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The political economy of water and sanitation in developing countries : cross-country evidence and a case study on Colombia
Krause, Matthias - 2007
on Colombia finds some evidence that low-quality governance of sub-national governments compromises the internal … Kolumbien zeigen, dass eine niedrige Qualität der Governance kommunaler Regierungen, sich negativ auf die Produktionseffizienz …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009468517
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Impact of Free Trade Agreements on the Colombian Beef Sector
Gomez, Miguel I.; Frank, Julieta; Parra, Tatiana - 2010
Colombia negotiated bilateral Trade Agreements (TAs) with the UnitedStates and with the MERCOSUR region (Argentina … meat consumers in Colombia. Our resultssuggest that with free imports of chicken parts from the U.S, beefconsumption and … Colombia gradually decreasesthe tariff for imported beef. We identify the reduction in marginalcosts required to compete with …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009446148
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Beyond the Invisible: The Impact of Trade Liberalization and Formalization on Small Businesses in Colombia
Fandl, Kevin J. - 2010
Trade liberalization in Latin America has substantially altered business opportunities andeconomic development in the region. As barriers to competing inputs have come down andforeign investment in the region has gone up, small, domestic firms have struggled to stayafloat. Many small businesses...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009458915
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The Impact of a Conditional Cash Transfer Program on Credit Behavior in Colombia
Pineros, Brittany - 2011
This paper investigates the impact of Familias en Acción, a conditional cash transfer program in Colombia, on …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009468745
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Structural Adjustment in Fiji under the Interim Government, 1987-1992
Akram-Lodhi, A Haroon - 1996
This article critically assesses the success of market-led structural adjustment inFiji. After reviewing the rationale behind structural adjustment programs itexamines the economic policies of Fiji’s Interim Government between 1987 and1992, demonstrating that such policies were both consistent...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009451222
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The Three Faces of Trade Liberalization: Unilateral, Preferential, and Multilateral
KARACAOVALI, BAYBARS - 2006
Colombia between 1983 and 1998 and find that more productive sectors receive more protection within this period. In estimating …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009450823
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Network effects, compatibility, and adoption of standards
Grajek, Michał - 2005
standard and international trade. The estimation results allow us to formulate some interesting policy conclusions. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009467122
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Asymmetrische Effekte der Geldpolitik auf die Industrie in der Bundesrepublik Deutschland - eine Untersuchung auf Branchenebene
Hock, Thorsten - 2003
subsectors, at least not given the used identification strategy. This could be due to the fact that this theory regards the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009433722
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The fall of the labour income share in advanced economies
Estrada García, Angel; Valdeolivas Casillas, Eva - 2012
The labour income share is a key determinant of relevant macroeconomic variables, such as competitiveness, inflation, human capital accumulation, demand and income distribution. Simple economic models predict that the labour income share will fluctuate around a long-run value, thus implying a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012529580
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Understanding the Spanish business innovation gap : the role of spillovers and firms' absorptive capacity
López García, Paloma; Montero Montero, José Manuel - 2010
This paper investigates whether the existence of knowledge spillovers, differences in the capacity of firms to assimilate them and disparities in some human resource management practices are related with the decision to innovate of Spanish firms. In order to do this, we employ data from the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012530302