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. Our hypothesis is that inadequate contract enforcement has hindered investment and, in consequence, indirectly has had a … influences growth through its impact on investment. Put differently, our results suggest that poor contract enforcement played a …
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Investment is a key to analyze an economy’s growth, as its increase the economy productive capacity, either expanding … the capital stock as incorporating new technology that makes the production process more efficient. In Uruguay, investment … growth in the period, as well as government policies on investment promotion. Growth and investment evolution, together with …
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of the same firm. They have a lower proportion of workers performing supervision tasks, lower investment rates and are … less capital-intensive than the control group. Within the cooperative universe, lower investment rates and capital …
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Purpose -Initial public offerings (IPOs) underpricing is a world-wide phenomenon in the stock market. It is generally explained with asymmetric information and risk. The purpose of this paper is to complement these traditional explanations with a theory where investors also worry about the...
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incidence due to climate change. It explores the due diligence process and the challenges to investment decision-making and to … property valuation. The case is made for further research to establish the extent of UK investment property potentially at risk …/methodology/approach –A comprehensive literature review informed the design of interviews with senior managers in major investment funds …
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agricultural enterprises of Ukraine and the formation of the investment processes in them. Author proposes the drastic measures to … solve the problems of agricultural sector and increase the investment attractiveness of the agri-cultural enterprises. …
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Why are growth rates in Latin America so disappointing? This book reviews the results of an ambitious research project to determine the binding constraints to growth, that is, the barrier whose removal would yield the greatest benefit in terms of growth. Included are case studies from seven...
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corporate investment strategies in Latin America.Abstract: La inversión extranjera directa (IED) en América Latina alcanzó …
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The material within these pages shows that Barbados, a Caribbean country with just over a quarter of a million people, embodies many of the classic vulnerabilities of an island with a small open economy, yet aspires to developed-country status, and is already well advanced on the road to...
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The large differences in income per capita across countries are mostly accounted for by differences in total factor productivity (TFP). What explains these differences in TFP across countries? Evidence suggests that the (mis)allocation of factors of production across heterogenous production...
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