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Global Aging and Economic Convergence: A Real Option or Still a Case of Science Fiction?

Dalen, Hendrik P. van - Tinbergen Instituut - 2007

to be a sustainable solution to unbalanced global economic developments. Remittances, Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) and …. Remittances offer no structural solution to reduction of poverty as these funds flow to a selective group of families and are …

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The Trade and FDI Effects of EMU Enlargement

Brouwer, Jelle; Paap, Richard; Viaene, Jean-Marie - Tinbergen Instituut - 2007

This paper considers the nature and the distribution of trade and FDI effects of a potential enlargement of the … and the distribution of outward FDI stocks among these countries. The results reveal a complementarity between trade and …. Using a simulation-based technique, we find that estimates of FDI effects of EMU range between 18.5% for Poland and 30% for …

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The Importance of Accounting for Time Trends when Estimating the Euro Effect on Trade

Bun, Maurice J.G.; Klaassen, Franc J.G.M. - Tinbergen Instituut - 2003

To study the effect of the euro on international goods trade one typically estimates a panel model for the level of trade. Trade levels increase over time, and we show that this is not fully explained by the included regressors. Because the euro is only present at the end of the sample, this may...

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Exponential or Power Distance-decay for Commuting? An Alternative Specification

Vries, Jacob J. de; Nijkamp, Peter; Rietveld, Piet - Tinbergen Instituut - 2004

In this paper we determine the effect of transport cost on commuting flows, on the basis of an analysis of home-to-work journeys between municipalities in Denmark. Special attention is given to a proper estimation method and the form of the distance-decay function. It appears that neither an...

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Territorial Capital and Regional Growth: Increasing Returns in Cognitive Knowledge Use

Capello, Roberta; Caragliu, Andrea; Nijkamp, Peter - Tinbergen Instituut - 2009

This discussion paper resulted in an article in Tijdschrift voor Economische en Sociale Geografie (2011). Volume 102(4), pages 385-405. Knowledge drives the growth of nations and regions in a competitive space-economy. Hence, we would expect a strong correlation between investments in R&D,...

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Regional Efficiency Improvement by Means of Data Envelopment Analysis through Euclidean Distance Minimization including Fixed Input Factors - An Application to Tourist Regions in I...

Suzuki, Soushi; Nijkamp, Peter; Rietveld, Piet - Tinbergen Instituut - 2011

See also the article in Papers in Regional Science (2011). Volume 90, issue 1, pages 67-90. Standard Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) is characterized by uniform proportional input reduction or output augmentation in calculating improvement projections. This paper develops a new Euclidean...

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In Search of Creative Champions in High-Tech Spaces

Kourtit, Karima; Nijkamp, Peter - Tinbergen Instituut - 2013

The business performance of firms in the creative high-tech sector shows much variation. This paper examines whether the geographical location of such business firms influences the performance of these firms. The overarching analysis framework of this paper emerges from the recently developed...

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The Effectiveness of Dutch Municipal Recycling Policies

Dijkgraaf, Elbert; Gradus, Raymond - Tinbergen Instituut - 2014

The EU advocates a household waste recycling rate of more than 70%. Although the Netherlands already years ago invested in recycling policies heavily, this is still a large challenge as nowadays on average this rate is approximately 50% and nearly no municipalities have a rate above 70%. Given...

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Optimal Saving Rules for Loss-Averse Agents under Uncertainty

Siegmann, Arjen H. - Tinbergen Instituut - 2001

Most empirical studies assume only monotonic preferences for households. Behavioral research however providessubstantial evidence that preferences for wealth are measured relative to a reference point. In this paper weintroduce and solve a two-period consumption and savings model for a...

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Explaining the Variation in Empirical Estimates of Tax Elasticities of Foreign Direct Investment

Mooij, Ruud A. de; Ederveen, Sjef - Tinbergen Instituut - 2005

This study aims to explain the variation in empirical estimates in the literature on the elasticity of foreign direct investment with respect to company tax levels. To that end, we extend the meta analysis of De Mooij and Ederveen (2003) by considering an alternative classification of the...

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