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Human capital growth in a cross section of US metropolitan areas
Wheeler, Christopher H. (contributor) - 2005
"Human capital is typically viewed as generating a number of desirable outcomes, including economic growth. Yet, in spite of its importance, few empirical studies have explored why some economies accumulate more human capital than others. This paper attempts to do so using a sample of more than...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003115155
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Do localization economies derive from human capital externalities?
Wheeler, Christopher H. (contributor) - 2005
"One of the most robust findings emerging from studies of industrial agglomeration is the rise in productivity that tends to accompany it. What most studies have not addressed, however, is the potential role played by human capital externalities in driving this relationship. This paper seeks to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10002977385
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Creating a policy environment for entrepreneurs
Garrett, Thomas Andrew (contributor);  … - 2005
"This paper demonstrates that levels of entrepreneurship can be greatly affected by the general policy environment …. Using a state-level panel, we estimate the effects of several policy variables on rates of entrepreneurship and find that … bankruptcy exemptions, corporate tax rates, and the level of the minimum wage all affect a state's rate of entrepreneurship. For …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003115154
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Entrepreneurship and the policy environment
Georgellis, Yannis (contributor);  … - 2004 - [Elektronische Ressource], rev
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10001974199
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Entrepreneurship and the deregulation of banking
Wall, Howard J. (contributor) - 2003 - [Elektronische Ressource]
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10001974892
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Robust nonparametric estimation of efficiency and technical change in U.S. commercial banking
Wheelock, David C. (contributor);  … - 2003 - [Elektronische Ressource]
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10001986765
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Predictions of short-term rates and the expectations hypothesis of the term structure of interest rates
Thornton, Daniel L. (contributor) - 2004 - [Elektronische Ressource]
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10002115886
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Racial profiling or racist policing? : Bounds tests in aggregate data
Hernández-Murillo, Rubén (contributor);  … - 2004 - [Elektronische Ressource]
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10002115973
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Strategic asset allocation and consumption decisions under multivariate regime switching
Guidolin, Massimo (contributor);  … - 2005
"This paper studies strategic asset allocation and consumption choice in the presence of regime switching in asset returns. We find evidence that four separate regimes - characterized as crash, slow growth, bull and recovery states - are required to capture the joint distribution of stock and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10002917579