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Measurement of Environmentally Sensitive Productivity Growth in Korean Industries
Chung, Yeimin; Heshmati, Almas - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2013
This study measures productivity growth using the Metafrontier Malmquist-Luenberger productivity growth index (MML index) method and decomposes the index. The results are compared with those obtained from the conventional Malmquist-Luenberger (ML) productivity growth index. MML has two...
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New Policies for Mandatory Defined Contribution Pensions: Industrial Organization Models and Investment Products
García-Huitrón, Manuel; Impavido, Gregorio; … - Inter-American Development Bank
organization models and investment products to address these concerns more effectively. Written for practitioners and researchers …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010943456
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¿Cómo repensar el desarrollo productivo?: Políticas e instituciones sólidas para la transformación económica
Fernandez-Arias, Eduardo; Maffioli, Alessandro; … - Inter-American Development Bank
Las políticas industriales a menudo han causado más daño que beneficio. El nuevo marco conceptual presentado en este libro permite a los países adoptar las políticas de desarrollo productivo necesarias para prosperar, evitando caer en los errores del pasado. El libro replantea el desarrollo...
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Immigration Labor and Workplace Safety
Bauer, Thomas K.; Million, Andreas; Rotte, Ralph; … - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 1998
Using standard as well as recently developed univariate and bivariate count data models, this paper analyzes the determinants of workplace accidents using a firm data set for Germany. Given the tight system of public workplace safety regulation, introduced partly as early as in 1869, and the...
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New Policies for Mandatory Defined Contribution Pensions: Industrial Organization Models and Investment Products
García-Huitrón, Manuel; Impavido, Gregorio; … - Inter-American Development Bank
organization models and investment products to address these concerns more effectively. Written for practitioners and researchers …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010772396
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Tax Policy, Location Choices, and Market Structure
Pfann, Gerard A.; van Kranenburg, Hans - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2002
A structural model of entry and fiscal policy is presented. It shows that taxation of variable production costs can increase product prices, lower competition, and reduce the availability of new products in small markets. The model’s test is based on a unique nationwide fiscal experiment. We...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005566538
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¿Cómo repensar el desarrollo productivo?: Políticas e instituciones sólidas para la transformación económica
Agosin, Manuel R.; Arias, Eduardo Fernández; Crespi, … - Inter-American Development Bank
Las políticas industriales a menudo han causado más daño que beneficio. El nuevo marco conceptual presentado en este libro permite a los países adoptar las políticas de desarrollo productivo necesarias para prosperar, evitando caer en los errores del pasado. El libro replantea el desarrollo...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010895488
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The Emergence of China: Opportunities and Challenges for Latin America and the Caribbean Title: El impacto de China: Oportunidades y retos para América Latina y el Caribe
Rodríguez-Clare, Andrés; Devlin, Robert; … - Inter-American Development Bank
China's size, rapid growth, external openness, and trade performance have led to varying perceptions among the countries of Latin America: Is China a potential new market, a potent new competitor, or both? This book assesses the near-term strategic implications of China's economic performance...
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Revisiting Economic Growth in Colombia: A Microeconomic Perspective
Arjona, Marcela Meléndez; Harker, Arturo - Inter-American Development Bank - 2008
particular spin to this conclusion by showing that investment decisions at the firm level are also explained by the restoration …, perhaps the most relevant result is the confirmation that in Colombia, investment decisions are negatively affected by the …
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Does Financial Liberalization Improve the Allocation of Investment?: Micro Evidence from Developing Countries
Galindo, Arturo José; Schiantarelli, Fabio; Weiss, Andrew - Inter-American Development Bank - 2002
also developed a summary index of the efficiency of investment allocation that measures whether, and to what extent …, investment funds are going to firms with a higher marginal return to capital. Then it was examined the relationship between this … has led to an increase in the efficiency with which investment funds are allocated. …
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