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Convergence patterns in the world economy: exploring the nonlinearity hypothesis

Artelaris, Panagiotis; Arvanitidis, Paschalis A.; … - In: Journal of Economic Studies 38 (2011) July, pp. 236-252

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to investigate convergence or divergence trends at global scale. Design/methodology/approach – The paper questions the methodology and findings of the conventional convergence literature using linear OLS models. It introduces polynomial (quadratic)...

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Labour market reforms and economic growth – the European experience in the 1990s

Aiginger, Karl - In: Journal of Economic Studies 32 (2005) October, pp. 540-573

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to reassess the relative impact of labour market regulation on economic … Europe. Design/methodology/approach – This paper compares the impact of labour market regulation to that of macroeconomic … test. Findings – The main result is that regulation impacts on growth, the impact of regulatory change is, however, less …

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Price versus quantity in a mixed duopoly: The case of relative profit maximization

Nakamura, Yasuhiko - In: Economic Modelling 44 (2015) C, pp. 37-43

This paper examines the endogenous choice problem of each firm's price or quantity contract in a mixed duopoly composed of one social welfare maximizing public firm and one relative profit-maximizing private firm. In this paper, we show that unless the degree of product differentiation and the...

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Price competition, technology licensing and strategic trade policy

Ghosh, Arghya; Saha, Souresh - In: Economic Modelling 46 (2015) C, pp. 91-99

We consider strategic trade policy when two firms from two different countries that start out with different production costs compete in prices in a third country, and technology transfer between the two firms is possible through technology licensing. We find that optimal policy when technology...

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The economic thought of an Austrian Marshallian George Barclay Richardson

Foss, Nicolai Juul - In: Journal of Economic Studies 22 (1995) January, pp. 23-44

Discusses the economic contributions of George Barclay Richardson. Detailing the Austrian and Marshallian aspects of his work, argues that all his contributions – on industrial organization, welfare economics, history of thought, etc. – are united in their concern with the co-ordination...

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The Impact of the Prussian and German University Administrations on the Austrian University System between 1875 and 1914

Hoflechner, Walter - In: Journal of Economic Studies 20 (1993) September, pp. 177-188

– increasing conflict between German-speaking and non-Germanspeaking institutions in Austria. German scholarship commanded high …

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The cyclical behavior of bank capital buffers in an emerging economy: Size does matter

García-Suaza, Andrés Felipe; Gómez-González, José E.; … - In: Economic Modelling 29 (2012) 5, pp. 1612-1617

Using a panel of Colombian banks and quarterly data between 1996:1 and 2010:3, we study the relationship between short-run adjustments in bank capital buffers and the business cycle. We follow a partial adjustment framework and control for several variables that have been identified as important...

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Regulation and the market for checks

Tumen, Semih - In: Economic Modelling 29 (2012) 3, pp. 858-867

This paper presents an analysis of the market for checks using the monopoly problem as an approximation. The need for such an analysis arises due to the following policy proposal: from time to time, the Turkish government considers increasing the lump-sum amount that drawee banks are legally...

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What drives investment in the telecommunications sector? Some lessons from the OECD countries

Paleologos, John M.; Polemis, Michael L. - In: Economic Modelling 31 (2013) C, pp. 49-57

Regulation of telecommunications sector plays a crucial role in the political and economic agenda for both industrial … of regulation and the extended state interventionism. The main aim of this study is to examine the regulatory process in … effective regulation and investment. …

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Impact of health aid in developing countries: The public vs. the private channels

Afridi, Muhammad Asim; Ventelou, Bruno - In: Economic Modelling 31 (2013) C, pp. 759-765

This paper examines the efficient allocation of international health aid. We built a simple macroeconomic model which considers an endogenous allocation of aid mixed between the public and the private channels. We derive a non-cooperative interaction-game involving the private sector, the donor...

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