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Europe’s capital cities and the happiness penalty: an investigation using the European Social Survey
Piper, Alan T. - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2013
This study investigates in three steps whether there is an association between happiness and living in one of Europe’s capital cities. Making use of the European Social Survey, the first step is a raw unadjusted correlation assessment which finds a negative and statistically significant effect...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011258316
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Firm heterogeneity in TFP, sectoral innovation and geography. Evidence from Italy
Aiello, Francesco; Pupo, Valeria; Ricotta, Fernanda - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2013
Sectoral and territorial specificities affect the firm’s capabilities of being productive. While there is a wide consensus on this, a quantitative measure of the these effects has been lacking. To this end, we combine a dataset of Italian firms with some meso regional and sectoral variables...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011260844
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New facts for old debates: Farm size and productivity in US agriculture
Temel, Tugrul - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2011
This study examines the relationship between farm size and productivity in U.S. agriculture during 1982-92. A nonparametric regression method is applied to detect ex-post geographical patterns in changes in farm size and productivity. The estimations show that (i) in 1982 productivity per acre...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009148006
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The Diffusion of Development: Along Genetic or Geographic Lines?
Campbell, Douglas L.; Pyun, Ju Hyun - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2011
Why are some peoples still poor? Recent research suggests the possibility that some societies may be poor due to their genetic endowments, which are found to be a significant predictor of development even after controlling for an ostensibly exhaustive list of geographic and cultural variables....
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Reconciling Acemoglu and Sachs: geography, institutions and technology
Veiseh, Nima - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2010
reaching a certain threshold, however, the primary driver of economic growth appears to shift from geography to institutions. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009322660
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Fractal Geography of a major tourist destination
Cirer-Costa, Joan Carles - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2011
Ibiza, one the world’s major tourist destinations, necessarily welcomes visitors from multiple family environments and socioeconomic condition. Such multi-faceted demand is met by a broad range of accommodation options, largely varying in type and category. Now, by analyzing the effect of this...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009323640
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Geography, Institutions and Human Development: A Cross-Country Investigation Using Bayesian Model Averaging
Malik, Sadia Mariam; Janjua, Yasin - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2010
This paper examines the role of long standing institutions – identified through geography, disease ecology, colonial … institutions. Some of the other measures of climate and geography as well as those of colonial legacy are important as long as we … spending on health and education; fertility rates; and measures of health infrastructure, the importance of geography and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008645081
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Wealthiest Is Not Always Healthiest: What Explains Differences in Child Mortality in West Africa?
Ickowitz, Amy - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2012
implementation of national health policies, or more favorable geography. The paper uses micro level data for children under five to … geography – best explains Ghana’s mortality advantage. The results of the analysis indicate that wealth variables are not able … to explain any of the child mortality variation between Ghana and its neighbors. Geography and health policy variables …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011108728
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Factors behind international relocation and changes in production geography in the European automobile components industry
Lampón, Jesús F.; Lago-Peñas, Santiago - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2013
relocation processes in automobile components suppliers. These factors help explain changes in production geography in the sector … institutional environment are the main barriers to such processes of mobility, and may also determine the geographical destination …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011108756
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The Diffusion of Development: Along Genetic or Geographic Lines?
Campbell, Douglas L.; Pyun, Ju Hyun - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2014
geography including distance from the equator and a dummy for sub-Saharan Africa. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011110103