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Geography and persistence of entrepreneurship in Russia

Belitski, Maksim; Tsareva, Yulia; Zemtsov, Stepan - In: Regional studies : official journal of the Regional … 58 (2024) 5, pp. 1076-1095

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Periferie europee : istituzioni sociali, politiche, luoghi

Locatelli, Andrea (ed.); Besana, Claudio (ed.); … - 2021

In the rich Western societies, the several crises at the beginning of this century focus on the worsening of old economic and social problems, which have taken on new importance in the cities undergoing a rapid transformation because of the globalization and the new structures of the labor...

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The mystery of misreported trade : a novel method to identify distorted trade figures

Farhad, Mohammad; Madsen, Jakob Brøchner; Jetter, Michael - In: The world economy : the leading journal on … 47 (2024) 2, pp. 748-778

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Do geography and institutions affect entrepreneurs' future business plans? : insights from Greece

Rasvanis, Evangelos; Tselios, Vassilis - In: Journal of innovation and entrepreneurship : JIE 12 (2023), pp. 1-21

It is widely known that both geography and institutions determine the location of an investment. However, little is … examines whether the 'first-' and 'second-nature' geography and institutions affect the plans of entrepreneurs to expand or …

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Institutional Development and Colonial Heritage within Brazil

Naritomi, Joana; Soares, Rodrigo R.; Assunção, Juliano J. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2009

This paper analyzes the determinants of local institutions and distribution of political power within a constant 'macro …

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GEOGRAPHIC AND INSTITUTIONAL DETERMINANTS OF REAL INCOME:A SPATIO-TEMPORAL SIMULTANEOUS EQUATION APPROACH

Ngeleza, Guyslain K.; Florax, Raymond J.G.M.; Masters, … - Department of Agricultural Economics, Purdue University - 2006

This paper tests a series of prominent hypotheses regarding the determinants of per-capita income using a novel spatial econometric approach to control for spillovers among neighboring countries and for spatially correlated omitted variables. We use simultaneous equations to identify alternative...

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Geography, Biogeography and Why Some Countries are Rich and Others Poor

Hibbs Jr., Douglas A.; Olsson, Ola - Nationalekonomiska institutionen, Handelshögskolan - 2003

we show that differences in biogeographic initial conditions and in geography largely account for the different timings … nations today. The effects of biogeography and geography on the wealth of nations are partly mediated by the quality of … presentday institutions, but are also partly independent of institutional quality. <p> …

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Myths and Realities of Long-run Development: A Look at Deeper Determinants

Hasan, Lubna - In: The Pakistan Development Review 46 (2007) 1, pp. 19-44

highlighted in the literature: institutions and geography. However, it remains controversial as to which of these two is the more … important. The institutions school assigns primal importance to institutions, whereas the geography school considers … their hypotheses. It concludes in favour of the Institutions hypothesis as the Geography school does not provide a …

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Do institutions rule? The role of heterogeneity in the institutions vs. geography debate

Kourtellos, Andros; Stengos, Thanasis; Tan, Chih ming - In: Economics Bulletin 30 (2010) 3, pp. 1710-1719

regression methodology. Our findings suggest that studies that seek to promote mono-causal explanations in the institutions … versus geography debate in growth are potentially misleading …

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Natural Disasters in South Asia

Gaiha, Raghav; Hill, Kenneth; Thapa, Ganesh - Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National … - 2010

Various types of natural disasters (e.g. extreme temperatures and floods) became more frequent in 1998-09, relative to 1985-97. However, the deadliness of earthquakes rose sharply and of extreme temperatures more than moderately while that of most others (droughts, floods, storms and wildfires)...

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