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The Global Award for Entreprenurship Research
Henrekson, Magnus; Lindström, Anders - 2008
The International Award for Entrepreneurship and Small Business Research was instituted in 1996, and it is now firmly established as the leading Prize for outstanding research contributions in the area. Thanks to a generous donation from the Swedish entrepreneur Rune Andersson it has been...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010320349
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The World Distribution of Productivity: Country TFP Choice in a Nelson-Phelps Economy
Färnstrand Damsgaard, Erika; Krusell, Per - 2010
general equilibrium model of the world which has externalities: each country invests in TFP and internalizes the dynamic … effects of its own investment, while treating other countries' investments as given. Average world growth is endogenous, as is …-run differences in TFP levels and that, in the long run, the world distribution of TFP across countries may be asymmetric, i.e., twin …
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Common Trends and Shocks to Top Incomes: A Structural Breaks Approach
Roine, Jesper; Waldenström, Daniel - 2009
In this paper we use newly compiled top income share data to estimate common breaks and trends across countries over the twentieth century. By using the most re-cent structural breaks techniques, our approach both confirms previous notions and offers new insights. In particular, the division...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010320368
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Every Man for Himself! Gender, Norms and Survival in Maritime Disasters
Elinder, Mikael; Erixson, Oscar - 2012
Since the sinking of the Titanic, there has been a widespread belief that the social norm of 'women and children first' gives women a survival advantage over men in maritime disasters, and that captains and crew give priority to passengers. We analyze a database of 18 maritime disasters spanning...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010320375
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The WTO Dispute Settlement System 1995-2010: Some Descriptive Statistics
Horn, Henrik; Johannesson, Louise; Mavroidis, Petros C. - 2011
The Dispute Settlement (DS) system is a central feature of the World Trade Organization (WTO) Agreement. This …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010320413
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Why The IMF And The International Monetary System Needs More Than Cosmetic Reform
Akyuz, Yilmaz - 2010
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010320461
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The Staggering Rise of the South?
Akyüz, Yilmaz - 2012
This paper argues that the unprecedented acceleration of growth in the developing world in the new millennium in …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010320466
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Evolutionary Dynamics of Globalization
Canpolat, Naci; Ozel, Hüseyin - 2008
The expansion of markets -globalization- was reversed during early 20th century and unfettered markets gave in to the welfare state and central planning. But the markets have been striking back since the early 1980s. Governments are withdrawn from economic activities, and many structural market...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010320492
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Who Are the Net Food Importing Countries?
Ng, Francis; Aksoy, M.Ataman - 2013
The purpose of this paper is to update the information on net food importing countries, using different definitions of food, separating countries by their level of income, whether they are in conflict and whether they are significant oil exporters. The study also estimates the changes in net...
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Is Trade Liberalization a Solution to the Unemployment Problem?
Yanikkaya, Halit - 2008
This paper examines how trade liberalization affects the growth rate of employment in developed and developing countries. The estimation results imply that trade openness in the form of higher trade volumes has not been successful in generating jobs in developing countries. The overall weak,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010320547