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Territorial governance in the context of RIS3 smart specialisation strategy
Castillo, Jaime Del; Paton, Jonatan; Barroeta, Belen - 2014
In the current new competitive environment, smart specialization has emerged strongly as a territorial development … relations, but also policies from different competence fields (e.g. innovation, education, employment, environment, etc.). The …
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Population Growth and Forest Sustainability in Africa
Asongu, Simplice A.; Jingwa, Brian - 2011
Recent distressing trends in climate change, population explosion and deforestation inspired this paper, which completes existing literature by providing empirical justification to hypothetical initiatives on the impact of population growth on forest sustainability in Africa. Using three...
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Trade and environment: What can we learn from trade policy reviews?
Lim, Aik Hoe; Mathur, Sajal; Suk, Gowoon - 2020
on Trade and Environment (CTE) mandated the WTO Secretariat to compile and collate all environment-related measures … notified to WTO. The database also includes environment-related entries found in Trade Policy Reviews (TPRs). This information … time, we can better understand how the relationship between trade and environment is evolving in Members' trade policies …
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Environmental integrity and doing business in Zimbabwe: Challenges and engagement of sustainable enterprises
De Gobbi, Maria Sabrina - 2020
Zimbabwe has a wealth of natural resources and is rich in biodiversity. The national Government is trying to achieve private sector led economic growth and the challenge to pursue both economic development and sound environmental management at the same time appears clear. The objective of this...
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Does heat cause homicides? A meta-analysis
Mišák, Vojtěch - 2023
Several studies provide evidence that heat is positively associated with criminal activity. However, the empirical literature does not provide conclusive evidence about the effect of high temperature on homicides. I examine 156 estimates from 20 studies on the relationship between temperature...
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Institutions, the cost of capital, and long-run economic growth: Evidence from the 19th century capital market
Alquist, Ron; Cha, Ben - 2012
Late 19th century investors demanded compensation to invest in countries with poor institutional protection of property rights. Using the monthly stock returns of 1,808 firms located in 43 countries but traded in London between 1866 and 1907, we estimate the country-specific cost of capital. We...
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Business groups as hierarchies of firms: Determinants of vertical integration and performance
Altomonte, Carlo; Rungi, Armando - 2013
We explore the nature of Business Groups, that is network-like forms of hierarchical organization between legally autonomous firms spanning both within and across national borders. Exploiting a unique dataset of 270,474 headquarters controlling more than 1,500,000 (domestic and foreign)...
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Investment and credit effects of land titling and registration:
de Laiglesia, Juan R. - 2005
This paper analyzes the importance of legal property documents in providing tenure security, enhancing agricultural investment incentives and easing access to credit. While theory predicts that better property rights on land can increase investment through increased security, enhanced trade...
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Ökonomische Analyse des Rechts
Kirstein, Roland; Schmidtchen, Dieter - 2003
Ökonomische Analyse des Rechts (ÖAR) beschäftigt sich mit den Wirkungen von Rechtsnormen, gerichtlichen Entscheidungen und Verwaltungsakten in der Lebenswirklichkeit. Sie bewertet diese Folgen mit Hilfe des Kriteriums der ökonomischen Effizienz und macht Vorschläge, wie Recht zu gestalten...
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Ökonomische Analyse des Rechts
Kirstein, Roland - 2003
Die Ökonomische Analyse des Rechts umweht in Deutschland immer noch der Hauch des Exotischen. In diesem Beitrag soll begründet werden, warum das ökonomische Entscheidungsmodell ganz hervorragend dazu geeignet ist, die Verhaltensfolgen von Gesetzen zu prognostizieren. Deshalb kann die ÖAR...
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