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Firm heterogeneity: Do destinations of exports and origins of imports matter?
Serti, Francesco; Tomasi, Chiara - 2008
How do importing activities matter in explaining firm heterogeneity? How firm performances are related to foreign …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010328507
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Multidimensional examination of the performances of a liner shipping network: Trunk line/route operated by conventional (Panamax Max) and mega (ULC - ultra large container) ships
Janić, Milan - In: Journal of Shipping and Trade (JST) 3 (2018) 13, pp. 1-35
This paper deals multidimensional examination of performances of a trunk line/route of liner container-shipping network …, technical/technological, operational, economic, environmental, and social performances and their application to the selected … real-life case. The infrastructural performances relate to the characteristics of infrastructure (berths) and container …
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The performances of Romanian agriculture, given the resources allotted in the socialist agricultural system, compared to the market economy
Miron, Liliana; Lup, Aurel - 2015
The agricultural performances depend, on the one hand, on the volume, structure and quality of the resources allotted …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011689164
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Peers' Composition Effects in the Short and in the Long Run: College Major, College Performance and Income
Anelli, Massimo; Peri, Giovanni - 2015
In this paper we use a newly constructed dataset following 30,000 Italian individuals from high school to labor market and we analyze whether the gender composition of peers in high school affected their choice of college major, their academic performance and their labor market income. We...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011307336
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Time Preferences, Study Effort, and Academic Performance
Non, Arjan; Tempelaar, Dirk - 2015
We analyze the relation between time preferences, study effort, and academic performance among first-year business and economics students. Time preferences are measured by stated preferences for an immediate payment over larger delayed payments. Data on study efforts are derived from an...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011388209
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The Educational Achievement of Pupils with Immigrant and Native Mothers: Evidence from Taiwan
Lin, Eric S.; Lu, Yu-Lung - 2015
This paper takes advantage of the Taiwan Assessment of Student Achievement data set to empirically evaluate whether the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011401701
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External Influence as an Indicator of Scholarly Importance
Chan, Ho Fai; Frey, Bruno S.; Gallus, Jana; Schaffner, … - 2013
The external influence of scholarly activity has to date been measured primarily in terms of publications and citations, metrics that also dominate the promotion and grant processes. Yet the array of scholarly activities visible to the outside world are far more extensive and recently developed...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010323015
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Are classroom internet use and academic performance higher after government broadband subsidies to primary schools?
Hyland, Marie; Layte, Richard; Lyons, Sean; McCoy, Selina; … - 2013
This paper combines data from a government programme providing broadband access to primary schools in Ireland with survey microdata on schools', teachers' and pupils use of the internet to examine the links between public subsidies, classroom use of the internet and educational performance....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010327713
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External Influence as an Indicator of Scholarly Importance
Chan, Ho Fai; Frey, Bruno S.; Gallus, Jana; Schaffner, … - 2013
The external influence of scholarly activity has to date been measured primarily in terms of publications and citations, metrics that also dominate the promotion and grant processes. Yet the array of scholarly activities visible to the outside world are far more extensive and recently developed...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010328666
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2D: 4D asymmetry and gender differences in academic performance:evidence from Moscow and Manila
Nye, John V. C.; Androuschak, Grigory; Desierto, Desirée; … - 2012
Exposure to prenatal androgens affects both future behavior and life choices. However, there is still relatively limited evidence on its effects on academic performance. Moreover, the predicted effect of exposure to prenatal testosterone (T) - which is inversely correlated with the relative...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010333561