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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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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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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....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009372491
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Trade liberalisation and global-scale forest transition
González-Val, Rafael; Pueyo, Fernando - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2012
worldwide level, in a trade liberalisation scenario. Our model has economic geography foundations: transport costs affect the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009647371
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The Origins of Ethnolinguistic Diversity: Theory and Evidence
Michalopoulos, Stelios - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2008
This research examines theoretically and empirically the economic origins of ethnolinguistic diversity. The empirical analysis constructs detailed data on the distribution of land quality and elevation across contiguous regions, virtual and real countries, and shows that variation in elevation...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005789329
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Myths and Realities of Long-run Development: A Look at Deeper Determinants
Hasan, Lubna Hasan - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2006
highlighted in literature: institutions and geography. However, it remains controversial as to which of these two is the more … important. The “Institutions school” assigns primal importance to institutions, whereas the “Geography school” considers … their hypotheses. It concludes in favour of the Institutions hypothesis as the Geography school does not provide a …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005789666
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The non-stationary influence of geography on the spatial agglomeration of production in the EU
Chasco, Coro; López, Ana María; Guillain, Rachel - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2008
(physical and political geography) and how much can be derived from endogenous second nature factors (man-made agglomeration …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005789798
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Myths and Realities of Long-run Development: A Look at Deeper Determinants
Hasan, Lubna - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2006
highlighted in literature: institutions and geography. However, it remains controversial as to which of these two is more … important. The “Institutions school” assigns primal importance to institutions, whereas the “Geography school” considers … hypotheses. It concludes in favour of the Institutions hypothesis as the Geography school does not provide a consistent story of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005789903
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Cross-National Comparison of Internal Migration
Bell, Martin; Muhidin, Salut - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2009
collection, in geography and in measurement intervals seriously hinder rigorous cross-national comparisons. We supplement data … Courgeau's k (Courgeau 1973) provides a powerful mechanism to transcend differences in statistical geography. Our results …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008559059