Raffaella - CESifo - 2009

Previous studies on electoral competition show that fiscal variables are manipulated by incumbent politicians in order to be re-elected. This phenomenon has been addressed by the literature on electoral budget cycle and, in a decentralised economy, by the literature on yardstick competition. Our...

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Teams Punish Less

Auerswald, Heike; Schmidt, Carsten; Thum, Marcel; … - CESifo - 2013

Many decisions in politics and business are made by teams rather than by single individuals. In contrast, economic models typically assume an individual rational decision maker. A rapidly growing body of (experimental) literature investigates team decisions in different settings. We study team...

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Financing Public Capital through Land Rent Taxation: A Macroeconomic Henry George Theorem

Mattauch, Linus; Siegmeier, Jan; Edenhofer, Ottmar; … - CESifo - 2013

Financing productive public capital through distortionary taxes typically creates a trade-off: the optimal investment is determined as a compromise between efficiency-enhancing public investment and perturbing market efficiency, but is never socially optimal. In contrast, such a trade-off can...

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