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Shaking up the firm survival : evidence from Yogyakarta (Indonesia)
Brata, Aloysius Gunadi; Groot, Henri L. F. de; Zant, Wouter - 2018
The survival of firms under changes in the business environment caused by exogenous shocks may be explained using economic Darwinism. Exogenous shocks can cause "cleansing effects" as shocks clean out unproductive firms so that available resources are allocated to the remaining more productive...
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Dynamics in Aceh and North Sumatera after the twin disasters
Brata, Aloysius Gunadi; Groot, Henri L. F. de; … - 2013
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Floods and financial stability : scenario-based evidence from below sea level
Caloia, Francesco G.; Ginkel, Kees C. H. van; Jansen, … - 2023 - This version: 20 December 2023
We study whether floods can affect financial stability through a credit risk channel. Our focus is on the Netherlands … floods. Using geocoded data for close to EUR 650 billion in real estate exposures, we consider possible implications of such … floods for bank capital. For a set of 38 adverse scenarios, we estimate that flood-related property damages lead to capital …
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Do floods have permanent effects? : evidence from the Netherlands
Husby, Trond G.; Groot, Henri L. F. de; Hofkes, Marjan W.; … - 2013
This study investigates the short- and long-run impact on population dynamics of the major flood in the Netherlands in 1953. A dynamic difference-in-differences analysis reveals that the flood had an immediate negative impact on population growth, but limited long term effects. In contrast, the...
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Flooded house or underwater mortgage? : the implications of climate change and adaptation on housing, income, and wealth
Straten, Yasmine van der - 2023
I study the implications of climate change and adaptation on housing and income, and wealth. I embed climate change in a redistributive growth model by introducing exposure of households and firms to extreme weather events, that damage their housing capital and physical capital, respectively....
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The relationship between firm births and job creation
Stel, Adriaan J. van; Storey, David J. - 2002
This paper examines the relationship between firm births and job creation in Great Britain. We use a new data set for 60 British regions, covering the whole of Great Britain, between 1980 and 1998. The central theme of the paper is that, with the exception of a recent paper by Audretsch and...
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In search of creative champions in high-tech spaces : a spatial application of Strategic Performance Management
Kourtit, Karima; Nijkamp, Peter - 2013
The business performance of firms in the creative high-tech sector shows much variation. This paper examines whether the geographical location of such business firms influences the performance of these firms. The overarching analysis framework of this paper emerges from the recently developed...
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Industrial penetration and internet intensity
Chang, Chia-Lin; McAleer, Michael; Wu, Yu-Chieh - 2016
This paper investigates the effect of industrial penetration and internet intensity for Taiwan manufacturing firms, and analyses whether the relationships are substitutes or complements. The sample observations are based on 153,081 manufacturing plants, and covers 26 two-digit industry...
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Measuring competition intensity : an application to Air/HSR transport markets
Behrens, Christiaan; Lijesen, Mark G. - 2015
We develop a method to measure the intensity of competition between firms. Our method, which we call the Best Response Measure (BRM), is related to the conduct parameter method, but avoids the main problems associated with that method. The BRM relies on a very general framework and limited data...
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The total size of an airline and the quality of its flights
Montfort, Joep van; Berg, Vincent A. C. van den - 2017 - Version of 16 October 2017
We examine the relationship between the total size of an airline and its service quality by analysing over 4.8 million domestic flights within the USA in 2016. The total size of an airline is measured by its total market share, total amount of assets or total number of full-time equivalent...
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