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How important are agglomeration effects for plant performance? : empirical evidence for Germany
Fuchs, Michaela; Ludewig, Oliver - 2010 - Preliminary version
The question whether agglomeration effects are of importance for regional development has a long tradition in regional science. This paper asks if regional characteristics and specifically ag-glomeration effects influence the performance of plants in Germany and, if so, in which direction....
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Skills, education and productivity in the KIBS sector : firm level evidence on the presence of externalities
Klaesson, Johan; Wixe, Sofia - 2011
levels? This paper aims to examine these issues with a particular focus on the importance of externalities. Externalities are … defined as region-specific economic effects influencing firm efficiency. These externalities can be broadly divided in the … following categories: i) urbanization economies which relate to diversity and density (Jacobs externalities), ii) localization …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011541593
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The productive city needs both : localization and urbanization economies across spatial scales in the city
Andersson, Martin; Larsson, Johan P.; Lundblad, Joakim - 2015 - This version 2015-01-16
propose that specialization and diversity may offer externalities operating at different spatial scales. Using high …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011482330
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Renewable energy and negative externalities : the effect of wind turbines on house prices
Droes, Martijn I.; Koster, Hans - 2014 - This version: 30 June 2014
SUMMARY - In many countries, wind turbines are constructed as part of a strategy to reduce fossil fuel dependence. In this paper, we measure the external effect of wind turbines on the transaction prices of nearby properties. Using a unique transaction price dataset covering the period 1985-2011...
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R&D-persistency, metropolitan externalities and productivity
Lööf, Hans; Johansson, Börje - 2010
Firms display persistent differences as regards both internal and external characteristics, and these differences correspond to asymmetries in the performance of firms with regard to productivity level and growth as well as innovativeness. This paper focuses on one internal characteristic and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011534334
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Why regulate private firm disclosure and auditing?
Minnis, Michael; Shroff, Nemit - In: Accounting and business research : a research quarterly … 47 (2017) 5, pp. 473-502
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Quasi-hyperbolic discounting and externalities : can government intervention improve wefare?
Kotsogiannēs, Chrēstos; Schwager, Robert - 2020 - This version: October 1, 2019
The recent literature has emphasized that government intervention when consumers have quasi-hyperbolic preferences ('bias for the present') over consumption is not welfare-enhancing. This paper introduces a market imperfection (which takes the form of a negative externality) and shows that...
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Accords environnementaux : le marché peut-il réussir l'arbitrage entre incitations et participation?
Martimort, David; Zantman, Wilfried Sand- - In: Revue économique : revue bimestrielle 65 (2014) 4, pp. 481-497
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Building sustainability through greater happiness
Bartolini, Stefano - In: The economic and labour relations review : ELRR 25 (2014) 4, pp. 587-602
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010483115
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On the social usefulness of fractional reserve banking
Chari, Varadarajan V.; Phelan, Christopher - In: Journal of monetary economics 65 (2014), pp. 1-13
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