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Chinese state’s economic cooperation related investment: An investigation of its direction and some implications for outward investment

Bhaumik, Sumon Kumar; Co, Catherine Yap - 2009

The Chinese state undertakes large scale investments in a number of countries under the auspices of economic cooperation related investment (ECI). While there are suggestions that it is an extension of China‟s soft power aimed at facilitating Chinese FDI in those countries, often for access to...

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Economic growth, institutional quality and financial development in middle-income countries

Heras Recuero, Laura; Pascual González, Roberto - 2019

This paper aims to investigate the relationship between economic growth, institutional quality and financial development whitin a sample of middle-income countries. We generate three hypothesis on the potential relationships between those three dimensions by reviewing the existing literature and...

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On the origins of comparative advantage

Costinot, Arnaud - 2009

This paper proposes a simple theory of international trade with endogenous productivity differences across countries. The core of our analysis lies in the determinants of the division of labor. We consider a world economy comprising two large countries, with a continuum of goods and one factor...

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Four Essays on University Economics

Hein, Miriam - 2008

This dissertation is a collection of four research papers written during my doctoral studies at the University of Konstanz between October 2004 and November 2008. These papers are empirical studies dealing with different aspects in the field of university economics. The focus of the first two...

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Essays on Systems Competition with Human Capital Mobility

Lange, Thomas - 2010

This thesis is a collection of four stand-alone essays on international competition for human capital, together with a general introduction and some concluding remarks. The first essay deals with decentralized public education and human capital mobility. The international mobility of...

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Birds of a Feather Get Lost Together? Homogeneity and New Venture Persistence and Performance

Steffens, Paul R.; Terjesen, Siri A.; Davidsson, Per - 2007

aspects of team composition, such as homogeneity and heterogeneity in terms of resource provision and prior start … putting forward the hypotheses that team homogeneity is positively related to short term outcomes whereas team heterogeneity …

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Strategies for Dealing with Heterogeneity in Entrepreneurship Research

Davidsson, Per - 2007

phenomenon’s inherent heterogeneity in research design, sampling, operationalization and analysis; i.e., strategies that may help …

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Dealing With Heterogeneity in Entrepreneurship Research

Davidsson, Per - 2007

development in entrepreneurship is the heterogeneity of the phenomenon. Business ventures are stated by individuals and teams with … strategies for dealing with the entrepreneurship phenomenon's inherent heterogeneity in research design, sampling …

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Scope for Credit Risk Diversification

Hanson, Samuel; Pesaran, M Hashem; Schuermann, Til - 2005

assumptions regarding the structure of systematic risk and the nature of exposure or firm heterogeneity. We derive fat … further risk reduction is possible by changing the portfolio weights. In either case, neglecting parameter heterogeneity can … heterogeneity can lead to overestimation of risk, whether measured by unexpected loss or value-at-risk. …

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Production and Abatement Distortions under Noisy Green Taxes

Feng, Hongli; Hennessy, David A. - 2005

Pigouvian taxes are typically imposed in situations where there is imperfect knowledge on the extent of damage caused by a producing firm. A regulator imposing imperfectly informed Pigouvian taxes may cause the firms that should (should not) produce to shut down (produce). In this paper we use a...

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