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Explaining and Predicting Bank Failure Using Duration Models : The Case of Argentina after the Mexican Crisis
Dabos, Marcelo - 2008
This paper studies the role played by several bank specific financial indicators in determining the process of bank failure in Argentina after the Mexican crisis known as the quot;tequila effectquot;. Due to the relative scarcity of previous studies, this paper priorizes the use of...
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Social factors affecting women's susceptibility to HIV in India
Lall, Priya - 2014
India is the epicenter of the HIV/AIDS epidemic in Asia. Previous research indicates that the majority of HIV …-risk population. This paper seeks to assess social factors associated with the transmission of HIV based on demographic determinants … for HIV as part of the survey, it provides regional estimates of HIV serostatus for the general population in India …
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Social Factors Affecting Women's Susceptibility to HIV in India
Lall, Priya - 2014
India is the global epicentre of the HIV/AIDS epidemic in Asia. Previous research indicates that the majority of HIV …-risk population. This paper assesses social factors associated with the transmission of HIV based on demographic determinants, such as … serostatus, as HIV-positive women were significantly more likely to have a low level of education than their HIV …
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Economic evaluation of Zepatier for the management of HCV in the Italian scenario
Rolli, F. R.; Ruggeri, M.; Kheiraoui, F.; Drago, C.; … - In: The European journal of health economics : HEPAC ; … 19 (2018) 9, pp. 1365-1374
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Índice de competitividad municipal 2013 : metodología para su construcción basada en análisis factorial y su aplicación en municipios urbanos en México
Guillermo Peón, Sylvia Beatriz; García Pérez, Israel … - In: Revista de métodos cuantitativos para la economía y … 20 (2015), pp. 112-153
This paper presents a detailed explanation of the methodology to construct the Municipal Competitiveness Index 2013 for Mexico. The index is calculated using a methodology based on Factor Analysis and compares the performance of 96 municipalities belonging to 24 metropolitan areas in different...
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What makes cities bigger and richer? : new evidence from 1990 - 2000 in the US
González-Val, Rafael - 2011
This paper analyses the determinants of growth of American cities, understood as growth of the population or of per capita income, from 1990 to 2000. This empirical analysis uses data from all cities with more than 25,000 inhabitants in the year 2000 (1154 cities). The results show that while a...
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Regional determinants of new business formation in China : prefecture-level evidence
Borowiecki, Martin; Leitner, Karl-Heinz - 2015 - Draft version
Using a panel data model, we study the effects of regional and industry-level traits on new business formation (NBF) for 164 industries across 266 Chinese prefectures between 1998 and 2007. The objective is to provide empirical estimates on effects of prefecture traits on entry rates, and in...
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Cointegration of matched home purchases and rental price indexes : evidence from Singapore
Baltagi, Badi H.; Li, Jing - 2014
This paper exploits the homogeneity feature of the Singapore private residential condominium market and constructs matched home purchase price and rental price series using the repeated sales method. These matched series allow us to conduct time series analysis to examine the long-term present...
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EU regional policy : its theoretical foundations and their policy conclusions revisited
Schmidt, Peter - 2014 - Draft
This paper reconsiders the theoretical foundations of EU regional policy in economics. It begins with a discussion of the line of thought of its prevalent explanation in equilibrium economics which is focusing on market failures as its key underpinning and which is the major toolkit of...
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Annual city festivals as tools for sustainable competitiveness : the World Port Days Rotterdam
Tuijl, Erwin van; Berg, Leo van den - In: Economies : open access journal 4 (2016) 2, pp. 1-13
Many cities organize annual local festivals for the positive effects on urban development, although success is far from straightforward. This article reviews a case study of the World Port Days in Rotterdam in order to demonstrate how annual city festivals can contribute to sustainable...
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