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Projected refined product balances in key Latin American countries: A preliminary examination

2009

Over the years, the East-West Center (EWC) has developed considerable expertise in refinery modeling, especially in the area of forecasting product balances for countries, given planned capacity changes, changes in product demand, changes in crude slates, and changes in product specifications....

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Does having a newborn child affect income diversification opportunities?: evidence from the Peruvian Young Lives Study

Escobal, Javier; Suárez, Pablo; Huttly, Sharon; … - 2005

). Comparisons are made with the overall population in Peru, and with the income diversification patterns of households in the same …

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The adoption of the Eurepgap Standard by Mango Exporters in Piura, Peru

Kleinwechter, Ulrich; Grethe, Harald - 2006

socioeconomic consequences. This case study for the mango export sector in Piura, Peru, analyzes the adoption of the Eurepgap …

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Risk Preferences and Demand for Insurance in Peru: A Field Experiment

Galarza, Francisco B.; Carter, Michael R. - 2010

This paper reports the results of behavioral economic experiments conducted in Peru toexamine the relationship amongst …

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ACEITAÇÃO E SEGMENTAÇÃO DO MERCADO DE PRODUTOS DERIVADOS DA CARNE DE PERU

Pulici, Rodrigo; Alves, Flavio Rocha; Gameiro, Augusto … - 2008

- de certa forma - este desempenho. Como o frango de corte, grande parte da produção de carne de peru é exportada. Todavia … de peru, que se apresenta bastante baixo, apesar do crescimento nos últimos cinco anos. A presente pesquisa analisou a … estratégia de segmentação do mercado dos produtos à base de carne de peru, o comportamento de compra baseado nos preços desses …

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Evolution of gender wage gap in Peru, 1997-2000

Longnecker, Michael (contributor); … - 2007

females in Peru within and between 1997 and 2000, a time of economic recession in Peru. The wages differentials estimations …

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The adoption of the Eurepgap standard by mango exporters in Piura, Peru

Kleinwechter, Uli; Grethe, Harald - 2006

socioeconomic consequences. This case study for the mango export sector in Piura, Peru, analyzes the adoption of the Eurepgap …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009467045

Determinants of the prevalence of start-ups and high-growth firms

Davidsson, Per; Henrekson, Magnus - 2002

The purpose of this study is to identify key institutional determinants of firm emergence and growth. We do this using various types of data from Sweden. A characterization of a number of institutions and policy measures shows that they are likely to have contributed to an environment that...

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Absorptive capacity, R&D spillovers and public policy

Leahy, Dermot; Neary, J. Peter - 2007

Empirical evidence strongly suggests that R&D increases a firm's “absorptive capacity” (its ability to absorb spillovers from other firms) as well as contributing directly to profitability. We explore the theoretical implications of this. We specify a general model of the absorptive capacity...

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R&D spillovers and the case for industrial policy in open economies

Leahy, Dermot; Neary, J. Peter - 1999

In this paper we consider the case for subsidies towards firms which generate R&D spillovers in open economies. We show that in the presence of strategic behaviour by firms many expected results are overturned. Local R&D spillovers to other domestic firms may justify an R&D tax rather than a...

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