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Afonso, Oscar; Gonçalves, Nuno - In: Advances in management & applied economics 1 (2011) 2, pp. 23-57

This paper aims to contribute to a better understanding of the volume of the Non-Observed Economy (NOE) in Portugal, by estimating, based on MIMIC models (multiple indicators multiple causes), its path in the period 1977-2008. On the one hand, given the influence of the tax burden, the burden of...

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Impact of foreign direct investment on economic growth of Pakistan

Saqib, Najia; Masnoon, Maryam; Rafique, Nabeel - In: Advances in management & applied economics 3 (2013) 1, pp. 35-45

Given contrasting evidence in the literature pertaining to the impact of Foreign Direct Investment on the host country’s economy, we take the case of Pakistan and test the said association for this nation. The data used for this study has spanned over the period of 1981 till 2010. Besides FDI,...

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Risk attitudes and informal employment in a developing economy

Bennett, John; Gould, Matthew; Rablen, Matthew D. - In: IZA Journal of Labor & Development 1 (2012), pp. 1-17

We model an urban labour market in a developing economy, incorporating workers’ risk attitudes. Trade-offs between risk aversion and ability determine worker allocation across formal and informal wage employment, and voluntary and involuntary self employment. Greater risk of informal wage...

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Corruption and firm performance : evidence from Greek firms

Athanasouli, Daphne; Goujard, Antoine; Sklias, Pantelis - In: International journal of economic sciences and applied … 5 (2012) 2, pp. 43-67

This article investigates the relationship between corruption and firm performance in Greece using firm level data. Corruption is overall negatively associated with firm size and growth at the firm level. We focus on the effect of ‘administrative corruption’, whereby firms engage in corrupt...

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Bank loans, ownership structure and efficiency of listed manufacturing firms in Nigeria

Obembe, Olufemi B.; Adebisi, S. A.; Adesina, J. A. - In: Advances in management & applied economics 1 (2011) 2, pp. 221-236

Bank loans through bank-firm relationship is expected to enhance the performance of firms owing to the possession of private information on the firms that is not readily available to other outside investors. This special relationship is deemed to be very important than equity financing in...

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Distribución espacial de la pobreza en Chile

Agostini, Claudio A.; Brown, Philip H.; Góngora, Diana … - In: Estudios de economía 35 (2008) 1, pp. 79-110

Chile's recent success in reducing poverty has been remarkable, with poverty rates falling by approximately two-thirds over the last 20 years. However, further gains against poverty may be inhibited by the increasing difficulty associated with targeting fewer poor people and better, more...

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Infrastructure, knowledge and economic growth in China : 1953–2004

Ramesh, Sangaralingam - In: International journal of economic sciences and applied … 5 (2012) 1, pp. 23-50

knowledge creation linkages which are location independent in the formation of the core-periphery pattern. The main findings of … development policy at a point in time. Furthermore, while the NEG does not allow for knowledge creation to be involved in the … formation of the core-periphery pattern, this paper shows that once the core-periphery pattern is formed, the knowledge creation …

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Geographic positioning as a determination of tourism development of Gevgelija region

Gjorgievski, Mijalce; Gramatnikovski, Sasko; Nakovski, Dejan - In: UTMS journal of economics / University of Tourism and … 4 (2013) 1, pp. 61-69

The research of this paper is about casinos in the southernmost city in the Republic of Macedonia – Gevgelija, its geographical position and their role on the development of gambling tourism. Gambling tourism as a special form of tourism, for some world famous tourist destinations is the main...

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Behavioral biases in economic and financial knowledge : are they the same for men and women?

Kudryavtsev, Andrey; Cohen, Gil - In: Advances in management & applied economics 1 (2011) 1, pp. 15-52

; experimental economics and finance ; hindsight bias ; information and knowledge …

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Does increased price competition reduce entry of new pharmaceutical products?

Granlund, David; Rudholm, Niklas - In: Advances in management & applied economics 1 (2011) 1, pp. 1-14

In October 2002, a substitution reform was introduced in the Swedish pharmaceuticals market. In this paper, the effects of increased price competition due to the reform on the entry of new pharmaceutical products were studied. The results show that the reform did affect the entry behavior of...

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