Do political decentralisation and inter state competition favour innovation and growth? There has long been a lively …. The existing literature tends to assume that the beneficial effects of inter state competition have been confined to … European history. By contrast, China, India and the Islamic Middle East are regarded as inherently imperial and overcentralised …

performance in a constructed model of the treaty port economy in late-Qing and Republican China"--Provided by publisher …

Financial services firms play a key role in the European economy. The efficiency and profitability of these firms and … the competition among them have an impact on allocation of savings, financing of investment, economic growth, the … evaluations of trends in the European financial service industry and examinations of the driving forces of efficiency, competition …