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Can we learn anything from economic geography proper?

Overman, Henry G. - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2004

This paper considers the ways geographers (proper) and (geographical) economists approach the study of economic geography. It argues that there are two areas where the approach of the latter is more robust than the former. First, formal models identify which assumptions are crucial in obtaining...

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Can we learn anything from economic geography proper?

Overman, Henry G. - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2003

This paper considers the ways geographers (proper) and (geographical) economists approach the study of economic geography. It argues that there are two areas where the approach of the latter is more robust than the former. First, formal models both enforce internal consistency and allow one to...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010746649

The wealth and poverty of nations: true PPPs for 141 countries

Oulton, Nicholas - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2011

conventional multilateral index such as the World Bank’s PPP for consumption. …

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Chain indices of the cost of living and the path-dependence problem: an empirical solution

Oulton, Nicholas - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2007

-dependent: the level of a Divisia index is affected not just by the level of prices at the two endpoints but also by the path between … the endpoints. It is also well-known that a Divisia index of the cost of living is path-independent if and only if all … true cost of living index (or Konüs price index) could be derived by estimating the expenditure function. But this seems …

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Cooperative environmental governance and waste-to-energy technologies in Asia

Forsyth, Tim - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2006

the Philippines and India, and especially the choice between the technologies of incineration, pyrolysis and …

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Tenancy in Palanpur

Tyagi, Ashish; Himanshu, Himanshu - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2011

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Credit in rural India: a case study

Dreze, Jean; Lanjouw, Peter; Sharma, Naresh - London School of Economics (LSE) - 1997

studies of credit in rural India. …

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Investigating rationality in wage-setting

Bhalotra, Sonia - London School of Economics (LSE) - 1998

This paper investigates the efficiency wage hypothesis and derives a tractable expression for the profit loss incurred by deviations from the efficiency wage. The extent of the wage deviation can be inferred from production function parameters. The resulting profit loss shown to depend upon the...

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Minority representation and policy choices: the significance of legislator identity

Pande, Rohini - London School of Economics (LSE) - 1999

law in India to test this prediction empirically. The principal finding is that minority representation has increased …

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Building deliberative public–private partnerships for waste management in Asia

Forsyth, Tim - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2005

–private partnerships in waste-to-energy projects in the Philippines and India to identify how principles of institutional design may …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010928805