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indirect effects arising from agglomeration economies. Exploiting a change in tax credit rates by firm size in Germany, I find … that manufacturing firms increase capital and employment, with labor demand in information and communication technology …-intensive industries shifting towards college-educated workers. Using geolocation data, I show that agglomeration benefits lead to a …
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indirect effects arising from agglomeration economies. Exploiting a change in tax credit rates by firm size in Germany, I find … that manufacturing firms increase capital and employment, with labor demand in information and communication technology …-intensive industries shifting towards college-educated workers. Using geolocation data, I show that agglomeration benefits lead to a …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014278573
The authors examine the relative importance of the growth of physical and human capital and the growth of total factor …
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The question regarding the effects of changing transports costs on the size distribution of cities is an important topic of systems of cities research. The so-called New Economic Geography has already given some answers to this question. One central assumption in this kind of model is a very...
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This paper argues that the production constraints in the basic NAIRU model should be distinguished by type: capital … for UK manufacturing over 80 quarters we show that capital constraints became relatively more important during the 1980s … as industry failed to match the increase in labour flexibility with rising capital investment. …
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In contrast to earlier field studies, we survey German public savings banks on their management of capital. We find … that the most important determinants of the savings banks? target capital ratio are risk aversion, the desired credit … growth and profitability. Savings banks prefer to manage the level of capital rather than the level of riskweighted assets in …
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the consequence of the occurrence of credit rationing on farmer's capital accumulation, investment and supply. The method … discount rate. Finally, if the uncertainty is introduced, then the level of investment spending and capital accumulation is …
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interactions associated with the movement of capital and polluting activities from one economy to another. We use a simple … dynamical model describing capital accumulation along the lines of a fixed-savings-ratio Solow-type model capable of producing … or regions. The basic mechanism underlying the movements of capital across space is the quest for locations where the …
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This study reports results of a nationwide survey on overall working capital policy of small manufacturing firms. The … form queried firms on their overall working capital policies as well as on the management of the components of working … capital. Statistically significant measures of association between working capital policies and tools were found among many of …
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Since 1984 Informal Venture Networks (VCNs) have been formed and are currently operating in several states and Canada. However, little has been written in regard to the performance of these networks. This article presents the results of preliminary research concerning their performance. Our...
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