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Personal characteristics of migrants could help to strengthen the impact of migrant networks on bilateral trade. While … with managerial duties is critical to explain the reduction of transaction costs caused by migrant networks. …
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This study constructs a successive Cournot model to investigate the possibility that a separated upstream input supplier can solely sell the intermediate good to a separated downstream manufacturer through an exclusive contract in the presence of a vertically integrated rival. We find that the...
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In a network industry, this paper investigates the impact of network effects on total pollution under the presence of a union interested to "local" environmental damages (e.g., polluting production processes damaging workers' health and the local environment where workers live). Under monopoly,...
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Using data from nationwide surveys of provincial institutions and private manufacturing small medium enterprises, this study provided the first evidence of the impact of provincial institution quality and firms’ participation in and intensity of corrupt activities on firm productivity in...
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activity in Chile. By integrating theoretical perspectives regarding formal and informal equity funding and information … existing in Chile for equity investment, these markets are still incipient and strongly dependent on public policies. In this … respect it is proposed that public intervention to address equity gaps in Chile should also adopt a demand-side perspective …
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In this work we extend a De Jure measure of capital account restrictions, previously assembled by Miniane (2004) for 34 economies, to a set of 181 countries for the period 1996-2005. Additionally, having in mind the pitfalls of this indicator, we propose two new measures. The first excludes...
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Monthly wage series with quarterly periodicity between December 1994 and December 2004 for thirteen regions in Chile …
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Starting in the mid 1970s, Chile implemented comprehensive structural market reforms. Using manufacturing plant … partially accounted for the improvement in manufacturing performance. -- plant dynamics ; productivity ; manufacturing ; Chile …
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