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Measuring Competitiveness
Peneder, Michael (ed.); Rammer, Christian (ed.) - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung; … - 2018
The study serves as a background document for the European Commission and is conducted in close cooperation with the ZEW Mannheim. The main tasks are to define the concept of competitiveness at the micro, meso, and macro levels of economic activity, to establish a set of indicators that is...
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Competitiveness and growth in Brazilian cities : local policies and actions for innovation
Zhang, Ming (contributor) - 2009
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Geography of growth : spatial economics and competitiveness
Nallari, Raj - 2012
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Clusters of competitiveness
Nallari, Raj - 2013
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Bank competition and financial stability
Berger, Allen N. - 2008
"Under the traditional "competition-fragility" view, more bank competition erodes market power, decreases profit … margins, and results in reduced franchise value that encourages bank risk taking. Under the alternative "competition … suggest that - consistent with the traditional "competition-fragility" view - banks with a greater degree of market power also …
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Annuity markets in Chile : competition, regulation - and myopia ?
Walker, Eduardo - 2006
"The author studies annuity rates in Chile and relates them with industry competition. He finds (1) that annuity … practice of cash rebates, increased competition by way of annuity rates, and raised the long-run elasticity to one. "--World …
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School meals, educational achievement, and school competition : evidence from a randomized evaluation
Kremer, Michael - 2005
"Vermeersch and Kremer examine the effects of subsidized school meals on school participation, educational achievement, and school finance in a developing country setting. They use data from a program that was implemented in 25 randomly chosen preschools in a pool of 50. Children's school...
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Financial dependence, banking sector competition, and economic growth
Claessens, Stijn - 2005
"The relationships among competition in the financial sector, access of firms to external financing, and associated … economic growth are ambiguous in theory. Moreover, measuring competition in the financial sector can be complex. In this paper … Claessens and Laeven first estimate for 16 countries a measure of banking system competition based on industrial organization …
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Structural issues in the Kenyan financial system : improving competition and access
Fuchs, Michael - 2004
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Do market pressures induce economic efficiency? : the case of Slovenian manufacturing, 1994-2001
Vodopivec, Milan - 2004
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