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The demographic transition is introduced into the otherwise standard Ramsey model to generate multiple equilibria, poverty traps, and demography-driven cycles. The model is calibrated for global data to explore the demographic conditions under which multiplicity is realized. Three cases arise,...
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For the FIFA World Cup 2010, South Africa plans to invest heavily. The positive economic effects that the country is hoping for stand in contrast to almost all statistical ex-post studies. This contribution emphasises that these results, usually from research under-taken in the USA, can only be...
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This conceptual paper analyses the concept of development that is a process of progressive growth that generates a transition from simple to complex system. In economics, development is a multidimensional process that generates changes in economic, political, social and institutional structures...
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Archipelagic Economies examines the geographic dispersion of Pacific islands'populations and its socio-economic consequences. The study presents new measures of geographic dispersion that show the uniqueness of the Pacific island countries'human geography. It offers a closer look at the...
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, and as private firms increasingly demand a deal. While incentives promise jobs and tax revenue, scholars and practitioners … governmental incentive-granting strategy impacts incentive performance. We examine the overall impact of incentives and whether … incentives granted to smaller firms perform better. Using economic development budget data, we also assess the state's overall …
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Movie production incentives (MPI) are a popular economic development strategy employed by US states. Film subsidies are … of film incentives on state economies …
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remarkably heterogeneous across places. State and local policy-makers use economic development incentives to promote local … economic growth, and, presumably, provide employment opportunities. However, incentives may have unintended consequences. We … combine detailed industry-level detail on incentives with proprietary county-level industry employment data and two methods …
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At the present stage of automation and robotization in the mining and manufacturing industries, there is a decrease in the demand for labor due to technological solutions that reduce the demand for labor in developed countries. The study put forward a hypothesis about a negative correlation...
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