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The Empirical Determinants of Cassava Farmers Access to Microfinance Services in Abia State Nigeria
Obike, Kingsley Chukwuemeka; Osundu, Charles Kelechi - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2013
ABSTRACT The study analyzed the determinants of cassava farmers’ accessibility to microfinance services in Abia state …, Nigeria. Specifically the study assessed the economic variables influencing cassava farmers’ accessibility to microfinance …, the qualitative perception of farmers’ access and the empirical determinants of cassava farmers’ accessibility to …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011234843
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The efect on firms' Productivity of accessibility. The Spanish manufacturung sector
David, Martín-Barroso; Juan Andres, Nuñez; Francisco … - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2013
This paper evaluates the impact of accessibility on the productivity of Spanish manufacturing firms. We suggest the use … of accessibility indicators to workers and commodities, integrating transport, land use, and individual components in … accessibility indicators and additional control variables. Results evidence the crucial role of the accessibility to commodities …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011260437
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Measuring Food Security for Pakistan Using 2007-08 HIES Data
Asghar, Zahid - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2011
Food is one of the most basic rights of every one living on this earth to get food. Food insecurity has very serious consequences in term of undermining people’s health, productivity and even their very survival. Sufficient food policy should not distract us from the need to find ways to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009325675
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Strategic planning in road transport - operational instrument of strategic management
Cernaianu, Nicolae - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2010
Increased transportation demand creates new problems specialists, putting them in a position to find practical solutions to match. Analysis of the current structure of Romanian road transport process involves an analytical approach that exceed the basis of their decisions only experience and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008756286
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Investible benchmarks & hedge fund liquidity
Freed, Marc S; McMillan, Ben - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2011
A lack of commonly accepted benchmarks for hedge fund performance has permitted hedge fund managers to attribute to skill returns that may actually accrue from market risk factors and illiquidity. Recent innovations in hedge fund replication permits us to estimate the extent of this...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009226946
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Heterogeneity of Socail Classes and Job Accessibility: Implications of Transports Policies in Bogota
Bacares, Olarte; Augusto, Carlos - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2011
heterogeneity in its social composition. To shed light on the relation between transport accessibility and social classes within the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011111506
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If Alonso was Right: Residual Land Price, Accessibility and Urban Attraction
Ahlfeldt, Gabriel M. - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2008
This study investigates whether accessibility shapes the attractiveness of residential land as predicted by theory. A … gravity-based accessibility indicator is employed that incorporates the effective distribution of employment as well as the … general urban attraction effect. After controlling for accessibility, we find a negative effect of urban attraction …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005619568
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Technology Spillover of Foreign Direct Investment: An Analysis of Different Clusters in India
Behera, Smruti Ranjan Behera; Dua, Pami Dua; Goldar, … - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2012
This paper explores the technology spillover effect of foreign direct investment (FDI) in Indian manufacturing industries across different clusters in India. To measure the spillover effect to domestic firms in a particular cluster, a model is used that combines an innovative production function...
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Financial Development and Agglomeration
Commendatore, Pasquale; Michetti, Elisabetta; … - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2013
The New Economic Geography (NEG) literature has paid little attention to the role of the banking industry in affecting where firms decide to locate their business. Within the framework of the NEG, this paper aims to fill this gap by studying the impact of the degree of regional financial...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011111352
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Agglomeration and Co-Agglomeration of Services Industries
Kolko, Jed - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2007
Economic research on industry location and agglomeration has focused nearly exclusively on manufacturing. This paper shows that services are prominent among the most agglomerated industries, especially at the county level. Because traditional measures of knowledge spillovers, natural resource...
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