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Mortality Rate and Property Rights in a Model with Human Capital and R&D

Sequeira, Tiago - EconWPA - 2004

We use a set of established growth models, which simultaneously include human capital and R&D, to show that the effect of mortality rate in human capital accumulation is quantitatively more important than the effect of perfectly guaranteed patents on research. First, we show that the effect of...

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The Internationalization Efforts of Lithuanian Manufacturing Firms - Strategy of Luck?

Mockaitis, Audra I.; Vaiginiene, Erika; Giedraitis, Vincent - EconWPA - 2005

internationalizing. This study considers the internationalization efforts of a sample of Lithuanian manufacturing SMEs. Specifically, it … examination of the degree of internationalization and its dependence on company age, size, risk aversion, commitment toward … internationalization and knowledge acquisition. It is revealed that as yet, Lithuanian SMEs are in a state of uncertainty, and rely on …

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THE INTERNATIONALIZATION EFFORTS OF LITHUANIAN MANUFACTURING FIRMS - STRATEGY OR LUCK?

Mockaitis, Audra I.; Vaiginene, Erika; Giedraitis, Vincent - EconWPA - 2005

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INCOME CONVERGENCE DURING THE DISINTEGRATION OF THE WORLD ECONOMY 1919-39

Milanovic, Branko - EconWPA - 2003

Some economists have argued that the process of disintegration of the world economy between the two World Wars led to income divergence between the countries. This is in keeping with the view that economic integration leads to income convergence. The paper shows that the view that the period...

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The Influence of Globalization on Taxes and Social Policy – an Empirical Analysis for OECD Countries

Dreher, Axel - EconWPA - 2003

Using panel regression for the period 1970-2000 the paper analyzes whether globalization has influenced the OECD … endogeneity of the regressors, the results show that globalization (measured by an index covering 23 variables) did not generally … decrease the leeway for independent economic policy. Globalization even increased implicit tax rates on capital (as calculated …

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Is Islam really a development blockade? 12 predictors of development, including membership in the Organization of Islamic Conference, and their influence on 14 indicators of develo...

TAUSCH, Arno - EconWPA - 2005

. Our three-fold empirical understanding of the process of globalization – reliance on foreign savings, MNC penetration and …

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GLOBALIZATION AND GOALS: Does soccer show the way?

Milnaovic, Branko - EconWPA - 2003

foreign clubs. This provides an example as how forces of efficiency but also inequality unleashed by globalization can be …

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A TALE OF TWO “GLOBALIZATIONS”: CAPITAL FLOWS FROM RICH TO POOR IN TWO ERAS OF GLOBAL FINANCE

Schularick, Moritz - EconWPA - 2005

globalization. The paper extends recent research on the developmental effects of international financial integration, long …-term trends in capital mobility and “globalization in historical perspective”. Analyzing the patterns of international financial … a central element of 19th century financial globalization, but plays only a minor role today. The Lucas paradox of …

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The Empire Effect: Country Risk in the First Age of Globalization, 1880-1913

Ferguson, Niall; Schularick, Moritz - EconWPA - 2005

conclude that these findings have important implications for the current globalization debate: lacking jurisdictional …

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Uneven geographies of organizational practice: explaining the cross-national transfer and adoption of ISO 9000

Neumayer, Eric; Perkins, Richard - EconWPA - 2004

associated with a high number of certificates. We conclude that globalization has increased the mobility of organizational …

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