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Determinants of human development: Capturing the role of institutions

Binder, Michael; Georgiadis, Georgios - 2011

In this paper, we study development in a panel of 87 countries from 1970 to 2005. We focus on characterizing institutionally driven heterogeneities in the development effects of macroeconomic policies and on comparing the development process as measured by GDP to that measured by the Human...

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Natural resource endowment: A mixed blessing?

Gylfason, Thorvaldur - 2011

This paper deals with the implications of natural resources for the conduct of economic policies and the role and design of institutions in resource-rich countries. The paper briefly reviews the experience of a few resource-rich countries, highlighting the successes of those that have done well...

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The impact of tax morale and institutional quality on the shadow economy

Torgler, Benno; Schneider, Friedrich G. - 2007

This paper analyses how tax morale and countries' institutional quality affect the shadow economy, controlling in a multivariate analysis for a variety of potential factors. The literature strongly emphasizes the quantitative importance of these factors to understand the level and changes of...

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Shadow economy, tax morale, governance and institutional quality: a panel analysis

Torgler, Benno; Schneider, Friedrich G. - 2007

This paper analyses how governance or institutional quality and tax morale affect the shadow economy, using an international country panel and also within country data. The literature strongly emphasizes the quantitative importance of these factors to understand the level and changes of shadow...

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National and international developments in technology – Trends, patterns and implications for policy

Koopmann, Georg; Münnich, Felix - 1999

Declining R&D intensities at the national level coincide with growing international technological links. Deviations of individual OECD countries from the average R&D intensity reflect differences in industry structure as well as in sectoral R&D intensity. At the same time, the sectoral...

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Locating foreign affiliates in Germany: The case of Swedish MNEs

Braconier, Henrik; Ekholm, Karolina - 2001

schwedischer Tochtergesellschaften in Deutschland im Vergleich mit denen in anderen Ländern untersucht. Es zeigt sich, dass die … Multis, in Deutschland zu investieren. Dabei zeigt sich, dass die Standortentscheidung beeinflusst wird vom Niveau der … Lohnkosten in Deutschland und an anderen potentiellen Standorten in europäischen Hocheinkommensländern, aber nicht von den …

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The effects of taxation on the location decision of multinational firms: M&A vs. Greenfield investments

Hebous, Shafik; Ruf, Martin; Weichenrieder, Alfons J. - 2010

In this study, we estimate the impacts of differences in international tax rates on the probability of choosing a location for an affiliate of a multinational firm. In particular, we distinguish between the tax sensitivity of Greenfield and M&A investments. Based on a novel firm-level dataset on...

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