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Science & Technology (S&T) is high on the Chinese policy agenda but there are large uncertainties on the actual S …
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Demand for less skilled workers decreased dramatically in the US and in other developed countries over the past two decades. We argue that pervasive skill biased technological change rather than increased trade with the developing world is the principal culprit. The pervasiveness of this...
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We investigate to what extent tolerance, as measured by attitudes toward different types of neighbors, affects economic … growth. Data from the World Values Survey enable us to investigate tolerance–growth relationships for 54 countries. We … tolerance toward homosexuals is negatively related to growth. For tolerance toward people of a different race, we do not find …
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Tolerance – respecting those who are different – is arguably of particular importance in an era of globalization, where … different from oneself. We investigate whether globalization induces parents to want to instill tolerance in their children, the … willingness-to-teach-kids-tolerance measure, that globalization enhances the willingness to transmit such social values. More …
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Tolerance has the potential to affect both economic growth and wellbeing. It is therefore important to discern its …-oriented is related to different measures of tolerance. Regression analysis of up to 65 countries reveals that economic freedom is … positively related to tolerance towards homosexuals, especially in the longer run, while tolerance towards people of a different …
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Investment liberalizing countries are often concerned that cross-border mergers & acquisitions might have an adverse effect on domestic firms and benefit multinational enterprises (MNEs). However, given that domestic assets are sufficiently scarce, we identify a preemption effect and an asset...
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