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The interdependence of R&D activity and debt financing of young firms

Fryges, Helmut; Kohn, Karsten; Ullrich, Katrin - 2011

We investigate the interdependence of debt financing and R&D activities of young firms. Using micro-level data of the KfW/ZEW Start-up Panel, our estimation results show that firm characteristics are more important than personal characteristics of the founders for explaining young firms'...

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Improving access to savings through mobile money : experimental evidence from African smallholder farmers

Batista, Catia; Vicente, Pedro C. - 2019

Investment in improved agricultural inputs is infrequent for smallholder farmers in Africa. One barrier may be limited … money as a tool to promote agricultural investment. For this purpose, we designed and conducted a field experiment with a … interest was being paid. It also increased agricultural investment in fertilizer, although there was no change in investment in …

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Non-linearities in the expansion of capital stock

Verick, Sher (contributor); Letterie, Wilko A. (contributor) - 2004 - [Elektronische Ressource]

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Dynamics of labour and capital adjustment : a comparison of Germany and the Netherlands

Polder, Michael (contributor); Verick, Sher (contributor) - 2004 - [Elektronische Ressource]

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Optimal taxation with capital accumulation and wage bargaining

Palokangas, Tapio K. (contributor) - 2003 - [Elektronische Ressource]

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The impact of education on the subjective discount rate in Ugandan villages

Bauer, Michal; Chytilová, Julie - 2009

Heterogeneity in time discounting may reinforce the existing barriers to save and invest faced by rural populations in developing countries. We elicit a subjective discount rate for a varied sample of Ugandan villagers. In accordance with other studies, we have found the discount rate to...

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The role of demographics in precipitating crises in financial institutions

Macunovich, Diane J. - 2009

There are significant effects of changing demographics on economic indicators: growth in GDP especially, but also the current account balance and gross capital formation. The 15-24 age group appears to be one of the key age groups in these effects, with increases in that age group exerting...

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Investment under company-level pacts

Bellmann, Lutz; Gerner, Hans-Dieter; Hübler, Olaf - 2013

arise once specialized investment is made. Therefore, this paper investigates whether such agreements affect firm …-level investment. Based on the IAB Establishment Panel Survey 2001-2010 our estimates reveal that the adoption of a company-level pact … leads to a higher investment rate than in other firms driven by re-investment. However, the Great Recession has damped this …

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Capital prices and Eurozone competitiveness differentials

Askenazy, Philippe - 2013

Competitiveness differentials are blamed for the instability of the Eurozone. Most of the analyses focus on labour costs or labour-market institutions. This paper explores an additional source of differentials in competitiveness: land and building prices. European countries, especially France,...

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Efficient tax policy ranks education higher than saving

Richter, Wolfram F. (contributor) - 2008

human and nonhuman capital investment ; power law of learning …

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