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the household balance sheet, i.e. liabilities and assets. Additionally, we allow the influence of social interaction on … types of debt and financial assets held conditional on holding the different types of debt and assets. The analysis suggests … assets and liabilities. Our analysis also suggests that social interaction is associated with households holding larger …
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I study whether firms' reliance on intangible assets is an important determinant of financing constraints. I construct … new measures of firm-level physical and intangible assets using accounting information on U.S. public firms. I find that … firms with a higher share of intangible assets in total assets start smaller, grow faster, and have higher Tobin’s q …
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resources matter for pupil outcomes. In this paper we look at this question by considering an English education policy …. We report results showing a positive impact of the extra resources on school attendance and performance in Mathematics … resources can matter for children in the poorest secondary schools, particularly when building on a solid educational or ability …
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national tests at the end of primary school. This shows that school resources have an important role to play in improving …
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In this paper I survey the recent economics of education literature in order to identify which education policies can effectively improve the quality of primary schooling, as measured by pupil test-based achievements. Particular attention is devoted to the experience of England, a country which...
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educational outcomes. Yet changing the level of resources is one of the key policy levers open to governments. In the UK, school …
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) productive entrepreneurship and that it will therefore compete at the individual level for resources with commercial …
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This Selected Issues paper analyzes the empirical relationship between corporate leverage—and other indicators of financial health—and investment in Israel, using dynamic panel data techniques. The results suggest that weak balance sheets may well have contributed to the investment...
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