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Förster, Manuel; Grabisch, Michel; Rusinowska, Agnieszka - 2013

We study a stochastic model of influence where agents have "yes" or "no" inclinations on some issue, and opinions may change due to mutual influence among the agents. Each agent independently aggregates the opinions of the other agents and possibly herself. We study influence processes modelled...

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Multiple membership and federal structures

Le Breton, Michel; Makarov, Valerij L.; Savvateev, … - 2008

We consider a model of the "world" with several regions that may create a unified entity or be partitioned into several unions (countries). The regions have distinct preferences over policies chosen in the country to which they belong and equally share the cost of public policies. It is known...

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Enhancing India-Pakistan economic cooperation : prospects for Indian investment in Pakistan

Jain, Palakh; Bimal, Samridhi - 2014

With the growing importance of FDI among developing countries, a number of research studies have been conducted for … regulatory regime governing investment flows between the two countries and the barriers to investment in Pakistan in order to …

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Formal saving in developing economies : barriers, interventions, and effects

Di Giannatale, Sonia; Roa, María José - 2016

This paper discusses the determinants of and the barriers to formal saving both from the theoretical point of view and … levels. It presents a comprehensive review of the literature based on a detailed classification of the barriers associated … with supply-side factors related to access to financial products and demand-side barriers, related to the use, and …

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A biologist's view of individual cultural identity for the study of cities

Pearce, Richard - 2003

metaphor and a mechanistic parallel. The biological model draws upon recent developments in brain research and psychological … an individual, and Culture in a community. A mechanism is proposed by which social attachments between individuals lead …

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Russian research and development in transition

Ivanova, Natalia - 1995

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Case survey for assessing community-based enterprise : a research design

Soviana, Soviana - 2013

to these problems, this paper aligns its research on organizational theory and it aims to present a research design …

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Innovation, R&D investment and productivity in Chile

Álvarez, Roberto; Bravo Ortega, Claudio; Navarro, Lucas - 2010

to explain the low levels of investment in research and development (R&D) activities by Chilean firms. …

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Innovation benefits from nuclear phase-out : can they compensate the costs?

De Cian, Enrica; Carrara, Samuel; Tavoni, Massimo - 2012

This paper investigates whether an inefficient allocation of abatement, due to constraints on the use of currently available low carbon mitigation options, can promote innovation in new technologies and eventually generate welfare gains. We focus on the case of nuclear power phase out, when...

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Going electric : expert survey on the future of battery technologies for electric vehicles

Catenacci, Michela; Verdolini, Elena; Bosetti, Valentina; … - 2012

response to increasing sales volume and technical improvements, and advances would result from adequate investments in research …

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