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On the Sources of Heterogeneity in Banking Efficiency Literature
Aiello, Francesco; Bonanno, Graziella - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2014
One learns two main lessons from studying the great quantity of banking efficiency literature. These lessons regard the … perform a Meta-Regression-Analysis (MRA) by examining 1,661 efficiency scores retrieved from 120 papers published over the … lower levels of banking efficiency than nonparametric studies. This holds true even after controlling for the approach used …
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Technology Spillover of Foreign Direct Investment: An Analysis of Different Clusters in India
Behera, Smruti Ranjan Behera; Dua, Pami Dua; Goldar, … - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2012
This paper explores the technology spillover effect of foreign direct investment (FDI) in Indian manufacturing industries across different clusters in India. To measure the spillover effect to domestic firms in a particular cluster, a model is used that combines an innovative production function...
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Financial Development and Agglomeration
Commendatore, Pasquale; Michetti, Elisabetta; … - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2013
The New Economic Geography (NEG) literature has paid little attention to the role of the banking industry in affecting where firms decide to locate their business. Within the framework of the NEG, this paper aims to fill this gap by studying the impact of the degree of regional financial...
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Agglomeration and Co-Agglomeration of Services Industries
Kolko, Jed - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2007
Economic research on industry location and agglomeration has focused nearly exclusively on manufacturing. This paper shows that services are prominent among the most agglomerated industries, especially at the county level. Because traditional measures of knowledge spillovers, natural resource...
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Size and specialization as determinant of iberian port performance: new methodology to group different ports
Caldeirinha, V. M. - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2011
cargo, and size as determinants of efficiency. Focus is made on the gaps of literature about port efficiency regarding size … and specialization. Data envelopment analysis (DEA) methodology is used. Conclusion about the existence of 5 port groups …
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Use renewables to be cleaner: Meta-analysis of the renewable energy consumption-economic growth nexus
Sebri, Maamar - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2014
The renewable energy consumption-economic growth nexus is a growing area of research over the last few years, emanating to mixed results. The aim of the current study is to quantitatively synthesise the empirical literature on the subject using the meta-analysis approach. In particular, a...
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The income-elasticity of calories, macro and micro nutrients: What is the literature telling us?
Santeramo, Fabio Gaetano; Shabnam, Nadia - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2015
Food security and nutrition have become central to the policy agendas of governmental and non-governmental organizations due to their consequences on health and economic development. Changes in consumption patterns in response to price and income changes could impact on nutrient intake with...
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How Reliable are Meta-Analyses for International Benefit Transfers?
Lindhjem, Henrik; Navrud, Ståle - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2007
Meta-analysis has increasingly been used to synthesise the environmental valuation literature, but only a few test the use of these analyses for benefit transfer. These are typically based on national studies only. However, meta-analyses of valuation studies across countries are a potentially...
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Corruption and economic growth: A meta-analysis of the evidence on low-income countries and beyond
Ugur, Mehmet; Dasgupta, Nandini - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2011
Corruption is a symptom and outcome of institutional deficiency, with potentially adverse effects on economic growth. This paper aims to provide a synthesis of the existing evidence on the relationship between corruption and economic growth - controlling for effect type, data sources, and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009372561
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Enseignement d'une meta-analyse sur le lien participation budgétaire-performance managériale
Bonache, Adrien; Maurice, Jonathan; Georgescu, Irène - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2009
This meta-analysis is a critical comparison of three of quantitative synthesis. It applies some propositions of the Potsdam international consultation on meta-analysis, in the field of management control. Study design. After a traditional narrative review, three meta-analysis methodologies for...
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