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An open-economy Ramsey-Cass-Koopmans model in reduced form

Spiro, Daniel - 2021

-economy income convergence. Where RCK predicts partial income and consumption convergence between open economies Solow predicts full … convergence. This paper presents, by a small modification of the savings behavior in the Solow model, a framework that matches RCK … country size; that income growth will be a U-shaped function of initial income thus creating differentiated convergence; and …

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Railways and the productivity gap in Italy : persistence and divergence after unification

Pontarollo, Nicola; Ricciuti, Roberto - 2015

The political unification of Italy in 1861 led to the establishment of a single market, by removing the trade barriers across the pre-existing states, with a single currency. Market integration was the economic outcome of this process. At the same time, the Kingdom of Italy started a large...

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Contagious exporting and foreign ownership : evidence from firms in Shanghai using a Bayesian spatial bivariate probit model

Baltagi, Badi H.; Egger, Peter; Kesina, Michaela - 2018

Whether a firm is able to attract foreign capital and whether it may participate at the export market depends on whether the fixed costs associated with doing so are at least covered by the incremental operating profits. This paper provides evidence that success for some firms in attracting...

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Sources of productivity spillovers : panel data evidence from China

Baltagi, Badi H.; Egger, Peter; Kesina, Michaela - 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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Market access and firm performance : evidence based on GIS analysis of road network and manufacturing-plant-level data from India

Sharma, Somnath; Kant, Shashi; Mishra, Ranjeeta; … - 2022

This paper investigates whether better access to markets through an improved road network plays a role in improving the profitability of firms in India. We construct a district-level market access index using Indian road network shapefiles, district boundaries, and nightlight raster images and...

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Capital público y eficiencia productiva regional (1964-1989)

Jiménez, Ezequiel Uriel; García, Francisco Pérez; … - Instituto Valenciano de Investigaciones Económicas (IVIE) - 1994

, based on the factor productivity and efficiency measures, the study discusses the existence of technological convergence …

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- DESIGUALDAD Y CONVERGENCIA EN EL ÁREA DE LA OCDE

Ivars, Matilde Mas; Gisbert, Francisco José Goerlich - Instituto Valenciano de Investigaciones Económicas (IVIE) - 1998

variables that arehabitually considered in the analysis of inequality and convergence: per capita income and labor productivity …

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Actividad tecnológica y crecimiento económico en las regiones españolas

Albert, Mercedes Gumbau; Villarroya, Joaquín Maudos - Instituto Valenciano de Investigaciones Económicas (IVIE) - 2001

This paper analyses the importance of R&D activities in the explanation of productivitydifferences among the Spanish regions over the period 1986-96. With this aim, we measure the effectof the own technological innovation and the spillovers effects. The analysis is based on the estimationof a...

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PRODUCT MIX OF THE SPANISH BANKING FIRMS: DO COMPETITION CLUBS EXIST?

García, Francisco Pérez; Ausina, Emili Tortosa - Instituto Valenciano de Investigaciones Económicas (IVIE) - 1998

kinds of firms and, on this ground, to analyze whethercompetition leads to the homogeneization (convergence) of product …

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- CAPITAL HUMANO Y CONVERGENCIA REGIONAL

Martínez, Lorenzo Serrano - Instituto Valenciano de Investigaciones Económicas (IVIE) - 1998

This paper analyzes the relationship between human capital and convergence with a model that takes into account the … different effects of human capital accumulation on regional convergence. As an input, human capital produces convergence due to … convergence rate has been relatively small. The results indicate the potential role of educational policy in order to achieve a …

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