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From rags to riches: how robust is the influence of culture on entrepreneurial activity?

Busch, Christian; Lassmann, Andrea - 2010

Entrepreneurial activity differs substantially across countries. While cultural differences have often been proposed as an explanation, measuring a country's cultural characteristics suffers from various problems. In this paper, we test the hypothesis that cultural factors influence...

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Net Neutrality and Internet Fragmentation: the Role of Online Advertising

D'Annunzio, Anna; Russo, Antonio - 2015

We investigate the relation between Net Neutrality regulation and Internet fragmentation. We model a two-sided market …, where Content Providers (CPs) and consumers interact through Internet Service Providers (ISPs), and CPs sell consumers …. We therefore identify an important link between termination fees, the online advertising market and Internet …

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Measuring regional inequality by internet car price advertisements: Evidence for Germany

Kholodilin, Konstantin A.; Siliverstovs, Boriss - 2010

We suggest to use Internet car sale price advertisements for measuring economic inequality between and within German …

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Network neutrality, access to content and online advertising

D'Annunzio, Anna; Russo, Antonio - 2013

We investigate the implications of Network Neutrality regulation for Internet fragmentation. We model a two …-sided market, where Content Providers (CPs) and consumers interact through Internet Service Providers (ISPs) and CPs sell consumers …

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Information technology, workplace organization, human capital and firm productivity: Evidence for the Swiss economy

Arvanitis, Spyros - 2003

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Information technology, workplace organization and the demand for employees of different education levels: Firm-level evidence for the Swiss economy

Arvanitis, Spyros - 2003

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Network Neutrality, Access to Content and Online Advertising

D'Annunzio, Anna; Russo, Antonio - 2015

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Corruption and the shadow economy: An empirical analysis

Dreher, Axel; Schneider, Friedrich - 2006

This paper analyzes the influence of the shadow economy on corruption and vice versa. We hypothesize that corruption and shadow economy are substitutes in high income countries while they are complements in low income countries. The hypotheses are tested for a crosssection of 120 countries and a...

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Does aid for education educate children? Evidence from panel data

Dreher, Axel; Nunnenkamp, Peter; Thiele, Rainer - 2006

This paper empirically analyzes the impact of aid on education for about 100 countries over the period 1970 - 2005. We estimate a system of equations to test whether and to what extent the impact of sector-specific aid on educational attainment depends on (i) the extent to which aid adds to...

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The quantity theory of money in historical perspective

Graff, Michael - 2008

The paper reconstructs the origins of the quantity theory of money and its applications. Against the background of the history of money, it is shown that the theory was flexible enough to adapt to institutional change and thus succeeded in maintaining its relevance. To this day, it is useful as...

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