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Macroeconomic Effects of a Low-Carbon Electricity Transition in Kenya and Ghana : An Exploratory Dynamic General Equilibrium Analysis
Willenbockel, Dirk - 2019
The present study applies purpose-built dynamic computable general equilibrium models for Ghana and Kenya with a disaggregated country-specific representation of the power sector to simulate the prospective medium-run growth and distributional implications associated with a shift towards a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012894601
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Impact on firms of the use of knowledge providers: a systematic review of the literature
Vivas-Augier, Carlos; Barge-Gil, Andrés - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2012
This study summarizes the main conclusions from a systematic review of the empirical literature regarding the impact on firms of the use of knowledge providers, including universities, technology institutes or knowledge intensive business firms. We use a criteria to classify the literature...
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The Long-run Effects of HIV/AIDS in Kenya
Bruhns, Ramona - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2006
. Two aspects are central to the analysis: First, a mature AIDS epidemic causes massive premature adult mortality, thereby …-2040. Both human capital and per capita income grow significantly more slowly after the outbreak of the epidemic, while the … can be significantly higher when the epidemic has reached a mature phase, depending on parents' expectations. Governmental …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005836110
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Empirical Analysis of Field Data on HIV/AIDS Epidemic in Khartoum State, Sudan
Mohamed, Issam A.W. - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2011
level affect the HIV/AIDS incidence Khartoum state. The trends of the disease during 2007 have indicated that, the pandemic … pandemic is at increasing rate for both sexes males and females positive although the positive cases for males were greater …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009147890
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National or international public funding? Subsidies or loans? Evaluating the innovation impact of R&D support programmes
Huergo, Elena; Moreno, Lourdes - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2014
than EU grants, but the op-posite relation is found as regards total R&D intensity. With respect to innovation outputs …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011259006
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The Impact of International Research Joint Ventures on SMEs Performance
Barajas, A.; Huergo, E.; Moreno, L. - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2012
The objective of the present study is to analyse the effect of technological cooperation on SMEs performance consideringtwo dimensions: technological and economic results. For that purpose, we use a data set containing information about participants in research joint ventures supported by the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009647295
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How New Agrifood Standards are Affecting Trade
Giovannucci, Daniele - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2008
This paper, for the 2008 World Export Development Forum, considers the emerging importance of standards and offers a brief overview of the main public-private standards that increasingly govern trade in agrifood products. Their dynamic and rapidly evolving nature, particularly for ecolabels,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005027118
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Instruments of policy analysis. the impact assessment development by public authorities in Romania. Case study
Matei, Ani; Dogaru, Tatiana-Camelia - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2011
The public authorities are facing real challenges due to the complexity and dynamics of economic and social issues. They must daily assess the available resources and answer to questions such as „is the citizens’ welfare good enough, can it be improved?” „there are the initiatives for...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009147576
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The Impacts of the Proposed EU-Libya Trade Agreement
George, Clive; Miles, Oliver; Prud'homme, Dan - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2010
The paper provides an overview of the potential social, economic and environmental impacts of an EU-Libya FTA as gauged by the EU-Libya Sustainability Impact Assessment (SIA). The main potential benefits to both the EU and Libya from the proposed trade agreement come from closer cooperation in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008805039
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La evaluación de impacto: qué es, cómo se mide y qué está aportando en la cooperación al desarrollo.
Larru, Jose Maria - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2007
This article defines impact assessment and evaluation while comparing three different approaches. First, randomized evaluations or random control trials, which aim to maximize quantitative accuracy and solve selection bias. Second, non-experimental methods, where randomization is not possible....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005623505