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Krugman's verdict that competitiveness of countries is a largely meaningless concept is a serious misjudgement of the economics profession. Countries compete for the mobile factors of production, most importantly for capital and technology. The exit-option of these factors and of firms changes...
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This paper investigates the relationship between exports and overseas links using data from the UK Community Innovation Survey. Overseas vertical and horizontal links are associated with an average increase in export intensity of 74 and 156 percent for vertical and horizontal overseas links...
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States. The paper classifies developing countries and discusses impediments to economic development and core elements of a …
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institutions does not hold. SSA countries appear to face very specific development problems. Given their geographic and economic …
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public goods and may promote economic development. We draw on the literatures on migrant remittances and on philanthropy in …
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: it increases the welfare of this group and also contributes to financial development, which is a driver of growth …
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Corruption has fierce impacts on economic and societal development and is subject to a vast range of institutional … a massive trans-border threat while creating high obstacles to sustainable and prospective development, ultimately …
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This paper provides a model-based assessment of local and global climate change impacts for the case of Yemen, focusing on agricultural production, household incomes and food security. Global climate change is mainly transmitted through rising world food prices. Our simulation results suggest...
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concentration in the course of economic development. The model includes centrifugal forces, such as home market effects and access …. Economic development increases the size of the industrial sector in terms of employment relative to the size of the …, transport costs, and the level of economic development. These parameters lead to an inverted U-curve pattern of industry …
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The Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) under the Kyoto Protocol constitutes a major tool in the fight against climate … numerical simulation of macroeconomic shocks generated by current and future CDM projects reveals the significant potential …
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