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Essays on Tax Evasion and Government Spending in Developing Countries
Embaye, Abel Berhe - 2007
The dissertation aims at broadening our understanding of tax evasion and government spending in developing countries. It comprises three essays. The first essay deals with estimation of tax evasion in a cross-section of developing countries by estimating their underground economies using the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009463379
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ROLE OF INNOVATIONS AND KNOWLEDGE - INFRASTRUCTURE AND INSTITUTIONS
Nabradi, Andras - 2009
.The knowledge-based economy has four pillars: innovation, education, the economic andinstitutional regime, and information … the free movement of knowledge. Therefore, the EU decision on theestablishment of the European Institute of Innovation and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009445907
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Distortion of Outcome and Probability Information in Risky Decisions
DeKay, Michael L.; Patino-Echeverri, Dalia; Fischbeck, … - 2008
Substantial evidence indicates that information is distorted during decision making. However, no studies have assessed the distortion of outcome and probability information in risky decisions or the effects of ambiguity on information distortion. We report two studies involving six binary...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009440971
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Distortion of Outcome and Probability Information in Risky Decisions
DeKay, Michael L.; Patiño-Echeverri, Dalia; Fischbeck, … - 2005
Substantial evidence indicates that information is distorted during decision making. However, no studies have assessed the distortion of outcome and probability information in risky decisions or the effects of ambiguity on information distortion. This paper reports two studies involving six...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009441297
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The Globalization of Private Knowledge Goods and the Privatization of Global Public Goods
Reichman, Jerome H.; Maskus, Keith H. - 2005
innovation and technology diffusion, such impacts would not be evenly distributed across countries. Deep questions also arise … innovation and competition in their own markets. Developing countries may need to take the lead in policy experimentation and IP … innovation in order to offset overly protectionist tendencies in the rich countries and to maintain the supply of global public …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009471549
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11.481J / 1.284J / ESD.284J Analyzing and Accounting for Regional Economic Change, Spring 2004
Polenske, Karen R.; Wang, Xiaodong - 2004
Surveys theories of regional growth, factor mobility, clustering, industrial restructuring, learning regions, and global supply chains from a political-economy perspective. Examines/critiques accounting frameworks including accounting for the underground economy, multipliers, linkages, and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009432743
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11.481J / 1.284J / ESD.192J Analyzing and Accounting for Regional Economic Change, Spring 2006
Polenske, Karen R.; Biderman, Ciro - 2006
Surveys theories of regional growth, factor mobility, clustering, industrial restructuring, learning regions, and global supply chains from a political-economy perspective. Examines/critiques accounting frameworks including accounting for the underground economy, multipliers, linkages, and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009433030
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Know How, Know Whom, Know Where: A Global Analysis of Investor Experience and Startup Performance
Álvarez-Garrido, Elisa - 2010
This dissertation analyzes where and when experienced investors add value to startups. Building on the resource-dependence theory and the relational view of the firm, I argue that the positive effect of investor experience on startup performance is stronger when the startup faces a more...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009439052
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Macroeconomic and institutional determinants of stock market development in MENA region: new results from a panel data analysis
Cherif, Monther; Gazdar, Kaothar - 2010
This paper provides new evidence on the influence of macroeconomic environment and institutional quality on stock market development, using data from 14 MENA countries over the period of 1990-2007. Using both panel data and instrumental variable techniques, we find that income level, saving...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009441711
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Characteristics of resources and the provision of biodiversity and ecosystem services in Germany: the cases of fruit tree meadows and wolf protection
Thiel, Andreas; Schleyer, Christian; Plieninger, Tobias - 2011
provision is governed. This paper scrutinizes determinants of institutions that regulate the provision of biodiversity and … design of institutions. In the case of wolf protection, the state uses its power to modify property rights in order to …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009442285