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Measurement Error in Education and Growth Regressions

Portela, Miguel; Alessie, Rob J. M.; Teulings, Coen N. - 2006

The perpetual inventory method used for the construction of education data per country leads to systematic measurement error. This paper analyses the effect of this measurement error on GDP regressions. There is a systematic difference in the education level between census data and observations...

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Renascent Entrepreneurship - Entrepreneurial Preferences Subsequent to Firm Exit

Stam, Erik; Audretsch, David B.; Meijaard, Joris - 2006

Why should individuals that have exited their firm consider re-entering into entrepreneurship, i.e. become renascent entrepreneurs? According to the logic of economic models of firm dynamics there is no reason to re-enter into entrepreneurship following termination of a previous firm. In...

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Taxing corporate income

Auerbach, Alan J.; Devereux, Michael P.; Simpson, Helen - 2007

Following Meade (1978), we reconsider issues in the design of taxes on corporate income. We outline developments in economies and in economic thought over the last thirty years, and investigate how these developments should affect the design of taxes on corporate income. We consider a number of...

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Power over prosecutors corrupts politicians: cross country evidence using a new indicator

van Aaken, Anne; Feld, Lars P.; Voigt, Stefan - 2008

It is hypothesized that prosecution agencies that are dependent on the executive have less incentives to prosecute crimes committed by government members which, in turn, increases their incentives to commit such crimes. Here, this hypothesis is put to an empirical test focusing on a particular...

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Making international human rights protection more effective: rational-choice approach to the effectiveness of ius standi provisions

van Aaken, Anne - 2005

Empirical research shows that international human rights law is to a large extent ineffective. Individual complaint mechanisms are the only significantly effective enforcement mechanism. Certainly many variables influence the success of enforcement through judicial or quasi-judicial mechanisms...

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A dual elasticity of substitution production function with an application to cross country inequality

Antony, Jürgen - 2007

This paper develops a production function which two separate elasticities of substitution between two input factors. One of these elasticities is obtained if the factor intensity equals a particular baseline value. The second part of the paper gives an economic application and shows the...

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The entrepreneurial advantage of world cities: evidence from global entrepreneurship monitor data

Ács, Zoltán J.; Bosma, Niels; Sternberg, Rolf - 2008

impact on this process. We create entrepreneurship indices for 34 world cities exploiting the Global Entrepreneurship Monitor … expect that most indices will be higher for world cities, although exceptions are also plausible, for instance in world … cities where the government resides. Our findings predominantly confirm the entrepreneurial advantage of world cities. …

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Does secondary school tracking affect performance? Evidence from IALS

Ariga, Kenn; Brunello, Giorgio - 2007

There is substantial cross-country variation in secondary school design, with some countries tracking students into different ability schools very early, and other countries with little or no tracking at all. Does tracking length affects school performance, as measured by standardized test...

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Elektronischer Handel im Lichte der Bestreitbarkeit von Märkten

Mai, Stefan; Oelmann, Mark - 2001

Information and communication technologies are transforming economies and societies around the world. In this respect …

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International co-ordination of e-commerce

Mai, Stefan - 2002

Despite the world-wide stock market breakdown of the internet economy in the year 2001, the new information and … communication technologies will enable firms to integrate world-wide e-commerce in their business. This will facilitate the entry of … firms in every connected country into international markets and perhaps value up their market position. Therefore, the world …

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