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Social Capital and Regional Economic Growth

Schaik, Ton van; Beugelsdijk, S. - Tilburg University, Center for Economic Research - 2001

We study a cross-section of 54 European regions in the period 1950-1998.The central question is whether social capital, in the form of generalized trust and associational activity, is related to regional differences in economic growth. Based on extensive robustness tests, we present evidence...

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The Impact of Competition on Bank Orientation and Specialization

Degryse, Hans; Ongena, S. - Tilburg University, Center for Economic Research - 2003

How do banks react to increased interbank competition?Recent banking theory offers conflicting predictions about the … impact of competition on bank orientation í L H WKH choice of relationship based versus transactional banking í DQG EDQN … LQGXVWU\ specialization.We empirically investigate the impact of interbank competition on bank branch orientation and …

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Bank Competition and Stability : Cross-country Heterogeneity (Revised version of CentER DP 2011-080)

Beck, Thorsten; De Jonghe, Olivier; Schepens, G. - Tilburg University, Center for Economic Research - 2012

Abstract: This paper documents large cross-country variation in the relationship between bank competition and bank … in competition will have a larger impact on banks’ fragility in countries with stricter activity restrictions, lower …

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Rubinstein auctions : On competition for bargaining partners

Chatterjee, K.; Dutta, B. - Tilburg University, Center for Economic Research - 1994

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Strategic R&D with Knowledge Spillovers and Endogenous Time to Complete

Kort, Peter; Lukach, R.; Plasmans, J.E.J. - Tilburg University, Center for Economic Research - 2007

It is shown that asymmetry in R&D efficiency between firms is an important factor determining feasibility of the preemption and attrition scenarios in competitive R&D with time to build. Scenarios of attrition and preemption games are most likely to occur when competitors have similar R&D...

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Competition and Innovation : Pushing Productivity Up or Down?

Brouwer, Erik; van der Wiel, H.P. - Tilburg University, Center for Economic Research - 2010

This paper examines the relationship between competition, innovation and productivity for the Netherlands. We use … industry level. We find strong evidence for a positive impact of competition on Total Factor Productivity (TFP) at the industry … level. Competition directly increases TFP by reducing X-ineficiencies and removing inefficient forms from markets, but also …

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The Impact of Organizational Structure and Lending Technology on Banking Competition

Degryse, Hans; Laeven, L.; Ongena, S. - Tilburg University, Center for Economic Research - 2006

.We investigate theoretically and empirically how bank organization shapes banking competition.Our theoretical model illustrates how a …

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Competition on the Dutch coffee market

Bettendorf, L.; Verboven, F.L. - Tilburg University, Center for Economic Research - 1998

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Competitive pressures on income distribution in China

ten Raa, Thijs; Pan, H. - Tilburg University, Center for Economic Research - 1999

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Does it Pay to do Well in Competitions? The case of the Queen Elizabeth Piano Competition

van Ours, Jan; Ginsburgh, V. - Tilburg University, Center for Economic Research - 2001

Pianists who achieve high scores in the Queen Elizabeth musical competition are rewarded by subsequent success.It is …

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