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Economic growth continues to be a major objective of state governments in Mexico. What role do firm location, openness, education, and wage rates play in determining the ability of a state to increase the growth of its economy? This study examines the economic competitiveness of the Mexican...
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Bahía Blanca has been posed as the main Southern city of the country (both in population and economic terms) by various works in the field of economic geography. In particular, it has been emphasized its leading manufacturing sector (historically oriented to exports) and its role as center of...
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It is recognized that the usefulness of accounting infor mation is contingent upon its (1) neutrality, (2) relevancy, and (3) reliability. Given that all socio-economic systems are comprised of participants and institutions, it would seem that the attainment of those three qualities is...
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The notion of de-industrialisation arises from the fact that industrial employment, having risen rapidly, is now in equally rapid decline. This paper presents the view that agriculture and industry together form, and have always formed, a logically seamless "primary" sector which from the...
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The diffusion of modern, efficient technology has far-reaching consequences for the geography of economic activity, inequality and environmental quality. This article examines two popular yet highly controversial claims about the conditions most favorable to the rapid spread of new technology....
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by a continuum of small markets producing distinct commodities. Following Murphy et al. (1989) we model industrialization … conditions, there is a non-monotonic relation between the distribution of land property rights and both industrialization and … land property rights can be detrimental to industrialization, ii) landownership affects the economic performance of an …
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In this paper we analyse the driving forces of the transition from plan to market in China. A two segments and two sectors model is constructed to take into account the particular economic situation in China during the transition process: a large agricultural sector and an industrial sector; a...
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early industrialization in some nations. This study examines the effects of growing manufacturing employment on infant … mortality across 274 Indonesian districts from 1985 to 1995, a time of rapid industrialization. Compared with cross … infant mortality in regions that experienced greater industrialization. …
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The manufacturing sectors of less developed countries (LDCs) have traditionally been relatively protected. They have also been subject to heavy regulation, much of which is biased in favor of large enterprises. Accordingly, it is often argued that manufacturers in these countries perform poorly...
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