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Kis-Katos, Krisztina; Liebert, Helge; Schulze, Günther - 2012

The existing literature on the determinants of terrorism treats terror as a uniform phenomenon and does not distinguish between different types of terror. This paper explicitly addresses the heterogeneity of terror by classifying groups according to their ideologies. We show that the pattern of...

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The Transaction Costs Perspective on Standards as a Source of Trade and Productivity Growth

den Butter, Frank A.G.; Groot, Stefan P.T.; Lazrak, Faroek - 2007

This paper discusses the design, implementation and use of standards from the perspective of transaction costs economics. A proper design and implementation of standards may lead to a considerable reduction of transaction costs, which enhances trade and, consequently, economic welfare. A major...

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Lobbying on Entry

Perotti, Enrico; Volpin, Paolo - 2004

We develop a model of endogenous lobby formation in which wealth inequalityand political accountability undermine entry and financial development. In-cumbents seek a low level of effective investor protection to prevent potentialentrants from raising capital. They succeed because they can...

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Economics: An Emerging Small World?

Goyal, Sanjeev; van der Leij, Marco; Moraga, Jose Luis - 2004

This paper examines the small world hypothesis. The first part of the paper presents empirical evidence on the … evolution of a particular world: the world of journal publishing economists during the period 1970-2000. We find that in the … 1970's the world of economics was a collection of islands. Two decades later, in the 1990's the world of economics was much …

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Global Aging and Economic Convergence: A Real Option or Still a Case of Science Fiction?

van Dalen, Hendrik P. - 2007

How does global aging affect the convergence in global economic development? Both the developing and developed world … Official Development Assistance (ODA) will remain necessary capital flows for the developing world in the near future …

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Microeconomic Evidence of Creative Destruction in Industrial and Developing Countries

Bartelsman, Eric J.; Haltiwanger, John; Scarpetta, Stefano - 2004

In this paper we provide an analysis of the process of creative destruction across 24 countries and 2-digit industries over the past decade. We rely on a newly assembled dataset that draws from different micro data sources (business registers, census, or representative enterprise surveys). The...

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The Benefits of Being Economics Professor A (and not Z)

van Praag, C. Mirjam; van Praag, Bernard M.S. - 2007

Alphabetic name ordering on multi-authored academic papers_new, which is the convention in theeconomics discipline and various other disciplines, is to the advantage of people whose lastname initials are placed early in the alphabet. As it turns out, Professor A, who has been afirst author more...

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Welfare State and Life Satisfaction: Evidence from Public Health Care

Laamanen, Jani-Petri; Kotakorpi, Kaisa - 2007

We examine the effect of publicly provided health care on welfare by combining local level data on public health care, and individual level data on life satisfaction. It is shown that relatively high expenditures in health care have a positive effect on individuals' life satisfaction in our...

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Empirical Relevance of the Hillman Condition and Comparative Advantage

Hinloopen, Jeroen; van Marrewijk, Charles - 2004

Hillman condition for virtually all countries of the world, over an extended period of time, for many sectors, and for … be substantial as a share of the value of world exports. Measured either way, violations occurred much more frequently in …

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The Trade-Off between Foreign Direct Investments and Exports: The Role of Multiple Dimensions of Distance

Lankhuizen, Maureen; de Groot, Henri L.F.; Linders, … - 2009

To serve foreign markets, firms can either export or set up a local subsidiary through horizontal Foreign Direct Investment (FDI). The conventional proximity-concentration theory suggests that FDI substitutes for trade if distance between countries is large, while exports become more important...

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