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rising importance of general budget support, have reduced the fragmentation of aid. Nevertheless, our results reveal that aid … fragmentation persisted after the Paris Declaration and coordination among donors has even weakened. …
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rising importance of general budget support, have reduced the fragmentation of aid. Nevertheless, our results reveal that aid … fragmentation persisted after the Paris Declaration and coordination among donors has even weakened …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009386587
We present a model, in which a small industrialised economy outsources part of its production into a small foreign country which is well endowed with low-skilled labour. We analyse under which conditions sinking trade costs stimulate outsourcing activities, thereby increasing the wage dispersion...
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We investigate the relation between Net Neutrality regulation and Internet fragmentation. We model a two-sided market … strategically set termination fees to induce fragmentation. This takes place when advertising revenues are potentially large but … identify an important link between termination fees, the online advertising market and Internet fragmentation. We extend the …
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We investigate the relation between Net Neutrality regulation and Internet fragmentation. We model a two-sided market … set termination fees to induce fragmentation. This takes place when advertising revenues are potentially large but … fragmentation. We extend the model to account for multi-homing consumers, vertically integrated ISPs, third-party advertising …
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Aid fragmentation is widely recognized as being detrimental to development outcomes. We re-investigate the impact of … fragmentation on aid effectiveness in the context of growth, bureaucratic policy, and education, focusing on a number of … conceptually different indicators of fragmentation, and paying attention to potentially heterogeneous effects across countries. Our …
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growth, defining spatial structures with different degrees of fragmentation of urbanised areas. This study analyses the … and the fragmentation of artificialised urban areas. The methodology consists of the construction of a number of specific … indicators of land occupation (%), population density (net and administrative), and fragmentation (Shannon's evenness), in order …
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fragmentation; and measures designed to overcome them, namely interconnection and consolidation of bargaining power. The first paper …
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Solid budgets serve as important quality signals for the electorate. Politicians mighttherefore face an incentive to influence tax revenue forecasts, which are widely regardedas a key element for budget setups. Looking at the time period from 1996 to 2012, inthis study we systematically analyze...
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This paper addresses a complex of globalization issues: the effect of globalization on the skill premium; the effect of globalization on unemployment; the relative importance of globalization and exogenous technical change; the effect of globalization on the ability of national governments to...
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