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Growth and welfare effects of health care in knowledge based economies : conference paper
Kuhn, Michael; Prettner, Klaus - 2013
We study the effects of a labor-intensive health care sector within an R&D-driven growth model with overlapping generations. Health care increases longevity and labor participation/productivity. We examine under which conditions expanding health care enhances growth and welfare. Even if the...
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On the estimation of the volatility-growth link : conference paper
Launov, Andrey; Posch, Olaf; Wälde, Klaus - 2013
It is common practice to estimate the volatility-growth link by specifying a standard growth equation such that the variance of the error term appears as an explanatory variable in this growth equation. The variance in turn is modelled by a second equation. Hardly any of existing applications of...
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Human capital, basic research, and applied research : three dimensions of human knowledge and their differential growth effects ; conference paper
Prettner, Klaus; Werner, Katharina - 2014
We analyze the di fferential growth e ffects of basic research, applied research, and embodied human capital accumulation in an R&D-based growth model with endogenous fertility and endogenous education. In line with the empirical evidence, our model allows for i) a negative association between...
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Regulierung, Wettbewerb und Marktwirtschaft : Festschrift für Carl Christian von Weizsäcker zum 65. Geburtstag
Nutzinger, Hans G. (ed.);  … - 2003
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10001731258
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The economic and demographic transition, mortality, and comparative development : conference paper
Sunde, Uwe; Cervellati, Matteo - 2013
We propose a unified growth theory to investigate the mechanics generating the economic and demographic transition, and the role of mortality differences for comparative development. The framework can replicate the quantitative patterns in historical time series data and in contemporaneous...
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Geopolitics, aid and growth : conference paper
Dreher, Axel; Eichenauer, Vera; Gehring, Kai - 2014
We investigate the effects of short-term political motivations on the effectiveness of foreign aid. Donor countries political motives might reduce the effectiveness of conditionality, channel aid to inferior projects, reduce the aid bureaucracy s effort, and change the power structure in the...
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Immigration and structural change : evidence from post-war Germany ; conference paper
Braun, Sebastian; Kvasnicka, Michael - 2013
Does immigration accelerate sectoral change towards high-productivity sectors? This paper uses the mass displacement of ethnic Germans from Eastern Europe to West Germany after World War II as a natural experiment to study this question. A simple two-sector specific factors model, in which...
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How can we boost competition in the services sector?
Holtemöller, Oliver (ed.) - How Can We Boost Competition in the Services Sector? … - 2017 - 1st edition
„Wie können wir den Wettbewerb im Dienstleistungssektor stärken?“ Dies ist eine Schlüsselfrage für eine größere … Einrichtungen, von Ministerien, der EU-Kommission und anderen Organisationen zu Reformen im Dienstleistungssektor. Die Konferenz … Bewertung vergangener Reformen im Dienstleistungssektor und zur möglichen Reichweite sowie zu den möglichen Auswirkungen …
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How can we boost competition in the services sector?
Holtemöller, Oliver (ed.) - How Can We Boost Competition in the Services Sector? … - 2017 - 1st edition
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011772535
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Competition and profitability in European financial services : strategic, systemic and policy issues
Balling, Morten (ed.); Lierman, Frank (ed.);  … - Competition and Profitability in European Financial … - 2006
Financial services firms play a key role in the European economy. The efficiency and profitability of these firms and the competition among them have an impact on allocation of savings, financing of investment, economic growth, the stability of the financial system and the transmission of...
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