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Convergence of European Regions: A Reappraisal

Azomahou, Theophile T.; El Ouardighi, Jalal; Nguyen-Van, Phu - United Nations University-Maastricht Economic Research … - 2010

We provide a reappraisal of income convergence across European regions over the period 1990-2005 by using a … initial GDP per capita. Estimation results point out both country heterogeneity and non-linearity in the convergence process …. Only low income regions converge while there is little evidence of convergence for higher income regions. …

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Optimal public investment, growth, and consumption: Evidence from African countries

Kwasi Fosu, Augustin; Getachew, Yoseph Yilma; Ziesemer, … - United Nations University-Maastricht Economic Research … - 2011

How much does public capital matter for economic growth? How large should it be? This paper attempts to answer these questions, taking the case of SSA countries. It develops and estimates a model that posits a nonlinear relationship between public investment and growth, to determine the...

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Productivity in services in Latin America and the Caribbean

Arias Ortiz E.; Crespi G.A.; Rasteletti A.; Vargas F. - United Nations University-Maastricht Economic Research … - 2014

This paper studies productivity in Latin America and the Caribbean, with an emphasis on the service sector. It shows that the low levels of productivity observed in the region are not only a consequence of low productivity at the firm level, but also of misallocation of workers across firms....

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Entrepreneurship and economic development: Theory, evidence and policy

Naudé, Wim - United Nations University-Maastricht Economic Research … - 2012

This paper provides an overview of the state of the art of the intersection of development and entrepreneurship. Given the neglect of entrepreneurship by development scholars it deals with (i) recent theoretical insights from the intersection of entrepreneurship and development studies; (ii) the...

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Missing the target: Lessons from enabling innovation in South Asia

Rasheed, Sulaiman V.; Hall, Andy; Reddy, T.S. Vamsidhar - United Nations University-Maastricht Economic Research … - 2011

This paper reflects on the experience of the Research Into Use (RIU) projects in Asia. It reconfirms much of what has been known for many years about the way innovation takes place and finds that many of the shortcomings of RIU in Asia were precisely because lessons from previous research on...

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China's economic embrace of Africa: An international comparative perspective

Broich T.; Szirmai A. - United Nations University-Maastricht Economic Research … - 2014

This paper discusses the entry of China into the game of foreign finance in Africa. It analyses the scope, destination and sectoral distribution of Chinese financial flows and trade in comparison with Western patterns and trends of aid, foreign direct investment FDI and trade. Chinas foreign aid...

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Technology alliances in emerging economies: Persistence and interrelation in European firms' alliance formation

Belderbos, Rene; Gilsing, Victor; Jacob, Jojo - United Nations University-Maastricht Economic Research … - 2011

We analyze patterns and determinants of technology alliance formation with partner firms from emerging economies, with a focus on European firms' alliance strategies. We examine to what extent European firms' alliance formation with partners based in emerging economies is persistent, that is: to...

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Indian Pharma Within Global Reach?

Gehl Sampath, Padmashree - United Nations University-Maastricht Economic Research … - 2006

The Indian pharmaceutical industry is presently going through a phase of transition and potential consolidation, owing to India's new TRIPS-compliant intellectual property regime and other rules aimed at enhancing the industry's credibility nationally and internationally. Appropriate policy...

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Putting agricultural research into use: Lessons from contested visions of innovation

Hall, Andy - United Nations University-Maastricht Economic Research … - 2011

This paper is a synthesis of research undertaken as part of the Research Into Use programme (RIU) to explore the question of how agricultural research can be used more effectively to improve agricultural production and farmers' livelihoods in developing countries. Many of the challenges the...

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Insurgents in motion: Counterinsurgency and insurgency relocation in Iraq

Wong P-H. - United Nations University-Maastricht Economic Research … - 2014

Recent studies in general are positive regarding the effectiveness of US counterinsurgency programs in Iraq. The right mix of coercion, ethnic strategy, and public goods provision, it is argued, makes Iraqis less likely to rebel against the US army and the Iraqi government, thus reducing...

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