Investment (FDI). The conventional proximity-concentration theory suggests that FDI substitutes for trade if distance between …

results suggest that (particularly state) institutions aresignificant for growth and, especially, foreign direct investment …

This paper empirically explores relations between network positions in knowledge networks andtrust. In social network … theory the closure argument and the gossip argument describe thisrelation. These two arguments do not distinguish between …-specific knowledge networks. Empirical data were collected on a network of 55 individuals inthe setting of account management. These data …

Knowledge drives the growth of nations and regions in a competitive space-economy. Hence, we would expect a strong … correlation between investments in R&D, knowledge and learning processes, on the one hand, and productivity increases, on the … other. However, the empirical evidence shows consistent discrepancies between knowledge inputs and economic performance …

In this paper the reading behaviour of economists is examined to see whether particular typesof knowledge - basic and … mathematicalbackground start with a higher initial stock of knowledge of this type of literature. Businessand government economists …

restructuring, ownership,competition, budget constraints and, particularly, institutions in Russian industry, covering theperiod … assessment of formal andinformal institutions respectively, and largely the same ruling networks as before the start of … budget constraints do not.The substitution, to some extent, of informal for formal institutions may have prevented even …

This paper studies the effect of institutions on trade flows, using a gravity modelapproach. We start from a standard …-18%. Furthermore, a better quality of formal institutions tends to coincide with moretrade. An increase in regulatory quality of one …