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Does the location of construction land supply play an very important role on economic growth? The case study of Tianjin Binhai New Area
Huang, Lingxiang; Yang, Lu; Tian, Lingling; Yu, Rui; … - In: Journal of Urban Management 9 (2020) 1, pp. 104-114
Land is not only a basic factor of production and an important space carrier, but also a key tool to control the development of urban economy. While the phenomenon of land participation in regulation exists generally in China, the theory of supporting regulation and the effect of regulation are...
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Does the location of construction land supply play an very important role on economic growth? : the case study of Tianjin Binhai New Area
Huang, Lingxiang; Yang, Lu; Tian, Lingling; Yu, Rui; … - In: Journal of urban management 9 (2020) 1, pp. 104-114
Land is not only a basic factor of production and an important space carrier, but also a key tool to control the development of urban economy. While the phenomenon of land participation in regulation exists generally in China, the theory of supporting regulation and the effect of regulation are...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012178573
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Emerging Markets in Transition: Growth Prospects and Challenges
Cubeddu, Luis M.; Culiuc, Alexander; Fayad, Ghada; Gao, Yuan - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2014
After a short-lived slowdown in the immediate aftermath of the global financial crisis and a swift rebound, emerging markets (EM) are now entering a period of slower growth. In fact, growth is now lower than the post-crisis peak of 2010-11, as well as the rates seen in the decade before the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010878427
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Do minimum wages stimulate productivity and growth? : minimum wage increases fail to stimulate growth and can have a negative impact on vulnerable workers during recessions
Sabia, Joseph J. - 2015
Proponents of minimum wage increases have argued that such hikes can serve as an engine of economic growth and assist low-skilled individuals during downturns in the business cycle. However, a review of the literature provides little empirical support for these claims. Minimum wage increases...
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Pyramid capitalism : cronyism, regulation, and firm productivity in Egypt
Diwan, Ishac; Keefer, Philip; Schiffbauer, Marc - 2016
Using a large, original database of 385 politically connected firms under the Mubarak regime in Egypt, we document for the first time the negative impact of cronyism on economic growth. In the early 2000s, a policy shift in Egypt led to the expansion of crony activities into new, previously...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011544875
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Job reallocation and productivity growth under alternative economic systems and policies : evidence from the Soviet transition
Brown, J. David; Earle, John S. - 2002
How do economic policies and institutions affect job reallocation processes and their consequences for productivity … little relationship to relative productivity across firms and sectors. Since liberalization began, the pace, heterogeneity …, and productivity effects of job flows have increased substantially. The increases occurred more quickly in rapidly …
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How labor market institutions affect job creation and productivity growth : key labor market institutions, and the policies that shape them, affect the restructuring that leads to...
Henrekson, Magnus - 2014
Economic growth requires factor reallocation across firms and continuous replacement of technologies. Labor market institutions influence economic dynamism by their impact on the supply of a key factor, skilled workers to new and expanding firms, and the shedding of workers from declining and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011416306
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Effect of international activity on firm performance : trade liberalization benefits better performing firms and contributes to economic growth
Wagner, Joachim - 2014
There is evidence that better performing firms tend to enter international markets. Internationally active firms are larger, more productive, and pay higher wages than other firms in the same industry. Positive performance effects of engaging in international activity are found especially in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011417118
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G20 Seminar on assessing the impact of structural reforms (Banque de France, 1 June 2015)
Cabrillac, Bruno; Haincourt, Sophie; Rivaud, Sophie - In: Banque de France bulletin / Quarterly selection of articles 39 (2015), pp. 49-60
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Urban spatial structure and economic growth in Spanish metropolitan areas : 1992-2008
Alamá, Luisa; Roig-Casanova, Marta; Forte, Anabel; … - 2011
associated with higher productivity levels. In this context, this paper explores the links between urban spatial structure and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011527324