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An Inquiry into the Determinants of Graduate Entrepreneurship in Hong Kong and Guangzhou (Mainland China)

Bickenbach, Frank; Dohse, Dirk Christian; Liu, Wan-Hsin - Institut für Weltwirtschaft (IfW) - 2014

determining entrepreneurial intentions of students in Hong Kong and in Guangzhou (mainland China). The two cities are culturally …

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EU Integration and its Implications for Asian Economies – What we Know and What Not

Langhammer, Rolf J.; Schweickert, Rainer - Institut für Weltwirtschaft (IfW) - 2006

In this paper, we analyse effects of EU integration on Asian countries. Since the early 1990s, it is especially the trade creation effect of monetary integration (so-called Rose effect) which is heavily debated in the literature. Recent papers seem to indicate that the Rose effect seems to be...

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Regional Inequality of Higher Education in China and the Role of Unequal Economic Development

Bickenbach, Frank; LIU, Wan-Hsin - Institut für Weltwirtschaft (IfW) - 2011

Over the past decade the scale of higher education in China has expanded substantially. Regional development policies … inequality of higher education opportunities across provinces in China over the period of the scale expansion, taking different … with the policy orientation of reforming the higher education system and of promoting regional development in China over …

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A tale of two countries: A comparison of the aggregate effects of sectoral reallocation in the United States and Germany

Reicher, Christopher - Institut für Weltwirtschaft (IfW) - 2011

This paper compares the aggregate effects of sectoral reallocation in the United States and Western Germany using a stochastic volatility model of sectoral employment growth. Reallocative shocks have no effect on the natural rate of unemployment in either country, and there is mild evidence that...

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The aggregate effects of long run sectoral reallocation

Reicher, Christopher - Institut für Weltwirtschaft (IfW) - 2011

In this paper, I estimate a series of long run reallocative shocks to sectoral employment using a stochastic volatility model of sectoral employment growth for the United States from 1960 through 2011. Reallocative shocks (which primarily measure construction and technology busts) have little...

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Government Activity and Economic Growth – One Size Fits All?

Beckmann, Joscha; Endrich, Marek; Schweickert, Rainer - Institut für Weltwirtschaft (IfW) - 2014

This study investigates the role of government activity in economic growth, arguing that economic systems are important and that, therefore, one size of government does not fit all countries. Taking a panel of 111 countries over the years from 1971 to 2010, we consider clusters of economic...

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External Drivers of Institutional Change in Central Asia – Regional Integration Schemes and the Role of Russia and China

Schweickert, Rainer; Melnykovska, Inna; Plamper, Hedwig - Institut für Weltwirtschaft (IfW) - 2012

Russia and China are assumed to challenge democratization and to promote autocracy. In a first step, we analyze Central … Asia as the most-likely case, considering both Russia and China as relevant external actors. We develop a concept for our … analysis based on the different strategies of Russia (dominance) and China (doing-business) towards the region and present the …

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Firm Characteristics and Informal Governance of Business Operations in the PRD, China

Bickenbach, Frank; LIU, Wan-Hsin - Institut für Weltwirtschaft (IfW) - 2011

. Theoretical considerations based on the New Institutional Economics suggest that, in a transition economy such as China, companies … (electronics industry) companies operating in the PRD, China. From this we obtain some, though often weak, evidence in favor of the …

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Foreign direct investment, access to finance, and innovation activity in Chinese enterprises

Girma, Sourafel; Gong, Yundan; Görg, Holger - Institut für Weltwirtschaft (IfW) - 2008

This paper investigates the link between inward FDI and innovation activity in China, using a very comprehensive and …

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The Role of Personal Relationships for Doing Business in the GPRD, China – Evidence from Hong Kong Electronics SMEs

Bickenbach, Frank; LIU, Wan-Hsin - Institut für Weltwirtschaft (IfW) - 2010

This paper investigates the role of personal relationships for doing business in the Greater Pearl River Delta, China … describes the institutional environment for doing business in China, and in the PRD in particular. Third, it uses data obtained …

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