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The paper empirically investigates the effects of various economic, legal, meteorological and technical factors in explaining the theft from electric utilities in Pakistan. We obtained elasticity of electricity theft with respect to different variables mentioned. Panel data from nine utilities...
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Reducing extreme poverty and protecting the environment are two of the eight Millennium Development Goals (UN, 2012). Approximately 60% of the ecosystems currently used to produce goods and services are being exploited in an unsustainable manner. The establishment of protected areas is a...
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The objective of this paper is to add to the the criticisms of the "macro-Mincer" approach by emphasizing two important theoretical points, not addressed so far in the literature. First, we show that the "macro-Mincer" relationship between aggregate human capital and average years of schooling...
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Most of the currently existing endogenous growth models were developed within and for industrial countries, i.e. for a … capital accumulation and low technological capabilities. For developing countries, GDP, GDP growth or the per capita versions … Reports. A growth model for developing countries should therefore put special emphasis on these non-monetary issues of …
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We apply Bayesian Model Averaging procedures to a dataset on growth to estimate the output gap caused by the recent …
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Regional GDP is a key indicator in the assessment of the economic performance of the Belgian regions. But for assessing the wealth of a certain region, another important indicator is the household disposable income.In this paper the evolution since 1985 and the level of regional per inhabitant...
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This study investigates the impact of stock market development on economic growth in China. To this end, the quarterly … capitalization, and economic growth is negative. This result is consistent with Harris’ (1997) finding that the stock market … development generally does not contribute positively to economic growth in developing countries if the stock market is mainly an …
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Product variety has played a central role in models of trade and growth. Classical trade theory postulates that the … to endogenous growth models, which often assume that a larger set of intermediate inputs increases productivity and … growth. The idea that countries can gain from international trade by getting ascces to a larger set of new products or new …
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GDP growth in 1980--2004, with technological progress being particularly powerful in 1990--2004. Average efficiency levels … have been declining, providing negative contributions to GDP growth. 10. According to the Cobb--Douglas production function … specification, TFP growth, physical capital accumulation, and human capital accumulation have all provided positive contributions to …
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One of the characteristics of the Spanish economy is the high percentage of small and medium-sized firms. Size is one of the factors that condition the managerial organization of the firm and their efficiency and productivity. On the other hand, it is a well-established connection between...
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