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Schumpeterian Growth Theory and the Dynamics of Income Inequality
Aghion, Philippe - 2002
In this lecture, it is argued that Schumpeterian Growth Theory, in which growth is driven by a sequence of quality …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009431919
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A Subsidized Vickrey Auction for Cost Sharing
Schwartz, Jesse; Wen, Quan - 2007
We introduce a subsidized Vickrey auction for cost sharing problems. Although the average, marginal, and serial cost sharing mechanisms are budget-balanced, they are not allocatively efficient and they do not induce players to truthfully reveal their values as a dominant strategy. The...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009458998
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Financial considerations of policy options to enhance biomass utilization for reducing wildfire hazards.
Becker, Dennis R.; Larson, Debra; Lowell, Eini C. - 2009
The Harvest Cost-Revenue Estimator, a financial model, was used to examine the cost sensitivity of forest biomass harvesting scenarios to targeted policies designed to stimulate wildfire hazardous fuel reduction projects. The policies selected represent actual policies enacted by federal and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009429480
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Rural-to-Urban Migration in Developing Countries : The Applicability of the Harris Todaro Model with a Special Focus on the Chinese Economy
Bahns, Karin Margarethe - 2005
städtischen informellen Sektor und die Aspekte derAgglomeration behandeln. Die Folgerungen aus der Theorie werdensodann mit den … einigerUnzulänglichkeiten in der Lage ist, die wirtschaftlicheEntwicklung in China zu erklären und Leitlinien für dieImplementierung politischer … urbaninformal sector and agglomeration economics. The theory is thencompared with the evidence from developing economies. It will …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009471828
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Priorities and strategies for health information system development in China : how provincial health information systems support regional health planning
Yang, Hui - 2004
China is moving towards a market economy. The greater use of market forces has made China richer, accelerated … management.The objective of the study is to contribute to the development of China's health information system (HIS) over the … for planning within the macro and historical context of health planning in China, in particular having regard to the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009481029
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Business incubation in China: effectiveness and perceived contributions to tenant enterprises
Xu, L - 2010
popularity in China since the mid-1990s. The purpose of this paper is to provide insights into the perceived value of business … incubators from the perspective of start-up ventures and draw implications for future incubation programmes in China … benefits of the incubation programme.Findings: True to their names, business incubators in China have added practical value to …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009481777
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Distribution of benefits of irrigation induced technological changes and commodity markets : new evidence
Athukorala, Wasantha; Robinson, Tim; Wilson, Clevo - 2010
A plethora of literature exists on irrigation development. However, only a few studies analyse the distributional issues associated with irrigation induced technological changes (IITC) in the context of commodity markets. Furthermore, these studies deal with only the theoretical arguments and to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009437912
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The Great Realignment: How the Changing Technology of Technological Change in Information Technology Affected the US and Japanese IT Industry, 1983-1999
Arora, Ashish; Branstetter, Lee; Drev, Matej - 2009
This paper empirically shows that innovation in Information Technology (IT) has become increasingly dependent on and intertwined with innovation in software. This change in the nature of IT innovation has had differential effects on the performance of the United States and Japan, two of the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009441225
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Immigrant Workers and Technological Change in U.S. Agriculture: A Profit Maximization Approach of Induced Innovation
Napasintuwong, Orachos; Emerson, Robert D. - 2006
on farm mechanization. The rates and directions of biased technological change based on the induced innovation theory are …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009442506
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LABOR PRODUCTIVITY GROWTH AND CONVERGENCE IN THE KANSAS FARM SECTOR: A TRIPARTITE DECOMPOSITION USING THE DEA APPROACH
Mugera, Amin W.; Langemeier, Michael R. - 2008
The objective of this paper is to analyze sources of labor productivity growth in the Kansas farm sector over the period 1993-2006 for a sample of 668 farms. The nonparametric production frontier method is used to decompose labor productivity growth into three components: (1) technological...
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