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Avaliação de priorizações para expansão da rede de acesso à banda larga nos municípios brasileiros

Carvalho, Alexandre Ywata de; Mendonça, Mário Jorge; … - 2017

This study aims to present a model for economic evaluation of the expansion of the broadband network for the Brazilian …., is estimated. To determine the potential demand of broadband, we estimated model combining two databases: PNAD 2015 and … Census 2010. The effect of broadband on municipal GDP was obtained using the panel data model. To evaluate the cost to expand …

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Avaliando o efeito dos investimentos em telecomunicações sobre o PIB

de Carvalho, Alexandre Ywata; de Mendonça, Mário … - 2017

The aim of this study is to evaluate the effect of broadband on the GDP taking into account regional differences. This … of municipalities. Simultaneous causality between broadband and GDP is identified through instrumental variable method …. Regional differentiated effects of broadband among municipalities were observed. The greatest impact of broadband occurs on …

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Avaliando o efeito dos investimentos em telecomunicações sobre o PIB

Carvalho, Alexandre Ywata de; Mendonça, Mário Jorge; … - 2017

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Tracing the spatial patterns of innovation determinants in regional economic performance

Olejnik, Alicja; Żółtaszek, Agata - In: Comparative economic research : Central and Eastern Europe 23 (2020) 4, pp. 87-108

In this paper, we investigate innovation factors and their role in regional economic performance for a sample of 261 EU NUTS 2 regions over the period 2009-2012. In our study, we identify regions with spillover as well as drain effects of innovation factors on economic performance. The spatial...

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Is relaxing equity constraints panacea for Malawi’s green gold expansion? A fuzzy regression discontinuity design approach

Simtowe, Franklin - 2009

This paper assesses the causal effect of relaxing equity constraints on the cultivation of tobacco in Malawi, a crop viewed by the local population as Malawi’s green gold. Applying the counterfactual outcome framework we find that relaxing equity constraints substantially increases the amount...

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Cross national technology convergence. An empirical study for the period 2000-2010.

Ewa, Lechman - 2012

The paper discuses most current issues on technology implementation dynamics observed across nations, as well as it focuses on the problem of suppose technology convergence (or divergence) among nations. The author implements and verifies the hypothesis on β-convergence, as well as on the...

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Improving educational outcomes: Analyses of intervention and public opinion

Wedel, Katharina - 2024

Katharina Wedel prepared this study while she was working at the Center for the Economics of Education at the ifo Institute. The study was completed in September 2023 and accepted as doctoral thesis by the Department of Economics at LMU Munich. It consists of four distinct empirical essays that...

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Performative state capacity and climate (in)action

Feld, Immanuel; Fetzer, Thiemo - 2024

Climate action requires significant public- and private sector investment to achieve meaningful reductions in carbon emissions. This paper documents that large-scale austerity, coupled with barriers to flows of data and a lack of (digital) skills in (local) government, may have been a...

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Neoclassical convergence versus technological catch-up: A contribution for reaching a consensus

Desdoigts, Alain - 2000

New macro empirical evidence is provided to assess the relative importance of object and idea gaps in explaining the world income distribution dynamics. Formal statistical hypothesis tests allow us to discriminate between two competing growthmodels: (i) the standard neoclassical growth model...

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Climate-friendly technologies in the mobile air-conditioning sector: A patent citation analysis

Rave, Tilmann; Goetzke, Frank - 2011

The development of climate-friendly technologies and its diffusion across countries is of key importance to slow climate change. This paper considers technologies in the mobile air-conditioning (MAC) sector which is a major contributor of fluorinatedgreenhouse gas emissions. Using patents as an...

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