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Migration, trade and income
Ortega, Francesc; Peri, Giovanni - 2013
distance (while controlling for country size). Since geography may affect income through other channels, we also control for …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010293104
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The geography of trade and technology shocks in the United States
Autor, David H.; Dorn, David; Hanson, Gordon H. - 2013
This paper explores the geographic overlap of trade and technology shocks across local labor markets in the United States. Regional exposure to technological change, as measured by specialization in routine task-intensive production and clerical occupations, is largely uncorrelated with regional...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010293232
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Forecasting ECB monetary policy: accuracy is (still) a matter of geography
Berger, Helge; Ehrmann, Michael; Fratzscher, Marcel - 2006
countries, we find remarkable differences in forecast accuracy, and show that they are partly related to geography and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010299102
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Geography or skills: what explains Fed Wachters' forecast accuracy of US monetary policy?
Berger, Helge; Ehrmann, Michael; Fratzscher, Marcel - 2008
found to be related to both the skills of analysts - such as their educational and employment backgrounds - and to geography …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010299141
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Geography vs. institutions at the village level
Grimm, Michael; Klasen, Stephan - 2008
There is a well-known debate about the roles of geography versus institutions in explaining the long-term development … Robinson (2001) was to address this last point by using settler mortality as an instrument for geography-induced endogenous … mechanisms from geography via institutions to economic development outcomes. In particular, we examine the determinants of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010300161
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How effective are poor schools? Poverty and educational outcomes in South Africa
van der Berg, Servaas - 2008
There is a well-known debate about the roles of geography versus institutions in explaining the long-term development … Robinson (2001) was to address this last point by using settler mortality as an instrument for geography-induced endogenous … mechanisms from geography via institutions to economic development outcomes. In particular, we examine the determinants of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010300189
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Proximity is a Social Process - A Conceptual Framework.
Dettmann, Anja; Brenner, Thomas - 2010
Spatial proximity is assumed in the literature to be a prerequisite and trigger for cooperation and, subsequently, innovation. This paper examines conceptually the role of proximity between actors for cooperation activities. Using theories and findings from social psychology and combining them...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011291794
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The Myth of Global Science
Hennemann, Stefan; Rybski, Diego; Liefner, Ingo - 2010
Scientific collaboration, in most cases, is seen a joint action on a global scale that involves researchers from not just one region or one country but instead forming an international network of researchers. This type of epistemic communities build up especially in the case of analytical modes...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011332583
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The offline landscape of an online social network: distance and size shaping community spread and activity
Lengyel, Balazs; Jakobi, Akos - 2012
This initial paper of our interest on geography of online social network is based on a literature in which geographers … claimed to strongly twitted with physical world (Hayes, 1997). Parallel shift in economic geography research moved the focus …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011340929
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The Geography Of Trade Relations Between The EU And The ENP Countries: Emerging Patterns And Policy Recommendations
Petrakos, George; Kallioras, Dimitris; Artelaris, Panagiotis - 2013
objective of the paper is to study the geography (i.e. the size, the composition and the direction) of EU-ENP trade, conducting … the geography of EU-ENP trade, the paper offers valuable insight to both (economic integration) theory and policy-making. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011397355