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Markov or not Markov - this should be a question

Bickenbach, Frank; Bode, Eckhardt - 2001

Although it is well known that Markov process theory, frequently applied in the literature on income convergence …

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Perspectives on Ottawa's high-tech sector

Novakowski, Nick (contributor); Tremblay, Rémy (contributor) - 2007

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Avoiding the trap: the dynamic interaction of North-South capital mobility and technology diffusion

Hübler, Michael - 2009

This paper analyzes a stylized model of international capital mobility and diffusion of embodied technologies from North to South. The South can fall behind in terms of technologies or get trapped in a situation, in which it is unable to attract foreign capital and embodied technologies, if its...

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OLS-Estimation of conditional and unconditional sigma- and beta-convergence of per capita income: Implications of Solow-Swan and Ramsey-Cass models

Maurer, Rainer - 1995

section 2) and the implications of the Solow-Swan and Ramsey-Cass model for an OLS-estimation of beta- and sigma-convergence … unconditional sigma- and beta-convergence. The discussion of the statistical relations exhibits that based on the Cauchy …-Schwarz inequality it is possible to show that sigma-convergence implies necessarily beta-convergence but that beta-convergence is …

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The optimal transfer of capital and embodied technologies to developing countries

Hübler, Michael; Lontzek, Thomas S. - 2009

intertemporal global welfare maximization. Convergence of the growth rates of technical change in the North and South always occurs …

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The transmission of knowledge spillovers and its impact on regional economic growth

Dohse, Dirk - 1996

Endogeneous growth theory views externalities and particularly externalities associated with knowledge spillovers as the engine of economic growth. In some influential papers (e.g. Glaeser et al. 1992) it is argued that these knowledge spillovers do not transmit costlessly over space. Rather,...

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Economic development and industrial concentration: An inverted U-curve

Junius, Karsten - 1996

This paper sets up an economic geography model to show the endogenous forces that determine the degree of industry concentration in the course of economic development. The model includes centrifugal forces, such as home market effects and access to intermediate suppliers, and centripetal forces,...

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Intergenerational redistribution with asymmetric information: The case of non-observable savings

Lorz, Jens Oliver - 1999

This paper analyzes intergenerational redistribution in a 2-period overlapping- generations model that allows for heterogeneous labor productivities within the working generation. In each period, the government decides about redistributive transfers to maximize the aggregate utility of the...

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The political economy of intra- and intergenerational redistribution with asymmetric information

Lorz, Jens Oliver - 1999

In this paper redistribution policy is analyzed in a 2-period overlapping generations model with heterogeneous individuals and asymmetric information between the government and the private sector. Individuals of the same generation differ with respect to their labor productivity. In each period,...

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Social security and redistribution within generations in an overlapping generations model

Lorz, Jens Oliver - 1999

An overlapping generations model is set up in this paper to analyze social security policy in a representative democracy with asymmetric information. The model considers not only redistribution between generations but also redistribution within generations according to individual labor incomes....

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