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La inversión extranjera directa como una salida al problema de la brecha de bienes de capital y conocimientos en México
Lozano Cortés, René; Cabrera-Castellanos, Luis F. - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2007
In this work we made an empirical application of the model of Romer (1993) for the 32 states of Mexico on period 1990 … say, that inlcluye knowledge and ideas). We found that in the indicated period, Mexico faces both gaps, and therefore, it …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005619739
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International Co-Operative Agreements in Hungary in the Mid-1990s : Evolution, Organisational Forms and Industry Characteristics
Havas, Attila - 2015
As the legislation on foreign direct investment (FDI) in Hungary has been probably the most liberal in Central and … Eastern Europe since the mid-1980s, FDI is the primary form chosen by Western firms to enter the Hungarian market. The major … channels of FDI include the privatisation of former state-owned enterprises and green-field investment projects. Portfolio …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013010036
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Structural Change and Catching Up: Experience of the Ten Candidate Countries
Gács, János - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2002
attracted the largest part of FDI managed either to achieve great structural shifts in their industry, or to develop sub …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011109137
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Change in Fixed Costs and the Division of Labor within Firms through Labor Reallocation
Shintaku, Koji - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2015
This paper investigates the effects of a decrease in fixed costs on the division of labor within firms. In the constant markup rate model, a decrease in fixed costs curbs the division of labor. In the short run, the division of labor is promoted through labor reallocation within firms while in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011196024
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A Time-series Analysis of Impact of FDI on Economic Development In India during Post-reforms Era (1991-2010)
Das, Seshanwita; Das, Tapas - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2012
This paper examines the empirical association between Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) and Economic development (GDP) in … been regressed on FDI, after making both the non-stationary series (FDI and GDP) stationary through 2nd differencing of … Augmented Dickey-Fuller Test, it has been found that FDI had a negative impact, and that too marginally significant, on India …
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Bi-communalism and the economic origins of democracy: a case study
Khemraj, Tarron - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2013
The paper shows how democratic elections in a bi-communal society with entrenched ethnic voting results in an elected oligarchy in which elites of one ethnic group control the allocation of scarce economic resources. Using a simple strategic game, the paper shows that the control of resources...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011260909
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Evidence and Policy Lessons on the Links between Disaster Risk and Poverty in Latin America
Lopez-Calva, Luis Felipe; Ortiz-Juarez, Eduardo - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2009
Extreme climate-related events have a direct impact on the welfare of households. The frequency and magnitude of those shocks appear to be closely linked to increasing vulnerability of households and communities in developing countries. Yet, the link between natural disasters and living...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008536828
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Propuestas para mejorar el Federalismo Fiscal en Argentina: Un nuevo esquema para la distribución del Impuesto a las Ganancias
Bertello, Nicolas; Uña, Gerardo - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2009
To promote and contribute to the discussion of fiscal federalism in Argentina, this paper presents a proposal to amend the distribution of the revenue from the Income Tax between the Nation and the provinces. The proposal is based on the need to help reinvigorate the discussion on the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008526959
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Elected Oligarchy and Economic Underdevelopment: The Case of Guyana
Khemraj, Tarron; Hinova, Diana - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2011
This study proposes the idea that Guyana’s present government can be categorized as an elected oligarchy. It highlights the existence of several binding constraints (or structural bottlenecks) and demonstrates how these constraints are exacerbated by the elected oligarchy to impair the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008923016
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Can Lipset’s theory travel through time and space? the destination Nicaragua, 1972-1998. A time series test of the social requisites of democracy.
Michalak, Katja - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2011
The epigraph is emblematic of an orthodox theoretical view that ‘only in a wealthy society could a situation exist in which the mass of the population could intelligently participate in politics’ and that this relationship is universal and applicable cross time and space. Comparing ancient...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009148013