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The post-World War II period has seen substantial changes in labor productivity around the world. Motivated by these changes, this article documents four facts about the world productivity distribution. First, there is a large and increasing disparity between the tails. Second, this disparity...
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This paper examines some competing views on currency regime choice by applying the dynamic multi-state Markov (MSM) model to the regime transitions of 166 countries from 1980 to 1999. The findings suggest that the bipolar view is valid only in the long run and for a reason quite different from...
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Background: A high proportion of individuals admitted to specialist secure hospital services for treatment of personality disorder do not complete treatment. Non-completion has been associated with poorer treatment outcomes and increased rates of recidivism and hospital readmission, when...
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The present study is to show the impact of precipitation and temperature on economic growth through agriculture in Tunisia. Agriculture is considered a key sector is of great importance in the Tunisian economy. Furthermore, the presence of climate change in developing countries in the...
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social capital in 30 Western and Eastern European countries. The paper demonstrates that the convergence of social capital …
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This paper aims to determine whether there is any convergence at all between the economic activities of the Colombian … Cundinamarca and Antioquia examples of outstanding performance. This way, it is concluded that there is convergence between the … Colombian municipalities for the period analyzed, reaching an approximate convergence speed of 3.34% per annum. …
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, history and culture. It attributes to discussion on convergence and divergence by appraising traditional values’ impact on … in Turkey. The paper suggests directional convergence’s presence, which means corporations in Turkey follow constant … HRM practices in Turkey, decreasing the likelihood of full convergence. HR practices and literature is dominated by U …
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In this paper we investigate how cognitive ability influences behavior, success and the evolution of play towards Nash equilibrium in repeated strategic interactions. We study behavior in a p-beauty contest experiment and find striking differences according to cognitive ability: more cognitively...
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Economic growth and convergence is one of the most discussed fields in economics, as the long-run growth basically … grow faster than richer ones. However, convergence is not always confirmed. This means that economies are converging but … same time, the term ‘convergence’ can be interpreted by different ways. Therefore, multiple methods have to be applied to …
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globalization are decreasing, which suggest global integration and convergence of national economies to a global order. We also find …
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