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This paper looks at the channels through which intangible assets affect productivity. The econometric analysis exploits a new dataset on intangible investment (INTAN-Invest) in conjunction with EUKLEMS productivity estimates for 10 EU member states from 1998 to 2007. We find that (a) the...
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Education, general health, and reproductive health are key indicators of human development. Investments in these domains can also promote economic growth. This paper argues for the importance of human development related investments based on i) a theoretical economic growth model with poverty...
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responses using panel data for a set of OECD countries during the period 1975-2014. We find evidence that households do in fact …
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authority on growth rates in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region using panel data through a fixed effect model. The …
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-2000, using the European Community Household Panel. The distinction between true state dependence and individual heterogeneity has …
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We study smoking persistence in ten countries using data from the European Community Household Panel. Such persistence … two by using semi-parametric dynamic panel data methods applied to both the decision to smoke or not and to the decision …
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We construct a panel of satisfaction with democracy (SWD) and economic, institutional, and environmental variables for …
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Many studies estimate the impact of exposure to some quasi-experimental policy or event using a panel event study … time. In this paper we discuss the set-up of the panel event study design in a range of situations, and lay out a number of …
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uses eight waves of the European Community Household Panel covering the period 1994–2001. The panel data nature of this …
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The expansion of regionalism has spawned an extensive theoretical literature analysing the effects of Free Trade Agreements (FTAs) on trade flows. In this paper we focus on FTAs (also called European agreements) between the European Union (EU-15) and the Central and Eastern European countries...
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