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The disparities and development trajectories of nations in achieving the sustainable development goals. [PDF]

open access: yesNat Commun
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Analysis of the "Balassa" Index of Fruit and Vegetables in Greece (1981-2013)

Iore Journal of Agro and Crop Science, 2016
International trade liberalisation, through the abolition of market limits between countries and the implementation of preferential trade agreements, as well as globalisation, contributed to the increase of the competition in markets on a geographical, as well as sectoral level.
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The Impact of Government Debt on Balassa Index: An Empirical Analysis in Western Europe (1990-2006)

SSRN Electronic Journal, 2010
In the present paper it will be shown that government debt has a negative impact on Balassa index. Data are annual and cover most Western European countries for the period 1990-2006. The estimation of the panel data model is made feasible through the Eviews software package.
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The Impact of Entrepreneurship on the Balassa Index: A Panel Data Analysis for Western Europe and the USA (2000-2006)

SSRN Electronic Journal, 2009
In the present paper it will be pointed out econometrically that entrepreneurial calibre improves Balassa index. The contribution of this paper is that a new method to estimate entrepreneurial calibre will be introduced. Data are annual and cover most Western European countries and the USA for the period 2000-2006.
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The Balassa index meets the dissimilarity Theil index: a decomposition methodology for location studies [PDF]

open access: possible, 2006
It is well known that the broad concept of localisation has two connotations, namely, regional specialisation and industrial concentration. The main purpose of this paper is to introduce an entropy index of overall localisation suitable to conceptualise specialisation and concentration as the two sides of the same medal in a nested geographical ...
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The Balassa Index meets the Theil Index - a Decomposition Methodology for Location Studies [PDF]

open access: possible, 2005
This paper focuses on the decomposition of location measures according to a twofold geographical level of analysis. The methodology, based on the use of the Theil dissimilarity index, is potentially applicable to the assessment of the spatial distribution of several economic phenomena when different hierarchical levels of analysis are considered.
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TURKISH HAZELNUT SECTOR'S COMPETITIVE POWER: BALASSA INDEXING APPROACH

2017
The aim of this study is to present the suggestions of Turkey, the leader of the world hazelnut industry, to increase the competitive power in the sector. Hazelnut, an agricultural product with strategic importance in terms of our country, has a socioeconomic value in terms of the Black Sea Region people.
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