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Cultural Heritages Lead to Less Dense and Greener Cities—Evidence from 371 Chinese Cities
LandCultural heritage sites play a significant role in shaping urban development, yet their impact on key urban outcomes remains underexplored. This study investigates how the number and proximity of heritage sites influence development through an analysis ...
Zhiyuan Zhang +3 more
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Regional Inequality and Decentralization - An Empirical Analysis [PDF]
This paper analyzes the impact of political and fiscal decentralization on regional inequalities using a unique data set which covers 56 countries at different stages of economic develop-ment.
Christian Lessmann
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The Lancet Regional Health. Western PacificBackground: Liver cancer (LC) is a major global health issue, with China accounting for nearly half of global cases. Key contributors include chronic hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection, aflatoxin exposure, and modifiable lifestyle risk factors.
Jiashu Han +27 more
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What does"entrepreneurship"data really show ? a comparison of the global entrepreneurship monitor and World Bank group datasets [PDF]
This paper compares two datasets designed to measure entrepreneurship. The Global Entrepreneurship Monitor dataset captures early-stage entrepreneurial activity; the World Bank Group Entrepreneurship Survey dataset captures formal business registration ...
Acs, Zoltan J. +2 more
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Growth with imported resources: On the sustainability of U.S. growth and foreign debt [PDF]
We provide a growth model with imported resources and foreign debt accumulation providing the basis for two questions and regression equations. 1) Under what conditions do growth rates of per capita income remain positive if imported inputs such as oil ...
Ziesemer, Thomas
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Public employment and regional redistribution in Spain [PDF]
We study the determinants, beyond the process of decentralisation, of the regional allocation of public jobs by the Central Government and the increase in the number of public employees at the Regional Governments in Spain during 1990-1999.
Joan Rosselló Villallonga +1 more
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Determinants of Capital Intensive and R&D Intensive Foreign Direct Investment [PDF]
We study the determinants of capital intensity and technology content of foreign direct investment, an important economic driving force for developing countries. For this purpose, we use sectoral industry data on U.S.
Gonzalez-Eiras, Martin +1 more
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Next to Production or to Technological Clusters? The Economics and Management of R&D Location [PDF]
This paper examines the relationship between the location of R&D and production activities. By using a sample of 799 Japanese investments in Europe, it distinguishes between affiliates performing only R&D, both R&D and production, and production only ...
Mariani,Myriam
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Financial Development and Income Inequality: Evidence from African Countries [PDF]
This paper present empirical evidence on how financial development is related to income distribution in a panel data set covering 22 African countries for the period between 1990 to 2004.
Enowbi Batuo, Michael +2 more
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