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The establishment of new businesses as a seasonal phenomenon : a Polish example
Jegorow, Dorota; Paździor, Maria; Marzec, Paweł; … - In: European research studies 24 (2021) 4B, pp. 120-137
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012806136
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Policy Implications of Models of the Spread of Coronavirus : Perspectives and Opportunities for Economists
Avery, Christopher - 2020
influential in recent policy discussions. It notes potentially important features of the real- world environment that the standard …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012833728
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Sectoral Okun's Law and Cross-Country Cyclical Differences
Goto, Eiji - 2020
We estimate Okun's law, the negative relationship between output and the unemployment rate, at the sector level for the US, the UK, Japan, and Switzerland to test several hypotheses that may explain why the aggregate Okun's coeffcients are different across countries. Specifically, we show that...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012841145
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Student well-being factors : multilevel analysis of PISA 2015 international data
Jakubowski, Maciej; Gajderowicz, Tomasz - In: European research studies 23 (2020) 4, pp. 1312-1333
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012511327
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The Effect of Public Corruption on COVID-19 Fatality Rate : A Cross-Country Examination
Farzanegan, Mohammad Reza - 2021
This paper evaluates whether the level of public corruption influences COVID-19 case fatality rates. Using cross-section data, including 64 countries and multiple regression techniques, we find that the level of corruption is positively and significantly associated with COVID-19 human costs....
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Determinants of Direct Democracy
Fiorino, Nadia; Ricciuti, Roberto - 2021
This paper investigates on the demographic, economic, political and cultural determinants of direct democracy in 87 countries using an index of direct democracy. The test is interesting since there are important variations across these countries in the referendum and initiative use. We apply a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013316998
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The Coronavirus and the Great Influenza Epidemic - Lessons from the 'Spanish Flu' for the Coronavirus's Potential Effects on Mortality and Economic Activity
Barro, Robert J. - 2020
.0 percent of world population, implying 150 million deaths when applied to current population. Regressions with annual …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012839262
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Greasing the wheels of entrepreneurship?: the impact of regulations and corruption on firm entry
Dreher, Axel; Gassebner, Martin - 2007
The paper investigates whether the impact of regulations on entrepreneurship depends on corruption. We first test … requirements are detrimental to entrepreneurship. Second, we test whether corruption reduces the negative impact of regulations on … entrepreneurship in highly regulated economies. Our empirical analysis for a maximum of 43 countries over the period 2003-2005 shows …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010264142
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Do entrepreneurs matter?
Becker, Sascha O.; Hvide, Hans K. - 2013
In the large literature on firm performance, economists have given little attention to entrepreneurs. We use deaths of more than 500 entrepreneurs as a source of exogenous variation, and ask whether this variation can explain shifts in firm performance. Using longitudinal data, we find large and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010291523
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Comparison of institutional solutions in Sweden and Poland during the COVID-19 pandemic : a case study
Przysada-Sukiennik, Paula - In: European research studies 24 (2021) 3, pp. 622-633
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