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Investigating sectoral aspect of FDI in OECD countries
Romanian Economic Journal, 2014 The main aim of this paper is to investigate sectoral aspect of FDI in OECD countries. In particular we create Sectoral Inward FDI performance index and Sectoral Outward FDI performance index which allow us to draw conclusions about comparative ...
Lena Malešević Perović
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What has been the tax competition experience of the past 20 years? [PDF]
, 2004 This paper describes tax reforms in OECD countries over the last 20 years and how they are related to tax competition. Both individual countries? reforms and multilateralinitiatives and developments are covered.
Griffith, R, Klemm, A
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Agribusiness, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Smallholder farmers are reverting to traditional production methods due to the high opportunity costs and unintended consequences of new technologies. This study focuses on row planting technology, which is labor‐intensive and slow without mechanized operations.
Emmanuel Tetteh Jumpah +4 more
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Journal of the Medical Library Association, 2021 Objective: We previously developed draft MEDLINE and Embase (Ovid) geographic search filters for Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) countries to assess their feasibility for finding evidence about the countries.
Lynda Ayiku +4 more
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Institution, economic development, and impact of natural disasters [PDF]
, 2011 This paper uses cross-country data from 1984 to 2008 to examine how institution influences the number of deaths caused by natural disasters. The major findings show that the number of deaths resulting from natural disasters is smaller in countries with ...
Yamamura, Eiji
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Assessing Agricultural Green Total Factor Productivity in Latin America
Agribusiness, EarlyView.ABSTRACT The agricultural sector in Latin America plays a vital role in ensuring food security while impacting the environment. However, there remains a lack of analysis regarding the inputs responsible for pollution within its sub‐technologies. Hence, this article aims to assess agricultural green total factor productivity (TFP) through a novel ...
Tianxiang Li +2 more
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U.S. Health Care Spending: Comparison with Other OECD Countries [PDF]
, 2007 [Excerpt] The United States spends more money on health care than any other country in the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD).
Burton, Rachel, Peterson, Chris L.
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How Competitive Is Myanmar's Rice Sector? A Comparison of Production Costs and Efficiency
Agribusiness, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This paper analyzes the cost competitiveness of rice production in Myanmar by examining production costs, cost efficiency, and the potential effect of improving cost efficiency on the country's global competitiveness. To achieve this, we conduct a comparative analysis of production costs among major rice‐producing countries and estimate the ...
Nandar Aye Chan +3 more
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Israel Journal of Health Policy Research, 2013 Background Compared to OECD countries, Israel has a remarkably low percentage of GDP and of government expenditure spent on health, which are not reflected in worse national outcomes.
Shmueli Amir, Israeli Avi
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Access to Finance and Innovation in the Canadian Food Processing
Agribusiness, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Innovation is a presumed channel through which finance affects productivity, yet there is limited research testing the relationship between finance and innovation in the food manufacturing sector. The purpose of the paper is to explore the determinants (e.g., financing, R&D, firm size, expenditure on innovation) of the adoption of innovation ...
Getu Hailu, Deepananda Herath
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