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Regional stabilization by fiscal equalization? : Theoretical considerations and empirical evidence from Germany
Büttner, Thiess - 1999
actually favors stabilization. In an empirical analysis for Germany, the paper adds support for the finding of significant … regional stabilization by fiscal flows. The results indicate that about 17 % of GDP variation across West Germany's states has … been removed by fiscal flows during the last two decades. Thus, in Germany where the fiscal federalism is criticised for …
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The great collapse in value added trade
Nagengast, Arne J.; Stehrer, Robert - 2015
This paper studies the great collapse in value added trade using a structural decomposition analysis. We show that changes in vertical specialisation accounted for almost half of the great trade collapse, while the previous literature on gross trade has mainly focused on final expenditure,...
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Curvature conditions and substitution pattern among capital, energy, materials and heterogeneous labour
Falk, Martin; Koebel, Bertrand - 1999
This study deals with the determinants of factor demand in 27 industries of the manufacturing sector during the period 1978 to 1990. Using a quadratic cost function, six production factors are distinguished : capital, energy, three types of labour and intermediate materials. A parametric test of...
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Outsourcing of services, imported materials and the demand for heterogeneous labour : an application of a generalised Box-Cox function
Falk, Martin - 2000
This paper examines the effects that purchased services and imported intermediate materials have on the labour demand for different skills in the manufacturing sector. We derive and estimate a factor demand system based on the generalised Box-Cox cost function nesting both the normalised...
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Regional effects of investments in the infrastructure
Blum, Ulrich - 1982
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On linkages
Syrquin, Moshé - 1989
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When the hidden transcript storms centre stage : from slow to sudden violence in eastern DRCongo's Kahuzi-Biega National Park
Simpson, Fergus O'Leary - Instituut voor Ontwikkelingsbeleid - 2021
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The structuration of armed mobilisation in eastern DRC's Kahuzi-Biega National Park
Simpson, Fergus O'Leary; Lwaboshi, Romain; Ikobo, Yves; … - Instituut voor Ontwikkelingsbeleid - 2022
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Mapping prices into productivity in multisector growth models
Ngai, Liwa Rachel (contributor);  … - 2008
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Protection and international sourcing
Ornelas, Emanuel (contributor); Turner, John L. (contributor) - 2008
We study the impact of import protection on relationship-specific investments, organizational choice and welfare. We show that a tariff on intermediate inputs can improve social welfare through mitigating hold-up problems. It does so if it discriminates in favor of the investing party, thereby...
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