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This paper responds to the development policy debate involving the World Bank and the IMF on the use of fiscal policy not only for economic stabilization but also to promote economic growth and increase per capita income. A key issue in this debate relates to the effect of the composition of...
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This study employs spatial panel techniques to examine determinants of regional allocation of infrastructure investment … empirical findings. First, there exist substantial spatial interactions of central government's investment across regions …. Second, the central investment exhibits a highly persistent effect. Third, the central government attempts to balance equity …
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We study congestion pricing by a government that has redistributive concerns, in the presence of optimal income taxation. Individuals differ in (unobservable) earning ability and consumption technology for commodities using a congestible network (e.g. roads, Internet). We find, assuming...
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This article analyzes the impact of incomplete contracts’ length on investment in a bilateral relationship. The seller … has the power to set the contract terms whereas the buyer decides on the investment level, which acts as a cap on future … demand. Two-part tariffs succeed at implementing the optimal investment and consumption even if commitment is limited, and …
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education funding system in Poland still faces open challenges of fundamental importance. Although the decentralisation of … policy. Recently, several ideas have been raised in the public debate in Poland on how to reform the funding of education …
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confirmed using cross-section survey data from the 2005 wave of the “Social Diagnosis” survey program conducted in Poland. Very … low levels of bridging social capital observed in Poland imply that it is unambiguously beneficial to invest in it: both …
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vehicle production. The three manufacturing plants in Germany, Poland (Poznan) and Brazil (Resende) produce more than 300 … Volkswagen plant in Poland has been transformed to a competitive firm with more organizational responsibility and a higher degree … corporate competencies. By means of FDI and local efforts, selected locations in Central Eastern Europe – among them Poland …
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unemployment rates between sending and receiving countries were the most important for changes in the emigration from Poland in the … countries in the spring of 2011 can intensify the further emigration flows from Poland. Data concerning the structure of the … present emigration in Germany indicate that emigrants from Poland are mainly persons with vocational and secondary education …
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that the potential of this control in Poland has not been used to a sufficient extent. At the same time, the authors argue … administration in Poland and functions of management control from the perspective of New Public Management with regard to domestic …
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The aim of this paper is to present how we can approach and explore the field of entrepreneurship phenomenon in an alternative way. We do this by employing constructivist philosophical position than is gaining more acceptance in business and management research. We hope to outline how we can...
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