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duality of production theory is applied. Estimating the system of cost share equations derived from a translog cost function …
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control for cyclical effects, we modify a standard technique in firmlevel production function estimation using a capacity …
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cleavages in society (Hegre et al, 2003; Bhagwati, 2004; Mousseau and Mousseau, 2008; Dreher et al, 2008). -- growth ; democracy …
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This paper contributes to the productivity literature by using results from firm-level productivity studies to improve forecasts of macro-level productivity growth. The paper employs current research methods on estimating firm-level productivity to build times-series components that capture the...
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This paper empirically assesses the role of structural and institutional reforms in driving productivity growth across countries at different stages of development, using a distance-to-frontier framework. It gauges whether particular policies and reforms matter more for increasing productivity...
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This paper aims to derive a methodology to decompose aggregate revenue TFP changes over time into four different components - namely physical TFP, mark-ups, quality and production scale. The new methodology is applied to a panel of EU countries and manufacturing industries over the period...
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Democracy's indicators and Economic Growth. Protection of the Private property rights requires, first and foremost, due … the free speech; religious freedom and other "political rights" should be respected. Democracy, as political competition …
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The aim of this paper is to identify the state and trends in Croatian marine resource sector which determine the trade balance with Italy. Firstly, size and the structure of the marine fisheries in Croatia are investigated taking into account time trends and the effects of the EU common market...
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-linearities. I adopt and explore the concept of “political capital” as a measure of democracy, which is extremely uncommon in the … intermediate democracy level. For more evolved democracies, further democratization may impact growth negatively, negligibly or … when accounting for more and less direct effects of democracy. Results for the more direct avenue are more optimistic …
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control for cyclical effects, we modify a standard technique in firmlevel production function estimation using a capacity …
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