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The Economic Theory and the Portuguese Manufactured Industry

Martinho, Vítor João Pereira Domingues - 2011

This work aims to compare the Keynesian theory, namely by the Verdoorn Law, the neoclassical theory, by the absolute convergence, and the geographic concentration, by the Rybczynski equation, explanations about the different manufactured industry of the Portuguese regions (NUTs II), for the...

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Investitionen: Warum wir sie brauchen und wie wir sie kriegen

Christl, Michael; Köppl-Turyna, Monika; Lorenz, Hanno - 2016

Dieser Beitrag untersucht den Zusammenhang zwischen Investitionswachstum, Zinsen und Erwartungen für Österreich. Basierend auf einem Panel von 73 Wirtschaftssektoren zeigt sich, dass Zinsänderungen nur dann einen positiven Einfluss auf Investitionswachstum haben, wenn die Erwartungen stark...

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Inverted-U relationship between innovation and survival: Evidence from firm-level UK data

Guidi, Francesco; Solomon, Edna; Trushin, Eshref; Ugur, … - 2015

Theoretical and empirical work on innovation and firm survival has produced varied and often conflicting findings. In this paper, we draw on Schumpeterian models of competition and innovation and stochastic models of firm dynamics to demonstrate that the conflicting findings may be due to linear...

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Social aspirations in European banks: peer-influenced risk behavior

Lyócsa, Štefan; Výrost, Tomáš; Baumöhl, Eduard - 2018

We test a sample of 3,586 banks from 33 European countries to determine whether performances above or below a social aspiration level (median performance of peer banks) influence banks’ aggregate risk levels. Our results are consistent with the behavioral theory of the firm and prospect theory...

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Assessing Impact of Health Oriented Aid on Infant Mortality Rates

Yousuf, Ahmed Sadek - 2012

This paper examines the relationship between health aid and infant mortality, using data from in total 135 countries (for the purposes of this study, developing countries), between 1975 and 2010. Utilizing both conventional Instrumental Variable and System GMM approaches, a tentative conclusion...

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Interregional Migration, Human Capital Externalities and Unemployment Dynamics: Evidence from Italian Provinces

Basile, Roberto; Girardi, Alessandro; Mantuano, Marianna; … - 2017

We analyze the effect of interregional migration on regional unemployment in Italy. With the help of a simple two-region model adapted to the main features of the Italian NorthSouth dualism, we illustrate the effects of labor mobility with and without human capital externalities. Using...

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Beschäftigungseffekte der regionalen Investitionsförderung. Analyse der gewerblichen Subventionen der Bund-Länder- Gemeinschaftsaufgabe „Verbesserung der regionalen Wirtschaftsstru...

Alm, Bastian; Bade, Franz-Josef - 2010

Im Rahmen der Bund-Länder-Gemeinschaftsaufgabe „Verbesserung der regionalen Wirtschaftsstruktur“ werden zur Förderung strukturschwacher Regionen vor allem Investitionszuschüsse an gewerbliche Betriebe vergeben. Welche Wirkung diese Subventionen gehabt haben, wird in diesem Beitrag mit...

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What the Keynesian theory said about Portugal?

Martinho, Vítor João Pereira Domingues - 2012

With this work it is intended to analyze the contributions of the Keynesian theory to the explanation of the regional evolution in Portugal. Considering the Keynesian models in different perspectives and taking into account the Verdoorn (1949) relationship it is did data and econometric analysis...

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Potterian Economics

Levy, Daniel; Snir, Avichai - 2017

Recent studies in psychology and neuroscience find that fictional works exert strong influence on readers and shape their opinions and worldviews. We study the Potterian economy, which we compare to economic models, to assess how Harry Potter books affect economic literacy. We find that some...

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Democratisation via elections in an African 'narco state'? The case of Guinea-Bissau

Kohnert, Dirk - 2010

La démocratisation par le biais des élections dans un «narco-État» de l'Afrique? Le cas de la Guinée-Bissau: La … coopération de développement récente avec la Guinée-Bissau, en se concentrant sur les élections, la consolidation de la bonne …-État» ainsi que l'aide occidentale destinée à stabiliser cet état grâce à l'appui des élections multipartites sont basées sur des …

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