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Modeling regional supply responses using farm-level economic data and a biophysical model: A case study on Brazilian land-use change

Balieiro, Samuel - 2023

Estimating farmers' supply responses to changes in framework conditions is important to in-form decision-makers on the expected impacts on production volume as well as the resulting land-use shifts. Existing agricultural supply response models generally require either larger databases with...

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Banking Internationalisation and the Expansion Strategies of European Banks to Brazil during the 1990s

de Paula, Luiz Fernando - 2002

This paper aims at analysing the determinants of the recent wave of European banks to Brazil under the context of the … European banks in Brazil, as well as the expansion strategy of the four major European banks in Latin America - BSCH, BBVA …, HSBC and ABN-Amro. In this regard, it shows that the recent wave of European banks entering Latin America and Brazil is …

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Die Evangelikalen und die Politik in Brasilien: Die Relevanz des religiösen Wandels in Lateinamerika

Zilla, Claudia - 2019

. Dieses Engagement dehnen die Glaubensgemeinschaften in wachsendem Maße auf den Bereich der Politik aus. In Brasilien kommt …

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Artificial Intelligence and the clustering of human capital: The risks for Europe

Brey, Björn; Van der Marel, Erik - 2023

Europe trails the global frontier of productivity growth and the region's trend is sluggish. Much prospective economic growth for Europe is likely to come from AI and its adoption by European firms which is projected to shoot up the productivity trend. For such AI-generated growth to work, high...

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Oil-led economic growth and the distribution of real household incomes and consumption in Azerbaijan

Walewski, Mateusz; Chubrik, Alexander - 2010

This paper analyzes the distribution of real household incomes and consumption growth in Azerbaijan between 2004 and 2009. Decile-specific price deflators were used to calculate real incomes and consumption dynamics. The analysis, which was based on growth incidence curves, showed that economic...

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Entrepreneurship and economic growth: An investigation into the relationship between entrpreneurship and total factor productivity growth in the EU

Dabkowski, Andrzej P. - 2011

Endogenous growth theory assigns an important role for entrepreneurship in the process of economic development. This paper sets to formally test the impact of entrepreneurship on economic growth. Entrepreneurship is represented by a number of proxy variables, whereas Total Factor Productivity is...

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Brazilian competition law and access to health in Brazil: Exploitative pricing in the pharmaceutical sector

de Castro, Bruno Braz - 2022

This paper aims to analyze the interfaces between Brazilian Competition Law and the issue of access to medicines, with a special focus on abuse of industrial property rights and related exclusionary and exploitative effects. The paper analyzes the case law of Brazilian Administrative Council for...

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Country-level politics around the SDGs: Analysing political will as a critical element of the Mid-Term Review of the 2030 Agenda and the SDGs

Beisheim, Marianne (contributor) - 2023

The SDG Summit will take place on 18-19 September 2023 in New York. UN Secretary-General António Guterres has called it the 'centrepiece' of the UN's work this year. Numerous reports for this year's mid-term review of the 2030 Agenda and the SDGs will lament the 'lack of political will' to...

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Exploring new interregional opportunities for pharmaceutical supply chains: The potential of Mercosur countries to advance the EU's Global Health Strategy

Salles, Fernanda Cimini; Bayerlein, Michael; … - 2024

American trade bloc consisting of Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay and Uruguay, with Venezuela's membership currently suspended. The …

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Foresight: A breath of fresh air on the East River. The expansion of the UN Security Council triggers unexpected reforms

Vorrath, Judith; Brozus, Lars - 2024

Surprise and jubilation in the United Nation Security Council (UNSC): 2028 begins with a bang. The permanent members of the body declare that they will voluntarily renounce their right of veto in cases of mass atrocities. This self-limitation, achieved after a long struggle, would have been...

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