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The Role of Entrepreneurship, Innovation, and Intuition

Pohl, Jens - 2011

In recognizing the importance of entrepreneurship and innovation as the principal drivers of economic growth, this paper focuses on the human attributes that govern the behavior of the entrepreneur and the societal perceptions that influence the human environment in which the entrepreneur...

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Roots and recourse mortgages: handing back the keys

Galán Camacho, Jorge E.; Lamas Rodríguez, Matías; …

confounding factors to explain differences in immigrants’ outcomes in the mortgage market. Using loan-level data from the Spanish …

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Roots and recourse mortgages: handing back the keys

Galán Camacho, Jorge E.; Lamas Rodríguez, Matías; …

Summary of Banco de España Working Paper no. 2203

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Adult Salmonid PIT-TAG Returns to Columbia River`s Lower Granite Dam.

Newman, Ken - 2008

The results of an analysis of the returns of PIT-tagged Snake River spring chinook and steelhead detected at Lower Granite Dam are summarized. Included is theoretical work on statistical power calculations for tests of return rates. The phrase return rate will be taken to mean return and...

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Evaluation of the 1994 Predictions of the Run-Timing of Wild Migrant Yearling Chinook in the Snake River Basin.

Townsend, Richard L.; Westhagen, P.; Yasuda, D.; … - 2008

arrived at the index site in real-time and to forecast elapsed time to some future percentile in a migration. This report …

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Regional marriage patterns and trends in Northern Sudan

Abdelrahman, Abdelrahman Ibrahim - 1989

Marriage is an important institution for both individuals and society as a whole. It is a significant event in the life cycle of individuals; for society at large it represents the creation of a new unit of production, consumption, distribution and exchange of goods and services. In most...

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Fostering IPv6 Migration Through Network Quality Differentials

Guérin, Roch A; Hosanagar, Kartik - 2010

Although IPv6 has been the next generation Internet protocol for nearly 15 years, new evidences indicate that transitioning from IPv4 to IPv6 is about to become a more pressing issue. This paper attempts to quantify if and how such a transition may unfold. The focus is on ``connectivity...

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Adaptation, Internalization and Environmental Damage

Abrego, Lisandro; Whalley, John - 2002

Existing literature ignores adaptation responses to external effects which, in turn, affect the design of appropriate internalization instruments. We use general equilibrium numerical simulation models based on OECD and UK data to analyze the significance of these responses to congestion...

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Essays in Trade and Labor Demand.

Kovak, Brian K. - 2010

workers' migration patterns. I develop a model of local labor markets that describes how tariff changes across industries … Brazil's 1987-1995 trade liberalization affected wages and interstate migration within the country. I find that wages fell … in migration patterns. These results demonstrate the empirical value of the theoretical framework and represent the first …

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Brain drain and factor complementarity

Pieretti, Patrice; Zou, Benteng - 2006

In this paper we develop a neoclassical growth model that aggregates different types of labor skills from strict complementarity to perfect substitution. After having derived general balanced growth conditions and developed explicit growth paths for capital and aggregate labor force, the model...

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