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ESTIMATING BRAZILIAN FDI MOTIVATIONS IN PORTUGAL BY STRUCTURAL EQUATIONS MODEL (SEM)

CECHELLA, Cristiano - In: Regional Science Inquiry V (2013) 2, pp. 87-98

Portugal is a strategic regional location for multinational companies (MNEs) from various countries. This article, through a model based on structural equations (Structural Equations Model), will address the motivations of Brazilian companies to invest in this country compared with firms of...

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Investments in the Russian Economy: Their Potential and Activation Directions

Berezinskaya, O.; A. Vedev. - In: VOPROSY ECONOMIKI 4 (2014)

sources of investments into fixed capital. In addition, the authors focus on the problem of efficiency of investments …

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Economic examples of latent budget analysis

M.C. Larrosa, Juan - In: European Economic Letters 2 (2013) 2, pp. 44-49

understand some important relationships between capital stock composition and income or food diet composition in a heterogeneous …

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An empirical approach to public capital, infrastructure, and economic activity: A critical review

Duran-Fernandez, Roberto; Santos, Georgina - In: Research in Transportation Economics 46 (2014) C, pp. 3-16

The economic literature recognises the importance of public capital – commonly associated to infrastructure – as an … additional factor in the production process, along with labour and private capital. This paper presents a critical review of the … latest research assessing the link between public capital and national income from different perspectives. It is shown that …

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Analysing the fiscal sustainability of transit investment projects: The case of the metropolitan railway of Brasília

Morais, Artur Carlos; Aragão, Joaquim Jose Guilherme; … - In: Research in Transportation Economics 48 (2014) C, pp. 422-428

This paper aims to analyze the fiscal sustainability (FS) of an infrastructure investment infrastructure project. This issue becomes progressively more relevant, as reinforced transport infrastructure investment, albeit being recognized as an important condition for economic growth, may drive...

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Investitionsschwäche in der EU: ein branchenübergreifendes und langfristiges Phänomen

Gornig, Martin; Schiersch, Alexander - In: DIW Wochenbericht 81 (2014) 27, pp. 653-660

Based on capital stock, in total, over six trillion euros less was invested in the European Union between 1999 and 2007 ….5 trillion euros less than in non-European OECD countries. In virtually all EU member states, gross fixed assets (capital stock …

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Oil in Timor-Leste: A Ticket to Prosperity?

Sýkora, Jiří - In: Acta Oeconomica Pragensia 2013 (2013) 3, pp. 68-85

Timor-Leste is currently the third newest member state of the United Nations, independent since 2002. It is also one of the poorest places on earth where life is extremely diffi cult: after prolonged fighting, physical infrastructure is virtually nonexistent, services such as health and...

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A NEW APPROACH FOR ENERGY SECURITY – THE EFFICIENT MANAGEMENT OF FUNDS FOR INVESTMENT IN INFRASTRUCTURE FOR GREEN ENERGY

Maftei, Maftei Daniel - In: Polish Journal of Management Studies 5 (2012) 1, pp. 254-261

Today, perhaps more than ever, mankind faces a dilemma: to go on a road already trodden that no longer provide economic surprises than unpleasant or to venture in there, to places that show every day to design a more secure future. But nothing is free however how we use resources? Even though...

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Thailand: Post-Crisis Rebalancing

Sussangkarn, Chalongphob; Nikomborirak, Deunden - In: Asian Economic Papers 11 (2012) 1, pp. 1-26

Since the Asian financial crisis in 1997, Thailand has become highly dependent on exports as the main engine of economic growth. In 2008, the ratio of export to GDP was about 76.5 percent. The global economic crisis triggered by the sub-prime loans debacle in the United States has prompted...

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Is Public Capital Productive in China? Evidence from a Panel of Chinese Provinces

Zhang, Jie - In: Frontiers of Economics in China 8 (2013) 3, pp. 362-389

In addition to the direct productivity effect, public capital also has an indirect effect on private capital stock and … labor input. This paper offers an evaluation of both the direct and indirect effects of Chinese public capital by applying a … trans-log aggregate production function including public capital stock to a panel of regional data from 1986¨C2009. Moreover …

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