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Education, social capital and entrepreneurial selection in Italy
Ferrante, Francesco; Sabatini, Fabio - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2007
There is wide consensus that entrepreneurial talent is the ability to discover and exploit market opportunities by taking the relevant risky decisions. Discovery and exploitation are separate but interlinked features of entrepreneurship requiring, in different proportions, the exploitation of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005836859
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La Distinction reloaded: Returns to Education, Family Background, Cultural and Social Capital in Germany
Krenz, Astrid - Center for Globalization and Europeanization of the … - 2010
The German educational system finds itself being criticized by the OECD in its Programme for International Student Assessment. Family background would heavily influence children’s academic achievements. A child stemming from a high class family has a 3.1 times higher chance to go to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008539656
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On the Sources of Entrepreneurial Talent: Tacit vs. codified knowledge
Federici, Daniela; Ferrante, Francesco; Vistocco, Domenico - Dipartimento di Economia e Giurisprudenzia, Facoltà di … - 2008
There is wide consensus that entrepreneurial talent lies in the ability to discover and exploit market opportunities by taking the relevant risky decisions. By determining the nature of the discovery and exploitation processes, institutions and technology play an essential role in shaping...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008690471
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Parental investment in childhood and later adult well-being: can more involved parents offset the effects of socioeconomic disadvantage?
Hango, Darcy - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2005
Parental involvement in their children’s lives can have a lasting impact on well-being. More involved parents convey to their children that they are interested in their development, and this in turn signals to the child that their future is valued. However, what happens in socio-economically...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011126544
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Environmental fiscal reform and willingness to pay for the environment: an empirical analysis on European micro data
Ercolano, Salvatore; Gaeta, Giuseppe Lucio; Romano, Oriana - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2012
This paper empirically investigates the determinants of willingness to pay (WTP) for the environment, employing micro … sample. Our results show that WTP for the environment is lower in countries where an Environmental Fiscal Reform has been … fiscal reform does not affect positively the marginal willingness to pay for the environment. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011112897
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Partial Interests in Recreational Property
Colwell, Peter F. - 2005
Changing demographics, growing real incomes, and friendly tax laws underlie the continuing growth in demand for recreational real estate in the US. The market for recreational property has undergone a major transformation over the past decades, with the refinement and deepening of markets for...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012735788
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Los procesos participativos en la sostenibilidad medioambiental. El caso del segmento turístico recreativo de Alta Montaña
Gil, Mª Isabel Saz; Ribalaygua, Luis Carús - In: CIRIEC-España, revista de economía pública, social y … (2008) 61, pp. 127-156
environment of High Mountain Recreational Tourism Centres (CTRAM) and the concept of sustainability. We propose ways to improve …
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Spatial random utility model with an application to recreation demand
Smirnov, Oleg A.; Egan, Kevin J. - In: Economic Modelling 29 (2012) 1, pp. 72-78
The paper examines the relevance of unobserved spatial dependence between individual decision-makers in the analysis of discrete choices. To incorporate spatial interdependencies in the behavioral analysis, we propose a spatial random utility model of recreation demand. The model combines the...
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Trust in International Organizations: An Empirical Investigation Focusing on the United Nations
Torgler, Benno - 2006
The literature on social capital has strongly increased in the last two decades, but, there still is a lack of substantial empirical evidence about the determinants of trust. Most studies have focused on social or generalized trust, while those investigating international trust or trust in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012168250
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Trust in International Organizations: An Empirical Investigation Focusing on the United Nations
Torgler, Benno - Center for Research in Economics, Management and the … - 2006
The literature on social capital has strongly increased in the last two decades, but, there still is a lack of substantial empirical evidence about the determinants of trust. Most studies have focused on social or generalized trust, while those investigating international trust or trust in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005162594