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Subjective well-being and selected economic, demographic, and job factors in OECD countries
Marilou, Ioakimidis; Kiohos, Apostolos - In: Advances in management & applied economics 2 (2012) 3, pp. 71-81
This study compared 10 economic, demographic, and job factors between happier and less happy OECD countries based upon scores of subjective well-being (SWB), a concept commonly meaning happiness or life satisfaction. In 2009, the scores of residents in the happier OE CD countries were...
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The Portuguese non-observed economy
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 practices and bribery of government officials. We contrast the firm …
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Verhaltensexperimente zur persönlichen Privatsphäre erfordern neue Standards
Jentzsch, Nicola - In: DIW-Wochenbericht : Wirtschaft, Politik, Wissenschaft 79 (2012) 9, pp. 12-14
Einkaufen in Internet, die Nutzung von sozialen Netzen oder Online- Banking gehören zum Alltag der Verbraucher in Deutschland. Das Thema Privatsphäre und Datenmissbrauch ist deshalb nahezu täglich in den Medien. Da ist es erstaunlich, dass fundiertes wissenschaftliches Wissen, wie Verbraucher...
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Zielgerichtete Solarstromförderung erfordert häufige und flexible Anpassungen
Grau, Thilo - In: DIW-Wochenbericht : Wirtschaft, Politik, Wissenschaft 79 (2012) 12, pp. 11-16
Einspeisevergütungen haben sich als wirksames Instrument zur Förderung erneuerbarer Energien erwiesen. Aufgrund der dynamischen Preisentwicklung der Photovoltaik wurden wiederholt mehr Anlagen installiert, als zunächst als politisches Ziel formuliert worden war. Deswegen wurde die...
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Solarstromförderung : drastische Einschnitte nicht sinnvoll
Diekmann, Jochen; Kemfert, Claudia; Neuhoff, Karsten - In: DIW-Wochenbericht : Wirtschaft, Politik, Wissenschaft 79 (2012) 12, pp. 3-8
Die Förderung durch das Erneuerbare-Energien-Gesetz (EEG) hat in den letzten Jahren zu einem unerwartet starken Ausbau von Anlagen zur Erzeugung von Solarstrom (Photovoltaik) geführt, weil die Systempreise der Photovoltaikanlagen schneller gesunken sind als die gesetzlich garantierten...
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Kooperationen : Triebkraft der Innovationsfähigkeit von Spin-offs aus Forschungseinrichtungen
Leijpras, Anna - In: DIW-Wochenbericht : Wirtschaft, Politik, Wissenschaft 79 (2012) 36, pp. 3-7
innovation policy phenomenon. Along with licenses, patents, cooperative and consulting activities, academic spin-offs are … through research. However, very little is currently known about the research and innovation activities of established spin …
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Foreign direct investment and productivity spillovers : evidence from Turkey
Erdogan, Aysa Ipek - In: Journal of applied finance & banking 1 (2011) 4, pp. 185-199
This article analyzes the horizontal productivity spillover effects of foreign ownership on Turkish firms that are among the top 500 industrial enterprises in Turkey. Using a panel of 215 firms over the period 2004-2008, we find that domestic firms benefit from productivity spillovers from...
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