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The territorial dynamics of innovation in China and India
Crescenzi, Riccardo; Rodríguez-Pose, Andrés; Storper, … - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2012
This article analyses the geography of innovation in China and India. Using a tailor-made panel database for regions in … between the provinces and states within both countries are quite different. In China, the concentration of innovation is …. Innovative areas in China, rather than generate knowledge spillovers, seem to produce strong backwash effects. In India, by …
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Threshold effects and firm size: the case of firing costs
Schivardi, Fabiano; Torrini, Roberto - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2004
We study the role of employment protection legislation (EPL) in determining firm size distribution. In many countries the provisions of EPL are more stringent for firms above certain size thresholds. We construct a simple model that shows that the smooth relation between size and growth...
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The impact of Greek labour market regulation on temporary and family employment - Evidence from a new survey
Anagnostopoulos, Achilleas; Siebert, Stanley - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2012
This paper uses an original dataset for 206 workplaces in Thessaly (Greece), to study consequences of Greece’s employment protection law (EPL) and national wage minimum for temporary employment. We find higher temporary employment rates especially among a “grey” market group of workplaces...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010686675
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The impact of Greek labour market regulation on temporary and family employment - evidence from a new survey
Anagnostopoulos, Achilleas; Siebert, Stanley - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2012
This paper uses an original dataset for 206 workplaces in Thessaly (Greece), to study consequences of Greece’s employment protection law (EPL) and national wage minimum for temporary employment. We find higher temporary employment rates especially among a “grey” market group of workplaces...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011071362
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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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010884601
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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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010928709
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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 …
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