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Microfinance impact on women’s decision making: a case study of Andhra Pradesh
Lavoori, Vachya; Paramanik, Rajendra - In: Journal of Global Entrepreneurship Research 4 (2014) 1, pp. 1-13
The present study seeks to examine the impact of microfinance and other socio-economic factors on women empowerment as … viewed from their participation in decision making, income as well as employment generation activities. The findings of the …'s income, family size and frequency of Self help group meetings have overall positive influence on women empowerment. In case …
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Impact of family capital & social capital on youth entrepreneurship – a study of Uttarakhand state, India
Sharma, Lalit - In: Journal of Global Entrepreneurship Research 4 (2014) 1, pp. 1-18
, India. Additionally the study also evaluates the impact of student's individual social capital on his career intent. This is … a quantitative study conducted at Uttarakhand state of India on a large sample of students studying in various …
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Corporate performance and market selection: Some comparative evidence
Bottazzi, Giulio; Dosi, Giovanni; Jacoby, Nadia; … - 2010
Diverse theories of industry dynamics predict heterogeneity in production efficiency to be the driver of firms' growth, survival and industrial change, either through a direct link between efficiency and growth, or through an indirect effect via profitabilities, as more productive firms can...
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Bilateral Oligopoly
Björnerstedt, Jonas; Stennek, Johan - 2001
In intermediate goods markets, both buyers and sellers normally have market power, and sales are based on bilaterally negotiated contracts specifying both price and quantity. In our model, pairs of buyers and sellers meet in bilateral but interdependent Rubinstein-Ståhl negotiations. The...
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Theories of market selection: A survey
Fontanelli, Luca - 2023
We provide a survey of the main mechanisms of market selection used in economics. We gather them in three theoretical paradigms (rational equilibrium, Simonesque and evolutionary), that we try to reconcile in terms of underlying laws of selection. We show that the three paradigms have been...
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Microeconomic models with latent variables: Applications of measurement error models in empirical industrial organization and labor economics
Hu, Yingyao - 2015
This paper reviews recent developments in nonparametric identi.cation of mea- surement error models and their applications in applied microeconomics, in particular, in empirical industrial organization and labor economics. Measurement error models describe mappings from a latent distribution to...
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Embedded Supervision: How to Build Regulation into Decentralised Finance
Auer, Raphael A. - 2022
The emergence of so-called "decentralised finance" (DeFi) and a shadow financial system of cryptocurrency exchanges and stablecoin issuers raises the challenge of how to apply technology-neutral regulation so that similar risks are subject to the same rules. This paper makes the case for...
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Natural Resource Dependence and Monopolized Imports
Arezki, Rabah; Fernandes, Ana Margarida; Merchán, Federico - 2021
This paper explores the effect of natural resource dependence on market concentration of imports. Using a new panel database for importing firms in developing and emerging market economies, the paper shows that higher natural resource dependence is associated with larger market concentration of...
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Product Differentiation and Oligopoly: A Network Approach
Pellegrino, Bruno - 2023
This paper develops a theory of oligopoly and markups in general equilibrium. Firms compete in a network of product market rivalries that emerges endogenously out of the characteristics of the products and services they supply. My model embeds a novel, highly tractable and scalable demand system...
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Credit Constraints, Quality, and Export Prices: Theory and Evidence from China
Fan, Haichao; Lai, Edwin L.-C.; Li, Yao Amber - 2013
This paper examines the relationship between the credit constraints faced by a firm and the unit value prices of its exports. The paper modifies Arkolakis's (2010) model of trade with heterogeneous firms by introducing endogenous quality and credit constraints. The model predicts that tighter...
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