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For the largest 55 German banks, we detect the presence of countercyclical yield seeking in the form of acquisition of high-yielding periphery bonds in the period from Q1 2008 to Q2 2011. This investment strategy is pursued by banks not subject to a bailout, banks characterised by high...
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literature, the definition of distance has attracted less attention. The choice of the distance measure is often glossed over …, with the ultimate use of the Euclidean distance. This paper investigates this issue in the case of establishments locating …, which challenges the choice of the Euclidean distance in representing spatial effects. To compare the various distance …
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German neighboring countries, we find that distance significantly matters for the workplace location in Germany. The striking … exception is Poland. For non-neighboring countries, distance only matters for countries which are geographically close to … Germany. Distance has also a negative effect on the net-migrations flows of foreign workers from geographically close …
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-spatial dimensions of access to healthcare together. Spatial dimension emphasizes importance of the distance whereas non … relationship between supply characteristics and travel time / travel distance accepted and realized for going to hospital in … generally as ?30 minutes', which turns out to be parallel with the survey results. However, the realized travel distance …
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of interest from distance to proximity, which is essential in our understanding for new knowledge creation and innovation … in cities while the importance of distance is decreasing (Boschma, 2005). Economic geographers also claim that innovation … analyse spatial distribution of OSN activity. Our research questions address both the effects of distance and settlement size …
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characterized by coordinates on some "basic" spherical surface. The basic "air" distance between them can thus be identified … distances from the centre of the sphere. Thus connections longer or shorter than the basic distance are to be found on an other … the distance is due to a "roundabout" connection or to the low speed parameters etc. It is thus possible to dodge the …
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