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Bridges in social capital: A review of the definitions and the social capital of social capital researchers
Akcomak, Semih - United Nations University-Maastricht Economic Research … - 2009
There has been a recent surge of interest in social economics and social capital. Articles on social capital that are published in the last five years constitute more than 60 percent of all articles on social capital. Research on social capital is now massive and spans sociology, economics,...
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How "black" is the black sheep compared to all others? Turkey and the EU
Akcomak, Semih; Parto, Saeed - United Nations University-Maastricht Economic Research … - 2006
In this paper we question the validity of the arguments against Turkey's membership of the EU and challenge the political wisdom of excluding Turkey from Europe. First, we argue that fundamental European values are not as uniform as they are made out to be. There are significant differences...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010712097
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The Impact of Social Capital on Crime: Evidence from the Netherlands
Akçomak, Semih; Weel, Bas ter - United Nations University-Maastricht Economic Research … - 2008
This paper investigates the relation between social capital and crime. The analysis contributes to explaining why crime is so heterogeneous across space. By employing current and historical data for Dutch municipalities and by providing novel indicators to measure social capital, we find a link...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010712152
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How novel is social capital: Three cases from the British history that reflect social capital
Akcomak, Semih; Stoneman, Paul - United Nations University-Maastricht Economic Research … - 2010
Social capital increases efficiency by reducing transaction costs, creating new forms of information exchange and by inducing change in individual attitudes. How Royal Society of London, the Media and the Private Prosecution Societies functioned in the 17th and 18th century Britain display...
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Using Innovation Surveys for Econometric Analysis
Mohnen, Pierre; Mairesse, Jacques - United Nations University-Maastricht Economic Research … - 2010
After presenting the history, the evolution and the content of innovation surveys, we discuss the characteristics of the data they contain and the challenge they pose to the analyst and the econometrician. We document the two uses that have been made of these data: the construction of...
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Measuring the Returns to R&D
Hall, Bronwyn H.; Mairesse, Jacques; Mohnen, Pierre - United Nations University-Maastricht Economic Research … - 2010
We review the econometric literature on measuring the returns to R&D. The theoretical frameworks that have been used are outlined, followed by an extensive discussion of measurement and econometric issues that arise when estimating the models. We then provide a series of tables summarizing the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010712138
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Summarizing large spatial datasets: Spatial principal components and spatial canonical correlation
Bhupathiraju, Samyukta; Verspagen, Bart; Ziesemer, Thomas - United Nations University-Maastricht Economic Research … - 2013
interpretation: it produces a summary measure (component) that itself has maximum spatial correlation. Second, an easy and intuitive … link can be made to canonical correlation analysis. Our spatial canonical correlation analysis produces summary measures of … two datasets (e.g., each measuring a different phenomenon), and these summary measures maximize the spatial correlation …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010712084
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How big is the impact of infrastructure on trade? Evidence from meta-analysis
Celbis, Mehmet Güney; Nijkamp, Peter; Poot, Jacques - United Nations University-Maastricht Economic Research … - 2013
Low levels of infrastructure quality and quantity can create trade impediments through increased transport costs. Since the late 1990s an increasing number of trade studies have taken infrastructure into account. The purpose of the present paper is to quantify the importance of infrastructure...
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A note on testing for complementarity and substitutability in the case of multiple practices
Carree, Martin; Lokshin, Boris; Belderbos, René - United Nations University-Maastricht Economic Research … - 2010
Recent empirical studies of firm-level performance have tested complementarity in the case of multiple practices. These papers have drawn conclusions using potentially biased estimates of pair-wise interaction effects. We develop a consistent and simple testing framework and test it against...
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Assessing Innovations in International Research and Development Practice
Pant, Laxmi P. - United Nations University-Maastricht Economic Research … - 2010
Enhancing impacts of international development interventions has become a central issue of the twenty-first century. Conventional monitoring and evaluation (M&E) tools either focus on efficiency (output-to-input relationships) or strive to demonstrate a logical progression from specific actors...
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