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The competency niche: An exploratory study

Dobrowolski, Zbysław; Drozdowski, Grzegorz; … - In: Risks 9 (2021) 11, pp. 1-11

In the era of a turbulent and less-predictable business environment, as confirmed by the COVID-19 pandemic, the ability …

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Cursed by no coast: How regional landlockedness affects income within countries

Jetter, Michael; Mösle, Saskia; Stadelmann, David - In: Economics Letters 181 (2019), pp. 70-73

We analyze whether landlocked regions are systematically poorer, using panel data for 1,527 regions in 83 nations from 1950-2014 and exploiting within-country-time variation. Lacking ocean access decreases regional GDP/capita by ≈13%. Specifically, coastal distance matters but not the length...

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Coastal proximity and individual living standards: Econometric evidence from georeferenced household surveys in sub‐Saharan Africa

Wild, Frederik; Stadelmann, David - In: Review of Development Economics 26 (2022) 4, pp. 1883-1901

We investigate georeferenced household‐level data consisting of up to 128,609 individuals living in 11,261 localities across 17 coastal sub‐Saharan African countries over 20 years. We analyze the relevance of coastal proximity, measured by the geographic distance to harbors, as a predictor...

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The relative choice over destiny in a country's long-run economic growth and economic affluence

Tadele, Esubalew; Sirany, Teshome - In: Cogent Economics & Finance 9 (2021) 1, pp. 1-17

emphasis towards shaping a country's long-run economic growth than time-invariant exogenous attributes (like geography …

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Do geography and institutions affect entrepreneurs' future business plans? Insights from Greece

Rasvanis, Evangelos; Tselios, Vassilis - In: Journal of Innovation and Entrepreneurship 12 (2023) 1, pp. 1-21

It is widely known that both geography and institutions determine the location of an investment. However, little is … examines whether the 'first-' and 'second-nature' geography and institutions affect the plans of entrepreneurs to expand or … access, the natural environment, the agglomeration economies, the location of Greece and the local governance are ideal for …

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Institutions or geography: What explains more to trade policy for developing nations?

Sarwarand, Saima; Siddiqi, M. Wasif - In: Pakistan Journal of Commerce and Social Sciences (PJCSS) 8 (2014) 3, pp. 640-661

confirming the importance of institutions and governance over geography in case of each trade policy proxy for developing nations …

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Are California venture capitalists the best venture capitalists?

Hull, Tyler; Goldblatt, Luna Y. - In: Cogent Economics & Finance 10 (2022) 1, pp. 1-13

We test if California VCs significantly outperform VCs from other US states. We additionally test in which instances California VCs outperform the other VC concentrated states of Massachusetts and New York. We find that VCs from California, Massachusetts, and New York have significantly greater...

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Economic development and environmental degradation: A panel ARDL/PMG model for EU-27 countries

Jianu, Ionut - In: Journal of Financial Studies 7 (2022) 13, pp. 120-131

This research aims to examine the relationship between economic development and environmental degradation in European Union over the period 2000-2019 using a Panel ARDL/PMG model. In this respect, I have used GDP per capita expressed in PPS to catch the economic development and greenhouse gas...

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Digital finance, green finance and social finance: Is there a link?

Ozili, Peterson K. - In: Financial Internet Quarterly 17 (2021) 1, pp. 1-7

sustainable environment. The implication is that digital finance is both an enabler and a channel for efficient green financing …

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Environmental effects of the African Continental Free Trade Agreement: A computable general equilibrium model approach

Bengoa, Marta; Mathur, Somya; Narayanan, Badri; … - In: Journal of African Trade 8 (2021) 2, pp. 36-48

Growth and development in middle- and low-income countries often come at an environmental cost, but is that trade-off always necessary? This study uses a computable general equilibrium model to estimate the macroeconomic and environmental impact of the world's most significant plurilateral trade...

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