Showing 1 - 10 of 21
between remote, rural and urban areas in Australia and other comparable countries. It finds that users experience some … providing services in more sparsely populated Australia. The prices of traditional telephone voice services are similar in rural …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005407767
This paper shows the impact that investment in infrastructure may have on the efficiency of agricultural products markets. Using daily price series for the most important agricultural crop in Peru (potato), in 10 cities from 1995 to 2001, we show that there is enough evidence to conclude that...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005556218
Essentially all empirical questions that are addressed with sample data require estimates of sampling variance. The econometrics and statistics literatures show that these estimates depend critically on the design of the sample. The sample for the U.S. Current Population Survey (CPS), which...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005556374
each type. Using national community and household data collected as part of a research project on rural Canada (The New … Rural Economy Project of the Canadian Rural Revitalization Foundation), we outline the framework, propose measures of the … investigating rural communities and rural programs. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005118864
single activity, and the seemingly simple question ‘how valuable is an ecosystem?’ can be interpreted in many different ways …, regional, or local level. (2) Determining the net benefits of interventions that alter ecosystem conditions. This question … an ecosystem, and why, can help to design more effective conservation approaches. From an equity perspective, the impact …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005118910
In this paper we study the labour market behavior of employed individuals that have entrepreneurial aspirations in addition to aspirations to switch job. We analyze empirically these two “search processes” side-by-side and report three main findings: First, neither entrepreneurial...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005125777
.e., their prediction ability), and derives an aggregate production function as a result of entrepreneurship. An increase in … affects the total factor productivity (TFP) of an economy, the model can explain how entrepreneurship influences TFP. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005126334
This paper examines a particular aspect of entrepreneurship, namely firms' activities in adapting to idiosyncratic …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005126425
Short explanation of Schumpeter's concepts of dynamics, innovations and entrepreneurship. It is argued, that …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005062408
Prevailing trade theory is a neglected stepchild of economics. Micro rejects the sole reason for trade’s occurrence. It declares zero profit in equilibrium. Monetary theory and macroeconomics dismiss concerns of trade financing. They assert that money has nothing to do with traded output, but...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005408069