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Zur Kreditklemme: Ein Vergleich zwischen Japan und Deutschland
Westermann, Frank - In: ifo Schnelldienst 56 (2003) 01, pp. 33-37
Eine Kreditklemme der privaten Firmen trägt nach Meinung von Frank Westermann, Ph.D., Universität München, zu der derzeitigen Verlangsamung des Wirtschaftswachstums in Deutschland bei. Insbesondere kleinere Firmen sind hiervon betroffen, während große Firmen verstärkt alternative...
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Comparing labour and total factor productivity growth and level in France, Japan, the United Kingdom and the United States over the past century and in recent years
Cette, Gilbert; Kocoglu, Yusuf; Mairesse, Jacques - In: The Open Economics Journal 2 (2009), pp. 45-60
The present study contributes to the analysis of economic growth by comparing labour ant total factor productivity (TFP) in France, Japan, the United Kingdom and the United States in the very long run (since 1890) and in the medium run (since 1980). During the past century, the United States has...
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Financial system specialization and private research and development expenditure: Research for OECD countries
Méndez-Morales, Edgard Alberto; Yanes-Guerra, Carlos … - In: Journal of Economics, Finance and Administrative Science 26 (2021) 51, pp. 41-60
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to analyse the role that different financial sources and financial specialization have on private research and development (R&D) activity in OECD countries. Design/methodology/approach: The authors developed several panel regressions choosing as a final...
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Annualized Returns of Venture-Backed Public Companies Categorized by Stage of Financing: An Empirical Investigation of IPOS in the Last Three Decades
Shachmurove, Yochanan - In: Journal of Entrepreneurial Finance 6 (2001) 1, pp. 44-58
Although the national media has given increased attention to the venture capital process, misconceptions continue to proliferate. One often hears about the incredible capital gains of IPO share prices. This paper refutes the myth that investors demand very high rates of return to compensate for...
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Working capital management and financing decision: Synergetic effect on corporate profitability
Ajibolade, Solabomi O.; Sankay, Oboh Collins - In: International Journal of Management, Economics and … 2 (2013) 4, pp. 233-251
Persuaded by the pecking order assumptions, where internal fund is preferred over debt and equity when financing investment projects, this study provided empirical evidence on the interaction between working capital management and corporate debt structure, and the effect of this on corporate...
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Foreign direct investment, productivity and the technology gap in African economies
Malikane, Christopher; Chitambara, Prosper - In: Journal of African Trade 4 (2017) 1/2, pp. 61-74
This paper investigates the impact of foreign direct investment on total factor productivity conditional on relative backwardness in a panel of 45 African countries over the period 1980-2012. We use two measures of relative backwardness, namely: the distance from technological frontier and the...
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Weak investment in the EU: A long-term cross-sectoral phenomenon
Gornig, Martin; Schiersch, Alexander - In: DIW Economic Bulletin 4 (2014) 7, pp. 23-30
Based on capital stock, in total, over six trillion euros less was invested in the European Union between 1999 and 2007 than in the non-European OECD countries, including the US, Canada, and Japan. In the euro area, investment was more than 7.5 trillion euros less than in non-European OECD...
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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
In der Europäischen Union wurden zwischen 1999 und 2007 - bezogen auf den Kapitalbestand - insgesamt gut sechs Billionen Euro weniger investiert als in den nichteuropäischen OECD-Ländern, zu denen beispielsweise die USA, Kanada und Japan gehören. In der Eurozone waren es sogar 7,5 Billionen...
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Study of cash Waqf and its impact on poverty: Case study of Iran
Hosseini, Sayyed Mohammad Sayyed; Salari, Taqi Ebrahimi; … - In: Atlantic Review of Economics 2 (2014), pp. 1-19
Considering the present situation of the society of Iran and according to the effect of grand institution of waqf in resolving problems such as poverty, it is necessary to make an opportunity that new subject such as cash waqf being studied and examined. Hence, the purpose of this research is to...
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Remittance and economic growth nexus in Nigeria: Does financial sector development play a critical role?
Anetor, Friday Osemenshan - In: International Journal of Management, Economics and … 8 (2019) 2, pp. 116-135
The purpose of the study was to examine the relationship between remittances, financial sector development, and … are bound together in the long-run. The results also showed that remittances have a negative and significant effect on … of complementarity between remittances and financial sector development in influencing economic growth. In addition …
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