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Growth effects of fiscal policies : a comparative analysis in a multi-country context
Brons, Martijn; Groot, Henri L. F. de; Nijkamp, Peter - 1999
The potential interactions among fiscal policies, investments and economicgrowth are complex and manifold.In this paper, we will perform a systematic comparative analysis of the variouseconomic insights that arecurrently available on these complex relationships, both theoretically (by aselective...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011301152
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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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011326960
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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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Meta-analysis of the impact of fiscal policies on long-run growth
Nijkamp, Peter; Poot, Jacques - 2002
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10001659005
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Growth effects of fiscal policies : a comparative analysis in a multi-country context
Brons, Martijn; Groot, Henri L. F. de; Nijkamp, Peter - 1999
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10001387211
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Robot cars and dynamic bottleneck congestion : the effects on capacity, value of time and preference heterogeneity
Berg, Vincent A. C. van den; Verhoef, Erik T. - 2015 - This version: 9 June 2015
robot car users, the VOT is therefore (more strongly) heterogeneous. We study the effect of robot cars on social welfare for … of robot cars, and a public supplier needs to subsidise (tax) robot car purchase in order to maximise welfare. A …"Robot cars" are cars that allow for automated driving. They can drive closer together than human driven "normal cars …
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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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011326963
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Central bank instruments, fiscal policy regimes, and the requirements for equilibrium determinacy
Schabert, Andreas - 2006
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Sovereign risk and macroeconomic fluctuations in an emerging market economy
Kirchner, Markus; Rieth, Malte - 2010
This paper assesses the role of sovereign risk in explaining macroeconomic fluctuations in Turkey. We estimate two versions of a simple New Keynesian small open economy model on quarterly data for the period 1994Q3-2008Q2: A basic version and a version augmented by a default premium on...
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