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Knowledge for development: The IDB's impact in the region

Avellán, Leopoldo; Calderón, Claudia; Lotti, Giulia; … - 2021

By analyzing a novel dataset on publications by the Inter - American Development Bank (IDB), we shed light on the extent to which the knowledge production of a multilateral development bank can reach its beneficiaries. We find that IDB publications are downl oaded mostly in the American...

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Monetary policy and transaction costs: Empirical analysis of consumption function for the United States of America (1988-2014)

Gomes, Carlos Eduardo; Dias, Maria Helena Ambrosio - In: EconomiA 21 (2020) 1, pp. 91-103

the theoretical results for the US economy and, therefore, the research can help policymakers to measure the long run …

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Sectoral Aid Priorities: Missing MDG Targets?

Thiele, Rainer; Nunnenkamp, Peter; Dreher, Axel - In: Poverty in Focus (2007) October 2007 (12), pp. 16-17

The prospects for achieving the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) look bad in various developing countries, notably in Sub-Saharan Africa. To turn the tide, recent reports by the UN Millennium Project and the Commission for Africa issued urgent calls to increase official development aid...

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Asymmetric Yardstick Competition: Traditional Procurement versus Public-Private Partnerships

Di Liddo, Giuseppe; Vinella, Annalisa - 2019

We investigate yardstick competition between local jurisdictions in which pure rent-seeking incumbents undertake an identical infrastructure project choosing be- tween two contractual arrangements with different financing profiles, namely traditional procurement (TP) and public-private...

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Malaria and Chinese economic activities in Africa

Cervellati, Matteo; Esposito, Elena; Sunde, Uwe; Yuan, Song - 2022

We present novel evidence for the influence of malaria exposure on the geographic location of Chinese economic activities in Africa. The hypothesis is based on the observation that many Chinese aid projects and infrastructure contractors rely on Chinese personnel. High malaria exposure might...

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Conceptualizing the relationship between personal values and sustainability: A TMO case study

Rickaby, Mohammad A.; Glass, Jacqueline; Fernie, Scott - In: Administrative Sciences 10 (2020) 1, pp. 1-22

Sustainability is associated with many contemporary challenges facing society, prompting sustainability initiatives and research in this field. An emerging strand of research has sought to investigate sustainability as a function of values. Given that values determine and predict perceptions,...

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Redefining the use of sustainable development goals at the organisation and project levels: A survey of engineers

Mansell, Paul; Philbin, Simon P.; Konstantinou, Efrosyni - In: Administrative Sciences 10 (2020) 3, pp. 1-39

-Mechanism-Outcomes model to critically evaluate practitioners' views on using SDGs to measure business and project success. The study addresses … practitioners in the construction industry who seek to link their investment decisions to the broader outcomes of people, planet and …

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Assessment of planning and programming for capital projects at the national and agency levels

Patalinghug, Epictetus E. - 2017

This study assesses the existing planning and programming systems for capital projects at the national and agency levels, examines the experiences of other countries in planning and programming capital projects, and presents recommendations to improve planning and programming systems in the...

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The Use of Quantile Methods in Economic History

Clarke, Damian; Llorca-Jaña, Manuel; Pailañir, Daniel - 2021

Quantile regression and quantile treatment effect methods are powerful econometric tools for considering economic impacts of events or variables of interest beyond the mean. The use of quantile methods allows for an examination of impacts of some independent variable over the entire distribution...

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Tax Practitioners: Advocates of Compliance or Avoidance?

Kirui, Benard Kipyegon - 2016

Tax practitioners alongside taxpayers and tax authorities are the major actors in a tax compliance system. They assist … introduction of transfer pricing rule to investigate how tax laws and tax practitioners have influenced corporate tax compliance in … was partly offset by the action of the tax practitioners. Audit firms capacity, as measured by size, seems to matter in …

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