Clean and Productive? Evidence from the German Manufacturing Industry [PDF]
We analyze the productivity effects of environmental (green) investment as well as of environmental expenditures and energy expenditures. For this purpose, we follow a production function approach where we account for these investment and expenditure ...
Böhringer, Christoph +3 more
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Explaining the Changes of Income Distribution in China [PDF]
China has experienced one of the most remarkable increase in inequality over the last decade: the Gini coefficient increasing from 25.7 in 1984 to 37.8 in 1992. Using the recent developments in the theory of income distribution (Benerjee and Newman, 1993;
Heng-fu Zou, Lixin Colin Xu
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Determinants of Total Factor Productivity in the Italian Regions [PDF]
This paper investigates the determinants of TFP for Italian regions. We find strong evidence in favour of the factors commonly suggested by the theoretical literature.
Guido Ascari, Valeria Di Cosmo
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Estimating Semiparametric Panel Data Models by Marginal Integration [PDF]
We propose a new methodology for estimating semiparametric panel data models, with a primary focus on the nonparametric component. We eliminate individual effects using first differencing transformation and estimate the unknown function by marginal ...
Qian, Junhui, Wang, Le
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Evidence on Determinants of Foreign Investments: the Case of Three European Regions. A revised Version [PDF]
This study aims at analysing the determinants of foreign direct investment (FDI) inflows for a group of European regions. The originality of this approach lies in the use of disaggregated data by sector at regional level.
Lionel Artige, Rosela Nicolini
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Threshold Effects in Cigarette Addiction: An Application of the Threshold Model in Dynamic Panels [PDF]
We adopt the threshold model of myopic cigarette addiction to US state-level panel data. The threshold model is used to identify the structural effects of cigarette demand determinants across the income stratification.
Chang-Ching Lin, Yi-Chi Chen
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Report of the indirect LSDV transmission and LSDV transmission via artificial insemination
Report of the indirect LSDV transmission and LSDV transmission via artificial ...
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Multinational banks and development finance [PDF]
Financial market recommendations for less industrialized economies, particularly in the wake of the recent financial crises, have included a push for more international financial competition.
Scher, Mark J., Weller, Christian E.
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A Systemic Review of Lumpy Skin Disease Virus (LSDV) And its Emergence in Pakistan
Middle East Journal of Applied Science & Technology, 2023 Hamid Muzmmal Khan +5 more
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Short- and medium-term determinants of current account balances in Middle East and North Africa countries [PDF]
The main aim of the paper is to examine the short- and medium-term empirical link between current account balances and a broad set of (economic) variables proposed by theoretical and empirical literature.
Aristovnik, Aleksander
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