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Effects of political rivalry on public educational investments and income inequality: evidence from empirical data

Sochirca, Elena; Afonso, Óscar; Silva, Sandra - Faculdade de Economia, Universidade do Porto - 2013

In this paper we intend to empirically examine how different political institutions may define the long-term economic development, determined by educational investments and income inequality. With this objective, we assess the impact of political rivalry on four selected macroeconomic variables:...

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Does Social Capital Improve Labour Productivity in Small and Medium Enterprises?

Sabatini, Fabio - EconWPA - 2005

This paper carries out an empirical assessment of the relationship between social capital and labour productivity in small and medium enterprises in Italy. By means of structural equations models, the analysis investigates the effect of different aspects of the multifaceted concept of social...

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Human Capital: Infrastructural and Superstructural Constraints to Economic Performance across U.S. Native American Reservations and Trust Lands

Amavilah, Voxi Heinrich S - EconWPA - 2004

The current research emphasis on institutions as key determinants of economic performance, rather than on resources and resource productivity, has uncovered important questions for further research. For example, if institutions are central to economic performance, then what explains observed...

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Economic Performance in a Cross-Section of U.S. Native American Economies

Amavilah, Voxi Heinrich S - EconWPA - 2004

Institutions either promote or constrain economic performance, but which parts of institutions advance or restrict performance, and why do economies sharing similar institutions sometimes perform differently? This paper is a modest attempt at addressing a small part of these questions. It...

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Does Social Capital Improve Labour Productivity in Small and Medium Enterprises?

Sabatini, Fabio - EconWPA - 2005

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Does Social Capital Improve Labour Productivity in Small and Medium Enterprises?

Sabatini, Fabio - EconWPA - 2005

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Does Social Capital Improve Labour Productivity in Small and Medium Enterprises?

Sabatini, Fabio - EconWPA - 2005

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On the Sources of Entrepreneurial Talent: Tacit vs. codified knowledge

Federici, Daniela; Ferrante, Francesco; Vistocco, Domenico - Dipartimento di Economia e Giurisprudenzia, Facoltà di … - 2008

codified knowledge determine the returns on different occupational choices in different environments. The data are drawn from … privileged access to tacit knowledge, thus confirming previous analyses on the role of social learning (e.g. Guiso and Schivardi …, 2005). On the other hand, our results suggest that the returns on codified knowledge in entrepreneurial activities may …

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COMPETITIVENESS OF NATIONS IN THE GLOBALIZATION ERA: IS THE (IN)EXISTENCE OF A COLLECTIVE STRATEGY RELEVANT?

Rola, Luis; Alves, Rui Henrique - Faculdade de Economia, Universidade do Porto - 2012

degree of uncertainty/risk. Portugal, facing this new global environment, has been experiencing poor economic performance …

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VIOLACIÓN A LOS DERECHOS DE PROPIEDAD INTELECTUAL: LA INCIDENCIA DEL INGRESO, LA CULTURA, LA EDUCACIÓN, LAS ORGANIZACIONES, LAS INSTITUCIONES Y LA INNOVACIÓN EN LA PIRATERÍA DE SOF...

Marquez, Pablo - EconWPA - 2005

The target of this paper is to question the causes of software intellectual property rights violation. To solve this question, the author analyses how has evolved the economic literature of IPR violation showing that the traditional market variables do not fulfill the requirements to explain the...

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