If Technology Has Arrived Everywhere, Why Has Income Diverged?
American Economic Journal: Macroeconomics, 2013 We study the cross-country evolution of technology diffusion over the last two centuries. We document that adoption lags between poor and rich countries have converged, while the intensity of use of adopted technologies of poor countries relative to rich
Diego Comin, M. Mestieri
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Long-Term and Lasting Impacts of Personal Initiative Training on Entrepreneurial Success
Social Science Research NetworkA randomized experiment in Togo found that personal initiative training for small businesses resulted in large and significant impacts for both men and women after two years.
Francisco Campos +5 more
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Role Models or Individual Consulting: The Impact of Personalizing Micro-entrepreneurship Training
American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, 2018 Using a randomized experiment in Chile, we study the impact role models have in the context of a training program for micro–entrepreneurs. We show that being in a group randomly chosen to be visited by a successful alumnus of the program increases ...
J. Lafortune +2 more
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Market Integration, Demand, and the Growth of Firms: Evidence From a Natural Experiment in India
The American Economic Review, 2018 In many developing countries, the average firm is small, does not grow, and has low productivity. Lack of market integration and limited information on non-local products often leave consumers unaware of the prices and quality of non-local firms.
Robert Jensen, Nolan H. Miller
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THE IMPACT OF FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT ON THE CHANGE IN THAILAND'S INDUSTRIAL STRUCTURE
European Journal of Economic and Financial ResearchForeign direct investment (FDI) has played a significant role in Thailand's economic development. This study utilizes the Vector Error Correction Model (VECM) to analyse the impact of FDI on the change in Thailand's industrial structure.
Xu Yan
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Firm Entry and Exit and Aggregate Growth
Working paper (Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland), 2019 Applying the Foster, Haltiwanger, and Krizan (2001) decomposition to plant-level manufacturing data from Chile and Korea, we find that the entry and exit of plants account for a larger fraction of aggregate productivity growth during periods of fast GDP ...
Jose Asturias +3 more
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Uneven Development, Choice of Technique, and Generalized Worldwide Law of Value
The Review of Radical Political EconomicsWe address the issue of persistent uneven development from a Marxist perspective. First, we show the conceptual problems in applying the unmodified law of value to the international setting.
Klemen Knez
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A német autóipar technológiai, társadalmi kihívásai a fenntartható fejlődés aspektusából
E-conomAz EU a Párizsi Megállapodás (2016) alapján olyan szabályozásokat fogadott el, és tervez a jövőben, amelyek az elektromos autókra való átállás felé terelik az európai autógyártókat.
Evan M. Lowe, Gábor Keresztes
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Towards the Development of Economically Vibrant Special Economic Zones in Pakistan
Journal of Development Policy Research & Practice (JoDPRP)This study explores the dynamics of Special Economic Zones (SEZs) in Pakistan, underscoring their crucial role in industrial development and economic growth.
Ali Ozgen
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Trade Liberalization and Markup Dispersion: Evidence from China's WTO Accession
, 2015 Yi Lu, Linhui Yu
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