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Cross-border patenting, globalization, and development
LaBelle, Jesse; Martínez-Zarzoso, Inmaculada; … - 2023
We build a stylized model that captures the relationships between cross-border patenting, globalization, and … development. Our theory delivers a gravity equation for cross-border patents. To test the model's predictions, we compile a new … strong, positive impact of policy and globalization on cross-border patent flows, especially from North to South. A …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014444894
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Recent trends in co-authorship in economics : evidence from RePEc
Rath, Katharina; Wohlrabe, Klaus - 2015
This articles investigates the recent trends in co-authorship in economics. Using data from more than 700.000 journal …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011309542
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Simply a matter of luck & looks? : predicting elections when both the world economy and the psychology of faces count
Garretsen, Harry; Stoker, Janka I.; Alessie, Rob; … - 2014
Economic research shows that candidates have a higher chance of getting (re-)elected when they have the luck that the world economy does well even though this is beyond their control and unrelated to their competence. Psychological research demonstrates that candidates increase their chances if...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010370176
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Reactivity in economic science
Frey, Bruno S. - 2017
matter of course that economics should become a natural science. Such a characterization misses an essential aspect of a …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011700543
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Economic challenges in the Anthropocene
Musu, Ignazio - 2013
development, characterized by the role of fossil fuels and by the progressive dominance of those with a higher energy and density …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010223439
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Feeling the heat : temperature, physiology & the wealth of nations
Heal, Geoffrey; Park, Jisung - 2014
social welfare has important implications for both the economics of climate change and comparative development. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010250034
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Does female empowerment promote economic development?
Doepke, Matthias; Tertilt, Michele - 2014
necessarily mean that giving money to women is a good development policy. We show that depending on the nature of the production …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010250142
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Robust determinants of the shadow economy : an international comparison
Goel, Rajeev K.; Nelson, Michael A. - 2016
To synthesize the literature on determinants of the shadow economy, this paper uses three cross-national shadow economy measures and employs numerous determinants over hundreds of model combinations to identify robust determinants of the shadow economy and address modeling uncertainty. We find...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011457984
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Tax sparing, FDI, and foreign aid : evidence from territorial tax reforms
Azémar, Céline; Dharmapala, Dhammika - 2016
The governments of many developing countries seek to attract inbound foreign direct investment (FDI) through the use of tax incentives for multinational corporations (MNCs). The effectiveness of these tax incentives depends crucially on MNCs' residence country tax regime, especially where the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011457988
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The political economy of corruption and the role of financial institutions : presented at CESifo Area Conference on Public Sector Economics, May 2004
Boerner, Kira; Hainz, Christa - 2004
In transition and developing countries, we observe rather high levels of corruption even if they have democratic political systems. This is surprising from a political economy perspective, as the majority of people generally suffers from high corruption levels. Our model is based on the fact...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011451286