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Open Access and Open Assessment: The Future of Peer Reviewed Journals? Experiences with a New Journal in Economics

Siegert, Olaf; Werner-Schwarz, Korinna - 2009

methods. The presentation will showcase “Economics - The Open-Access, Open-Assessment E-Journal” as one prime example …. “Economics”, as the name indicates, covers papers from all parts of Economic Research. These papers, if accepted, are first … Bank or the London School of Economics (LSE). After a slow start more and more comments and reviews are added to new papers …

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Pensions: A Complex Landscape

Eich, Frank; Swarup, Amarendra - 2008

Pension reforms have been high on the political agenda in many developed countries over recent years and pension issues have been discussed intensely in the public as a result. In recent years, much effort has been devoted to make state, public and private pension systems fiscally more...

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Materials, Capital, Direct/Indirect Substitution and Mass Balance Production Functions

van den Bergh, Jeroen C.J.M. - 1998

A foundation is provided for a correct and accurate analysis of the relationship between monetary values and physical dimensions in economic production. A distinction is proposed between direct and indirect substitution. Linked to this, a classification is offered of various types of...

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Mobile Phone Data and Urban Analysis: An Exploratory Space – Time Study

Tranos, Emmanouil; Steenbruggen, John; Nijkamp, Peter - 2013

This paper discusses the value that data from mobile phone providers can bring into urban analysis. The novel argument is that the pervasiveness of mobile phone telephony has transformed mobile phones from a communications device to a tool for socio-spatial research. Put simply, mobile phone...

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The Perils of Peer Review in Economics and Other Sciences

Fölster, Stefan - 1991

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The effects of pollution on open access fisheries: A case study of the Black Sea

Knowler, Duncan; Barbier, Edward B.; Strand, Ivar E. - 1997

There is now increasing recognition that the world's marine ecosystems, especially coastal areas and semi-enclosed seas, are suffering from degradation and modification due to human influences. One of the most serious problems is nutrient enrichment, which in the long term harms productivity and...

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Population growth and carbon emissions

Casey, Gregory; Galor, Oded - 2016

We provide evidence that lower fertility can simultaneously increase income per capita and lower carbon emissions, eliminating a trade-off central to most policies aimed at slowing global climate change. We estimate the effect of lower fertility on carbon emissions accounting for the fact that...

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Trade and women

Shepherd, Ben; Stone, Susan F. - 2017

This paper studies the impact of migrant children on their parents' occupation choice and wage income using a dataset from a household survey conducted in 2011. We find that the heads of migrant households with school-age children earn significantly less than those who left them at their place...

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Credit market development and firm innovation: Evidence from the People's Republic of China

Shang, Hua; Song, Quanyun; Wu, Yu - 2017

From the perspective of credit allocation, this paper analyzes the effects of credit market development on the innovative capacities of industrial firms in the People's Republic of China. Using a large dataset of industrial firms in 31 provinces in the People's Republic of China, we find that...

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Can trade help achieve the employment targets of the sustainable development goals?

Vandenberg, Paul - 2017

The paper asks whether trade can help to achieve the employment targets of the Sustainable Development Goals. The focus is on Goal 8, which is to "promote sustained, inclusive and sustainable growth, full and productive employment, and decent work for all." The theoretical and empirical links...

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