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The great divergence : a network approach
Lindner, Ines; Strulik, Holger - 2014
revolution, followed by a "Great Convergence", that is decreasing world inequality after the take-off of the latecomers of the …We present a multi-country theory of economic growth in which countries are connected by a network of mutual knowledge … country depends on its connections to the rest of the world and on the human capital of the countries it is exchanging …
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Decoupling economic growth and energy use : an empirical cross-country analysis for 10 manufacturing sectors
Mulder, Peter; Groot, Henri L. F. de - 2004
This paper provides an empirical analysis of decoupling economic growth and energy use and its various determinants by exploring trends in energy- and labour productivity across 10 manufacturing sectors and 14 OECD countries for the period 1970-1997. We explicitly aim to trace back aggregate...
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Premature deindustrialization through the lens of occupations : which jobs, why, and where?
Kunst, David - 2019 - Revision: August 2, 2019
A recent literature do cuments that manufacturing employment growth in developing countries has been sluggish over the past decades, and that deindustrialization has often set in at historically low levels of income. However, there is little evidence on which kind of jobs are disappearing...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012025990
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Unraveling the shift to the entrepreneurial economy
Audretsch, David B.; Thurik, Adriaan R. - 2011 - Current version: April 2011
, ranging from the demise of the communist system, increased globalization, new competition for multinational firms and higher …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011381042
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Globalization, globailisation : trade, technology, and wages
Ethier, Wilfred - 2002
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Knowledge spillovers and economic growth
Stel, Adriaan J. van; Nieuwenhuijsen, Henry R. - 2002
The importance of knowledge spillovers for achieving innovation and economic growth is widely recognized. It is not straightforward which type of spillovers is most effective: intra-sectoral spillovers or inter-sectoral spillovers. We investigate this controversy using a model of regional...
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Evolutionary thinking in environmental economics
Bergh, Jeroen C. J. M. van den - 2007
Evolutionary and environmental economics have a potentially close relationship. This paper reviews past and identifies potential applications of evolutionary concepts and methods to environmental economics. This covers a number of themes: resource use and ecosystem management; growth and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011350354
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Uncertain technological change under capital mobility
Hek, Paul A. de - 2005
The analysis in this paper shows that unpredictable variations in economic productivity may have a positive or negative effect on the average growth rate of output. This theoretical ambiguity result is not solely determined by the value of the elasticity of intertemporal substitution (of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011343279
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Endogenous technological change under uncertainty
Hek, Paul A. de - 2002
How does risk or uncertainty in the productivity of research affect the growth rate of the economy? To answer this question, a model of endogenous technological change is used where sustained growth stems from intentional investments in R&D from profit-maximizing firms. The uncertainty arises...
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Car user taxes, quality characteristics and fuel efficiency : household behavior and market adjustment
De Borger, Bruno L.; Rouwendal, Jan - 2012
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