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The decline of the exchange rate pass-through in Brazil : explaining the "fear of floating"

Schonerwald, Carlos (contributor); … - 2008

This paper argues that the pass-through in Brazil has fallen compared with estimates in other studies on earlier time periods, and remains low. Whereas pass-through effects where high and close to 1 in the high-inflation period, they seem to have fallen to around 0.2 after the Real Plan...

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"Baumol's diseases" : the case of Switzerland

Hartwig, Jochen - 2010

Nordhaus (2008) has developed a testing strategy for what he calls "Baumol's diseases", by which name he designates a number of by-products of structural change that are unwanted from an economic policy perspective. He finds that the U.S. economy is strongly affected by the "diseases". This...

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Facilitating different types of clusters

Ingstrup, Mads Bruun - In: Management revue : socio-economic studies 24 (2013) 2, pp. 133-150

This paper focuses on cluster facilitators and their efforts in facilitating the development of clusters. At present, the vast majority of literature presents a uniform image of cluster facilitators despite the fact that different types of clusters influence their role and purpose. Thus, the aim...

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The case of the Top Technology Region/Eindhoven-Leuven-Aachen triangle (TTR-ELAt) – regions and innovation : collaborating across borders

Nauwelaers, Claire; Maguire, Karen; Marsan, Giulia Ajmone - 2013

The Top Technology Region/Eindhoven-Leuven-Aachen triangle (TTR-ELAt) is an initiative to support cross-border collaboration in a densely populated network of small and medium-sized cities located at the heart of western Europe with an annual economic output of USD 244 billion. The collaboration...

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Forms and regional distribution of knowledge transfer by German universities

Sauer, Thomas; Stoetzer, Matthias-Wolfgang; Gerlach, Andrea - 2007 - [Online-Ausg.]

For the first time the transfer activities of two different German university types - the Friedrich Schiller University (FSU) and the University of Applied Sciences Jena (FH Jena) - were documented in parallel over all departments and channels of technology transfers with regard to their...

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Formen und regionale Verteilung des Wissenstransfers von Hochschulen : eine repräsentative Fallstudie für Jena

Gerlach, Andrea; Sauer, Thomas; Stoetzer, Matthias-Wolfgang - 2005 - [Online-Ausg.]

Neu an dieser Studie ist, dass zum ersten Mal umfassend die Transferaktivitäten von zwei unterschiedlichen Hochschultypen - in diesem Fall der Friedrich Schiller Universität (FSU) und der Fachhochschule Jena (FH Jena) - parallel und über alle Fächer hinweg hinsichtlich ihrer regionalen...

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Low income, social growth, and good health : a history of twelve countries

Riley, James C. - 2008

models of social development -- Oil-rich lands -- The Latin American case : income inequality and health in Mexico …Life expectancy and income among the first countries to begin health transitions -- Which countries should be studied …? -- A colonizer and the country colonized : Japan and Korea -- Very low income is not a barrier : Sri Lanka -- Two neighbors …

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Estimating the multiplier effects of tourism expenditures on a local economy through a regional input-output model

Frechtling, Douglas C.; Horváth, Endre - In: Journal of travel research : a quarterly publication of … 37 (1999) 4, pp. 324-332

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Political institutions, state building, and tax capacity : crossing the tipping point

Gaspar, Vítor; Jaramillo, Laura; Wingender, Philippe - 2016

An empirical finding by Gaspar, Jaramillo and Wingender (2016) shows that once countries cross a tax-to-GDP threshold of around 12 3/4 percent, real GDP per capita increases sharply and in a sustained manner over the following decade. In this paper, we attempt via four case studies-Spain, China,...

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Education and development : outcomes for equality and governance in Africa

Ndulo, Muna (ed.); Assié-Lumumba, N'Dri (ed.) - Symposium Entitled "Education and the Development of … - 2020

–2010): Implications for Economic Inequality between Countries -- 4. Free Education, Schooling Outcomes, and Wages: An Inequality Analysis …

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