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Sources of convergence in the European Union: the case of Portugal
Pontes, José Pedro - ISEG - School of Economics and Management, Department … - 2001
The paper surveys the main trends of per capita income convergence in the European Union. It stresses that income … disparities have ceased to diminish across the European regions since 1980, although convergence between countries has continued … behind income convergence are analized by means of the decomposition of per capita income in labor productivity and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005463756
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Regional Convergence in Portugal in the context of the European Union
Pontes, José Pedro - ISEG - School of Economics and Management, Department … - 2000
Main trends of per capita income convergence in Portugal and the European Union are surveyed. An explanation is given … to the fact that in the last two decades countries have converged, while no visible convergence has taken place among the … distribution of the stock of existing firms in the European Union is fixed, it is assumed that the degree of convergence follows …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005463763
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Delivering Access to Safe Drinking Water and Adequate Sanitation in Pakistan
Khan, Faheem Jehangir; Javed, Yaser - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2007
Provision of safe drinking water, adequate sanitation and personal hygiene are vital for the sustainable environmental conditions and reducing the incidence of diarrhoea, malaria, trachoma, hepatitis A & B and morbidity levels. Not having access to water and sanitation is a courteous expression...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009365294
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Productive Public Expenditure and Imperfect Competition with Endogenous Price Markup: Comment
Costa, Luís F.; Palma, Nuno - ISEG - School of Economics and Management, Department … - 2006
In a recent article Chen et al. (2005) analyse the role of government expenditure in an imperfectly competitive static model, introducing a government-expenditure externality through the production function. Our purpose in the present paper is to argue that the claim from the authors that their...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005628398
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Instability and Incentives for Corruption
Chor, Davin; Quoc-Anh, Do; Campante, Filipe R - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2008
We investigate the relationship between corruption and political stability, from both theoretical and empirical perspectives. We propose a model of incumbent behavior that features the interplay of two effects : A horizon effect, whereby greater instability leads the incumbent to embezzle more...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009363967
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CLIMATE SENSITIVITY OF INDIAN AGRICULTURE
Kumar, K.S. Kavi - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2009
Climate change impact studies on agriculture are broadly based on agronomic-economic approach and Ricardian approach. The Ricardian approach, similar in principle to the Hedonic pricing approach of environmental valuation, has received significant attention due to its elegance and also some...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009363542
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DATA REQUIREMENTS AND STATISTICAL CHALLENGES FOR DESIGNING CLIMATE FRIENDLY ENERGY POLICIES IN MULTILATERAL FRAMEWORK
Sankar, U. - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2009
India needs reliable good quality database and methodologies for designing, implementing and monitoring climate-friendly policies. This paper focuses on the database needs for policies in the context of multilateral frameworks. It provides suggestions to the Central Statistical Organization (CSO...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009365277
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Connecting South Asia to Southeast Asia : Cross-Border Infrastructure Investments
Gautrin, Jean-Francois - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2014
South Asia and Southeast Asia have been connected for many centuries, with the degree of connectivity varying over time. This paper explores strengthening connectivity between the two subregions by identifying the missing links in transport connectivity. The paper is specifically concerned with...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011278098
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Managing Multinational Infrastructure : An Analysis of European Union Institutional Structures and Best Practice
Geest, Willem van der; Núñez-Ferrer, Jorge - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2011
party, an “honest brokerâ€, to forge convergence of interests. It is often argued that “deep†European Union (EU …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009653150
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Managing Multinational Infrastructure : An Analysis of European Union Institutional Structures and Best Practice
Geest, Willem van der; Núñez-Ferrer, Jorge - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2011
party, an “honest brokerâ€, to forge convergence of interests. It is often argued that “deep†European Union (EU …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009653177