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regions. Using data for 1992-2001, we find strong sigma divergence simultaneously with beta convergence. he results indicate …
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. It is also shown that divergence or convergence may arise instead of overtaking, depending on the initial levels of …
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”) in western part. The result of OLS & GLS regression on absolute convergence model found the existence of â-divergence … process of East Java in overall period (1983-2003), consistent with the ó convergence which showing upward trend (divergence …). Meanwhile, the same divergence process is also found in absolute convergence equation estimated for each club, even though in …
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. It is also shown that divergence or convergence may arise instead of overtaking, depending on the initial levels of …
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The paper questions the predominant view on unemployment and wages in the European Un-ion according to which high unemployment is primarily caused by labour market rigidities, i.e. social institutions and regulations which prevent “market-clearing” real wage levels and structures. It is...
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Theoretical study identifying one modality with conditions necesary for the financial stabilization of an inherently unstable system; and 5040 other unstable dynamic modes. It draws on knowledge made available by the academic field of Control Engineering.
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If, in international agreements, governments “link'' trade to environmental policy (or other issues with non-pecuniary externalities), will this promote more cooperation in both policies or will cooperation in one policy be strengthened at the expense of the other? We analyze this question in...
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Does there exist a connection between the political power and the tax administration? In this paper, we offer empirical evidence from Spain that there exists. First, the Spanish regional tax administration is not immune to the budgetary situation of the regional government, and tends to exert a...
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Corruption scandals seem to abound in countries that have recently undergone reform. Despite the proliferation of stories in the news media, no one has examined whether reform—be it democratization or economic liberalization or both—actually causes an increase in corruption. Theory provides...
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The article proposes an enabling mechanism for the creation, adjustment and dissolution of governmental units, giving autonomy to each resident as in a direct democracy. Rather than focusing on a narrow model with restrictive and specialized assumptions, and subsequent solutions, as has been...
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