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This paper employs a weighted network analysis to study the empirical properties of the world trade web and their evolution over time. We show that most countries are characterized by weak trade links; yet, there exists a group of countries featuring a large number of strong relationships, thus...
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Over the past four decades the High Performing Asian Economies (HPAE) have followed a development strategy based on the … paths have led to sharply different growth performance in the two regions. Yet, standard trade openness indicators fall … random-walk betweenness centrality measure, the paper shows that the HPAE countries are more integrated into the WTN and many …
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This paper surveys research on social capital. We explore the concepts that motivate the social capital literature, efforts to formally model social capital using economic theory, the econometrics of social capital, and empirical studies of the role of social capital in various socioeconomic...
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This chapter surveys research on social capital. We explore the concepts that motivate the social capital literature, efforts to formally model social capital using economic theory, the econometrics of social capital, and empirical studies of the role of social capital in various socioeconomic...
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This dissertation consists of four essays in the economics of digital transformation and specifically considers the link between geography and digitalization in the know-ledge economy.
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This paper surveys research on social capital. We explore the concepts that motivate the social capital literature, efforts to formally model social capital using economic theory, the econometrics of social capital, and empirical studies of the role of social capital in various socioeconomic...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005062449
important process of economic development is learning. Therefore, e-commerce is an important contributor to the learning process …
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gangsters' importance in- side the network (called centrality) but not the preference for specific housing needs. A standard … deviation increase in closeness centrality increases economic status by between one forth (OLS) and one standard deviation (2SLS). …
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