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(NO) PATENT, NO CASH? A RISK PERCEPTION PERSPECTIVE ON INVESTMENT MANAGERS’ ATTITUDES TOWARDS PATENTS

KNOCKAERT, M.; HUYGHE, A.; CLARYSSE, B. - Faculteit Economie en Bedrijfskunde, Universiteit Gent - 2011

Employing a risk perception perspective, this paper studies the link between the investment manager’s human capital and his or her attitude towards the appropriability regime in the business proposal, and more specifically whether or not the technology is patent protected. Even though many...

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Intellectual Investment. The Prospects In Education In The USA And In The EU

Pribac, Loredana-Ioana - In: Annals of the University of Petrosani, Economics 10 (2010) 1, pp. 279-288

capital, these investments influencing education system and society. As a particular case, we have analysed the education … prospects for the next ten years in the USA and in the European Union, the education system being one of the most important … in the number of individuals who will hold a higher education diploma, both in the USA and in the European Union. In …

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Accounting for the Effects of AIDS on Growth in Sub-Saharan Africa.

Cahu, Paul; Fall, Falilou - Centre d'Économie de la Sorbonne, Université Paris 1 … - 2011

In this paper, we first, perform a quantitative assessment of the impact of the HIV/AIDS epidemic on growth. Second, we precisely account for the effects of the epidemic on income per capita through human and physical capital accumulations, population and labor force. That is, we disentangle the...

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Agricultural Productivity Convergence: Myth or Reality?

Poudel, Biswo N.; Paudel, Krishna P.; Zilberman, David - In: Journal of Agricultural and Applied Economics 43 (2011) 01

We tested agricultural productivity convergence in the United States using the state level total factor productivity data and utilizing new estimation and cluster identification methods to identify convergence in the data. The empirical investigation did not indicate any evidence of agricultural...

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Economic Theories of the Family and Discrimination in a Social Context: Entitlements of Kondh Tribal Females in India

Tisdell, Clement A.; Roy, Kartik C.; Ghose, Ananda - School of Economics, University of Queensland - 2002

Economic theories of the family and gender discrimination within the family are examined in the context of Kondh dominated tribal villages in rural western Orissa, India, drawing on results from a survey of 106 wives. The survey involved direct interviews using a structured questionnaire. This...

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An empirical analysis of the determinants of the Rural Development policy spending for Human Capital

Camaioni, Beatrice; Materia, Valentina Cristiana - European Association of Agricultural Economists - EAAE - 2011

The aim of the paper is twofold: to present a preliminary analysis of the distribution of the Rural Development (RD) expenditure for specific measures related to human capital across EU and to investigate which factors may explain the variation of intensity of spending between the regions. In...

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The Demographic Transition: Causes and Consequences

Galor, Oded - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2011

This paper develops the theoretical foundations and the testable implications of the various mechanisms that have been proposed as possible triggers for the demographic transition. Moreover, it examines the empirical validity of each of the theories and their significance for the understanding...

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How ya gonna keep â€˜em down on the farm: Which Land Grant graduates live in rural areas?

Artz, Georgeanne M.; Yu, Li - Department of Economics, Iowa State University - 2011

This article analyzes factors related to the rural/urban residence choice of college-educated adults using a unique data set resulting from a 2007 stratified random sample survey of Iowa State University alumni graduating between 1982 and 2006. Rural origin is the most significant predictor of...

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Inspiration and Perspiration Factors in Economic Growth: The Former Soviet Union Area versus China (ca. 1920-2010)

Didenko, Dmitry; Földvári, Péter; Leeuwen, Bas van - Institute of Economic Research, Hitotsubashi University - 2013

In this paper we extend our previous studies (Didenko et al., 2012; Földvári et al., 2012; Van Leeuwen et al., 2011) on the role of conventional factors of production (fixed, or physical, and human forms of capital) and their productivity depending on their interrelations and economic development...

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The Russian Economy at the Turning Point

Natalia, Akindinova; Yaroslav, Kuzminov; Evgeny, Yasin - In: L'industria (2014) 3, pp. 489-504

Russian economy has encountered the whole range of challenges that weigh on its growth in the long-run: the loss of global competitiveness, unfavorable investment climate, shrinking labor force, limited capacity of fuel export growth, underinvestment in human capital, not growing oil prices,...

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