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The value of the greenbelt in Vienna: a spatial hedonic analysis
HERATH, Shanaka; Choumert, Johanna; MAIER, Gunther - HAL - 2014
This paper employs the hedonic price method (HPM) to examine whether the implicit value of the greenbelt is capitalized into apartment prices in the city of Vienna, Austria. We improve the traditional model using spatial econometric techniques and compare estimates from different spatial models,...
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Assortments and local competition in retailing
Calciu, M.; Willart, Sylvain - HAL - 2011
We study the impact of local competition on assortments' attractiveness. The first aim of our paper is to provide a simple and reproducible way to delineate a store trading area using widely available census data. The second aim is to develop a model of retail sales that takes into account...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010898679
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Development and biodiversity conservation in Sub-Saharan Africa: A spatial analysis
AMIN, Ariane Manuela; Choumert, Johanna - HAL - 2013
A better understanding of the relationship between economic development and biodiversity loss is of great relevance, given the current rapid extinction of species along with challenges born from the context of economic development in poor countries. The purpose of the current study is to provide...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010821377
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Estimating Nonlinearities in Spatial Autoregressive Models
Debarsy, Nicolas; Verardi, Vincenzo - HAL - 2010
In spatial autoregressive models, the functional form of autocorrelation is assumed to be linear. In this paper, we propose a simple semiparametric procedure, based on Yatchew's (1998) partial linear least squares, that relaxes this restriction. Simple simulations show that this model...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008794081
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What Drives Biodiversity Conservation Effort in the Developing World? An analysis for Sub-Saharan Africa
AMIN, Ariane Manuela - HAL - 2012
Biodiversity conservation in low-income economies is a vital issue and hence needs to be addressed for development and poverty eradication. A variety of empirical works exist on the subject, but the focus is often limited on the search for possible causes of biodiversity erosion. Research on the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010561181
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Strategic Interactions in Environmental Regulation Enforcement: Evidence from Chinese Provinces
Renard, Mary-Françoise; Xiong, Hang - HAL - 2012
towards China's decentralization of environment policy implementation as well as its fiscal arrangements. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009651572
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Determinants of FDI into China and Vietnam: A comparative study
Pham, Thi-Hong-Hanh - HAL - 2012
Since the inception of economic reforms, China in 1978 and Vietnam in 1986, both countries have become successful … between China and Vietnam?" through a comparative study of the FDI determinants. In other words, this paper revisits the … determinants of FDI into China and Vietnam by employing an augmented gravity model and using a panel dataset containing information …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009651580
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The world upside down
Fabre, Guilhem; Grumbach, Stephane - HAL - 2012
R&D and innovation have become much more strategic than ever before for the growth of China as well as for its global … perspective explaining the legacy of the past in today's choices. In the second part, we illustrate China's catching up strategy …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009654257
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Return migrants : The rise of new entrepreneurs in rural China
Démurger, Sylvie; Xu, Hui - HAL - 2011
rural household survey conducted in Wuwei county (Anhui province, China) in 2008. We apply two complementary approaches : a …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009323941
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Earnings Differentials between the Public and Private Sectors in China: Exploring Changes for Urban Local Residents in the 2000s
Démurger, Sylvie; Li, Shi; Yang, Juan - HAL - 2012
This paper analyzes the changes in public-private sector earnings differentials for local residents in urban China …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009323945