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On the Distance Dependence of the Price Elasticity of Telecommunications Demand; Meta-analysis, and Alternative Theoretical Backgrounds

Ouwersloot, Hans; Rietveld, Piet - 1997

The positive correlation between the absolute price elasticity of telecommunications demand and the distance of the calling relation is well known. In this paper we first present a meta-analysis of existing studies to buttress the distance dependence empirically. The analysis confirms the...

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What makes a Scientific Article influential?

van Dalen, Hendrik P.; Henkens, Kene - 2000

most frequently cited when they deal with empirical,ahistorical research focusing on populations in thedeveloped world …

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Growth Effects of Fiscal Policies - A Comparative Analysis in a Multi-Country Context

Brons, Martijn; de Groot, Henri L.F.M.; Nijkamp, Peter - 1999

The potential interactions among fiscal policies, investments and economicgrowth are complex and manifold.In this paper, we will perform a systematic comparative analysis of the variouseconomic insights that arecurrently available on these complex relationships, both theoretically (by aselective...

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Victims of Progress: Economic Integration, Specialization, and Wages for Unskilled Labor

Francois, Joseph; Nelson, Douglas R. - 2000

In this paper we demonstrate that intra-industry trade (or FDI)between identical countries could produce theobserved deterioration in the relative wages of unskilled workers.This involves a model of North-Northintegration through either increased trade flows or increased MNE-based production....

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Self-Employment out of Dissatisfaction: An International Study

Noorderhaven, Niels G.; Wennekers, Sander; Hofstede, Geert - 1999

This paper studies differences in the rate of self-employment (business ownership) in more thantwenty Western nations and Japan for the period 1974-1994, focusing in particular on theinfluences of dissatisfaction and uncertainty avoidance. We test two types of hypotheses, pertainingto the...

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International Material-Product Chains: An Alternative Perspective on International Trade and Trade Theories

van Beukering, Pieter J.H.; van den Bergh, Jeroen C.J.M.; … - 2000

international material-product chains(MPC). The international MPC covers the complete lifecycle of a material or aproduct in two or … material flowsin the international MPC can run vertically or horizontally between segments.It is demonstrated how differences … in factor requirements across segments ofthe international MPC in combination with factor productivity differencesacross …

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Value-at-Risk and Extreme Returns

Daníelsson, Jón; de Vries, Casper G. - 1998

Accurate prediction of the frequency of extreme events is of primary importance in many financialapplications such as Value-at-Risk (VaR) analysis. We propose a semi-parametric method for VaRevaluation. The largest risks are modelled parametrically, while smaller risks are captured by the...

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Education, Growth and Income Inequality

Teulings, Coen N.; van Rens, Thijs - 2002

Estimates of the effect of education on GDP (the social return) have been hard to reconcile with micro evidence on the private return to schooling. We present a simple explanation combining two ideas: imperfect substitution and endogenous skill-biased technological progress and use cross-country...

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Financial Sector Competition, Service Trade, and Growth

Francois, Joseph F.; Eschenbach, Felix - 2002

We explore dynamic linkages between financial/banking sector openness, financial sector competition, and growth. We first develop an analytical model, highlighting links between long-run economic performance and services trade, through scale economies and market and cost structures in the...

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Enhancing Efficiency of Water Provision

Dalhuisen, Jasper; Nijkamp, Peter - 2002

One of the policy options to increase the efficiency in the provision of scarce water resources is a reduction in transaction costs in water chains by developing integrated forms of water management. Integrated water management in case of river basin areas may comprise inter alia: (1) increasing...

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