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Explaining Success and Failure in Development
Szirmai, Adam - United Nations University-Maastricht Economic Research … - 2008
Since 1950, there has been considerable diversity in developing country experiences. Some countries and some regions have experienced rapid growth and catch up, others have fallen behind. At a global level there is an increasing inequality of per capita incomes. However, within the framework of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010856304
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A Technology Acquisition Model: The Role of Learning and Innovation
Wamae, Watu - United Nations University-Maastricht Economic Research … - 2006
This paper theoretically analyses the dynamics of knowledge accumulation with the aim of understanding how developing economies can effectively engage in the process of knowledge accumulation. The main focus is on the complementarity between competence building and innovation. Our analysis is...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010856379
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Collinearity in growth regressions: The example of worker remittances
Ziesemer, Thomas - United Nations University-Maastricht Economic Research … - 2009
The sign of worker remittances in growth regressions is heavily disputed in the literature. Comparing two growth regressions with different signs for the remittance variable we show that collinearity with the lagged dependent variable might indicate that collinearity should be investigated...
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Types of Entrepreneurship and Economic Growth
Stam, Erik; Stel, Andre van - United Nations University-Maastricht Economic Research … - 2009
In this paper, we empirically investigate the effect of entrepreneurship on economic growth at the country level. We use data from the Global Entrepreneurship Monitor, which provides comparative data on entrepreneurship from a wide range of countries. An important element of this paper is that...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010712007
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What Changes Gini Coefficients of Education? On the dynamic interaction between education, its distribution and growth
Ziesemer, Thomas - United Nations University-Maastricht Economic Research … - 2011
We are interested in the relation between Gini coefficients of education, educational variables, and growth. We specify a system of 14 difference equations with lagged dependent variables in education variables, as well as a growth regression, auxiliary equations for savings and investment...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010712236
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A Different Look at Inward FDI into Mainland China
Zhang, Ying - United Nations University-Maastricht Economic Research … - 2009
This paper aims to find out the relationship between inward FDI into China and China's economic development. According … biased distribution with regard to the inward FDI into China; we saw that the contribution of inward FDI to China's economic … and the causal-effect relationship between inward FDI into China and China's economic growth, we used ECM and Granger …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010712095
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Entrepreneurship Development and the Role of Economic Transition in Entrepreneurial Activities in China
Zhang, Ying; Duysters, Geert - United Nations University-Maastricht Economic Research … - 2010
This study aims to elaborate entrepreneurship development in China and the role of China's economic transition in … entrepreneurial activities. Besides addressing China's institutional transition environment, which is argued as the necessary … condition of entrepreneurship development and as the 'incubator' of three generations of entrepreneurs in China, the applied …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010712174
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Switching off or switching source: energy consumption and household response to higher energy prices in the Kyrgyz Republic
Gassmann, Franziska; Tsukada, Raquel - United Nations University-Maastricht Economic Research … - 2013
Access to energy is fundamental to improving quality of life and is a key imperative for economic development" (Energy Poverty Action). This is particularly true in Central Asia where winters are harsh and long. Changes in energy prices affect the purchasing power of households, hitting the poor...
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Switching the lights off: The impact of energy tariff increases on households in the Kyrgyz Republic
Gassmann, Franziska - United Nations University-Maastricht Economic Research … - 2012
Raising energy prices to cost-recovery tariffs has several implications. The implicit (quasi-fiscal) subsidization of the energy sector will be reduced to a large extent. Energy companies will have higher revenues, and consumers will be faced with a major increase of their energy bills and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010712146
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When a good science base is not enough to create competitive industries: Lock-in and inertia in Russian systems of innovation
Narula, Rajneesh; Jormanainen, Irina - United Nations University-Maastricht Economic Research … - 2008
Despite a well-developed science and technology base and considerable industrial capacity during the soviet era, Russia has largely failed to create a competitive industrial sector despite two decades of transition. This paper seeks to understand why Russia has not succeeded despite having...
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