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), infrastructure indicators (telephone density, electricity consumption), telecommunications pricing measures, and regulatory quality … generally very similar. Our results suggest that public investment in human capital, telecommunications infrastructure, and the … regulatory infrastructure can mitigate the gap in PC and Internet use. …
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), infrastructure indicators (telephone density, electricity consumption), telecommunications pricing measures, and regulatory quality … generally very similar. Our results suggest that public investment in human capital, telecommunications infrastructure, and the … regulatory infrastructure can mitigate the gap in PC and Internet use. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010262051
country data to study the effect of product market regulation and reform on a country's macroeconomic performance. After a … of product market regulation on mark-ups, firm dynamics, investment, employment, innovation productivity, and output …
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regulation. We focus on two issues that should receive more attention in discussions of Mexican policy. (1) The family is under … heavy burden of monopoly and regulation. We find little evidence that the introduction of social protection programs for …
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We present in this paper the panel econometrics estimation approach of measuring the technical change and total factor productivity (TFP) growth of 30 Chinese provinces during the period of 1993 to 2003. The random effects model with heteroscedastic variances has been used for the estimation of...
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We present in this paper the panel econometrics estimation approach of measuring the technical change and total factor productivity (TFP) growth of 30 Chinese provinces during the period of 1993 to 2003. The random effects model with heteroscedastic variances has been used for the estimation of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005233841
In EU countries, opening up of telecommunications markets and regulations have helped to reduce the price of digital services which is an important quasi-input factor in all firms. Integrating the use of telecommunications in a macroeconomic production function is the analytical starting point...
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We analyze how an entry regulation that imposes a mandatory educational standard affects entry into self-employment and … Germany after reunification. Consistent with our expectations, we find that entry regulation reduces entry into self …
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This study examines the extent and influence of occupational licensing in the U.S. using a specially designed national labor force survey. Specifically, we provide new ways of measuring occupational licensing and consider what types of regulatory requirements and what level of government...
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. These allow accounting for both the direct effects of sectoral regulation on within-sector performance and the indirect … effects of sectoral regulation on firms in other sectors through intersectoral input-output linkages. Our econometric … the global technological frontier and a catch up term. We assume that regulation can affect productivity growth both …
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