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The efficiency and effectiveness of social spending in the EU-27 and the OECD – a 2011 reanalysis
Tausch, Arno - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2011
In this contribution, we look again at the trajectory and the efficiency of the ‘European social model’ (EMS). We re-apply an econometric methodology, which was already used in the study Herrmann, Heshmati et al., 2008, 2009. In that study, the authors said that apart from Finland and the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009322634
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The Efficiency of Social Expenditures in the Fight Against Extreme Poverty in Europe [Die Effizienz Der Sozialausgaben Im Kampf Gegen Extreme Armut in Europa]
Tausch, Arno - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2008
In this qualitative sociological and quantitative economic policy paper, we show the trade-off between social expenditures and absolute poverty, and construct a non-parametric efficiency indicator, combining the residuals from the trade-off between social expenditures per capita and absolute...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005621520
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Price Dispersion and Accessibility: A Case study of Fast Food
Stewart, Hayden; Davis, David E. - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2005
This study examines spatial variation in the price and accessibility of fast food across a major urban area. We use novel data on the price of a representative fast food meal and the location of fast food restaurants belonging to one of three major chains in the District of Columbia and its...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005836339
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Impact of Entry of Large Foreign Retailers on Local Labor Markets in China
Zhang, Chuanchuan - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2011
This paper examines the effect of entry of large foreign retailers on local employment at the city level. Using a panel … data for the period 2000-2006, we find that entry of large retailers largely increases employment in wholesale and retail … sector and other related sector in the year of entry. The positive effect on employment in wholesale and retail sector …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011258697
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Efficiency, Technological Progress and Regional Comparative Advantage: A Study of Organised Manufacturing Sector in India
Mukherjee, Dipa; Majumder, Rajarshi - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2008
productivity, efficiency, and technological deceleration in the nineties. Wider diffusion rather than greater capital use is thus …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005789395
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The effect of Walmart on the tax base: evidence from New Jersey
Vandegrift, Donald; Loyer, John; Kababik, David - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2011
This paper measures the impact of 30 Walmart openings on the municipal tax base using panel data for New Jersey municipalities from 1998-2007. We consider the impact of the new Walmart on the home municipality as well as the nearest adjacent municipality in the year the outlet opens as well as...
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US city size distribution revisited: Theory and empirical evidence
Ramos, Arturo; Sanz-Gracia, Fernando - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2015
We develop a urban economic model in which agents locate in cities of different size so as to maximize the net output of the whole system of cities in a country. From this model two new city size distributions are exactly derived. We call these functions “threshold double Pareto Generalized...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011271310
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Do large agglomerations lead to economic growth? evidence from urban India
Tripathi, Sabyasachi - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2012
The cities and towns of India constitute the world’s second largest urban system besides contributing over 50 per cent of the country’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP). This phenomenon has been neglected by the existing studies and writings on urban India. By considering 59 large cities in...
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Gibrat’s law for cities, growth regressions and sample size
González-Val, Rafael; Lanaspa, Luis; Sanz, Fernando - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2012
This paper uses un-truncated city population data from six countries (the United States, Spain, Italy, France, England and Japan) to illustrate how parametric growth regressions can lead to biased results when testing for Gibrat’s law in city size distributions. The OLS results show...
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Análisis de las disparidades regionales en Colombia: una aproximación desde la estadística espacial, 1985 – 2010
Moncada Mesa, Jhonny; Quintero, Loaiza; Leandro, Osmar - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2013
Resumen: Este trabajo tiene por objetivo determinar si existe convergencia en la actividad económica de los municipios de Colombia, medida por medio de los Ingresos Tributarios per cápita, para el periodo 1985-2010. Con este fin se realiza un análisis exploratorio de datos espaciales,...
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