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Misallocation, Establishment Size, and Productivity
Bento, Pedro; Restuccia, Diego - University of Toronto, Department of Economics - 2015
productivity investment. The model connects small operational scales to the prevalence in poor countries of correlated distortions … (the elasticity between wedges and establishment productivity). The model also rationalizes the finding in poor countries … of low establishment-level productivity and low aggregate productivity investment. A calibrated version of the model …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011262694
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Misallocation, Establishment Size, and Productivity
Bento, Pedro; Restuccia, Diego - University of Toronto, Department of Economics - 2014
positive relationship between aggregate productivity and average establishment size for manufacturing establishments across 124 … endogenous entry and productivity investment. The model connects small operational scales in poor countries to the prevalence in … these countries of correlated distortions (the elasticity between wedges and establishment productivity). The model also …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010897047
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Macroeconomic determinants of exit from aid-dependence
Hailu, Degol; Shiferaw, Admasu - 2012
This paper analyses macroeconomic aspects of exit from aid-dependence. By 'exit from aid', we mean substantial and enduring decline over time in Official Development Assistance (ODA) as a share of Gross Domestic Product (GDP). The relevant macroeconomic variables are identified by systematically...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010293266
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Does migration raise agricultural investment? An empirical analysis for rural Mexico
Böhme, Marcus - 2013
The effect of remittances on capital accumulation remains a contested topic. This paper uses a panel data set from rural Mexico to investigate the impact of remittances on agriculture and livestock investments. After controlling for the endogeneity of migration through an instrumental variable...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010294943
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Financing for stability in the post-2015 era
Poole, Lydia - 2018
This study and its associated guidance contribute to advancing thinking and understanding about one of the most significant challenges that the international community faces in fragile contexts: how to provide the right financing. The paper summarises new and emerging instruments and approaches...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011853661
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Does Migration Raise Agricultural Investment? An Empirical Analysis for Rural Mexico
Böhme, Marcus - Institut für Weltwirtschaft (IfW) - 2013
The effect of remittances on capital accumulation remains a contested topic. This paper uses a panel data set from rural Mexico to investigate the impact of remittances on agriculture and livestock investments. After controlling for the endogeneity of migration through an instrumental variable...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010886841
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Promoting Sustainable and Responsible Business in Asia and the Pacific: The Role of Government, Studies in Trade and Investment 72
Freeman, Nick J. - Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific …
Corporate social responsibility (CSR) is widely accepted as the business sector's contribution to inclusive and sustainable development. Thus, government can harness the CSR agenda in pursuit of this goal. There are several reasons why governments should seek to promote CSR: greater social and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009650708
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Property rights and investment in agriculture: Evidence for Ghana
Abdulai, Awudu; Owusu, Victor; Goetz, Renan - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2008
Ghana. A major hypothesis tested is that investment in productivity enhancing and conservation techniques are influenced by …-form productivity regressions show that tenure differences do affect land productivity. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009652030
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Effects of reciprocal concessions on employment and real capital
Bellmann, Lutz; Gerner, Hans-Dieter; Hübler, Olaf - In: Economics Bulletin 34 (2014) 1, pp. 494-509
Using a three-stage least squares estimator, this paper analyzes within a three equation model the effects of company-level pacts involving reciprocal concessions in Germany. We find that such agreements between employers and employees commonly fail to achieve their primary objective to...
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Aid and Economic Growth: A Robust Approach
Gyimah-Brempong, Kwabena; Racine, Jeffrey S. - Department of Economics, McMaster University - 2014
This paper uses panel data and the Local Linear Kernel Estimator (LLKE) to investigate the effects of aid on economic growth in developing countries. Specifically, we investigate the robustness of a popular parametric specification of the aid/economic growth relationship in Less Developed...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010754535