The Asymmetric Effect of Endowments on Vertical Intra-Industrial Trade [PDF]
This paper investigates the determinants of Spanish vertical intra-industrytrade with a large sample of countries. We empirically test the comparative advantageexplanation. For this aim, we build physical, human and technologicalcapital stocks.
Ana I. Moro, Juliette Milgram
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Neighbourhoods, Households and Income Dynamics: A Semi-Parametric Investigation of Neighbourhood Effects [PDF]
Using a unique dataset, we present evidence on income trajectories of people living in micro neighbourhoods. We place bounds on the influence of neighbourhood making as few parametric assumptions as possible. The paper offers a number of advances.
Anne Bolster +5 more
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The strongest gravitational lenses: III. The order statistics of the largest Einstein radii
, 2014 The Einstein radius (ER) of a gravitational lens encodes information about decisive quantities such as halo mass, concentration, triaxiality, and orientation with respect to the observer.
Bartelmann, Matthias +3 more
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The impact of internet development on carbon productivity: New evidence from China's service sector
International Review of Economics & FinanceThe service sector is facing the dual challenge of persistent inefficiency and increasingly prominent issues with carbon emissions globally. These challenges are particularly pronounced in China, the world's largest developing economy.
Yini Deng +3 more
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Existence and Persistence of Price Dispersion: an Empirical Analysis [PDF]
Using a unique data set on store-level monthly prices of four homogenous products sold in Israel, I study the existence and characteristics of the dispersion of prices across stores, as well as its persistence over time.
Saul Lach
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Measures of charge fluctuations in nuclear collisions [PDF]
, 2005 The properties of two measures of charge fluctuations D-tilde and DeltaPhiq are discussed within several toy models of nuclear collisions. In particular their dependence on mean particle multiplicity, multiplicity fluctuations, and net electric charge ...
Zaranek, Jacek
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The impact of fintech on innovation quality: Evidence from Chinese enterprises
Journal of Innovation & KnowledgeWe constructed an urban fintech index and analyzed data from 2834 publicly traded Chinese enterprises for the period 2010–2022 to investigate the impact of fintech on the innovation quality of enterprises.
Xiao Zhang +3 more
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Remittances and environment quality: Asymmetric evidence from South Asia
Research in GlobalizationRemittances are the largest sources of foreign funds and are critical for economic development in South Asia. However, they have been found to damage the environment by promoting the production and consumption of energy-intensive products and pose ...
Ranjan Kumar Dash +2 more
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Human capital and earnings inequality in Brazil, 1988-98 : quantile regression evidence [PDF]
The authors undertake an empirical examination of rates of return to human capital for men in Brazil, through the period of macroeconomic stabilization and trade liberalization, using data from the 1988, 1992, and 1998 Brazilian household surveys ...
Andrew Henley +2 more
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Discerning the Impact of Powder Feedstock Variability on Structure, Property, and Performance of Selective Laser Melted Alloy 718: A Principal Component Analysis (PCA) of Feedstock Variability [PDF]
Extensive mechanical, chemical and microstructural analyses were conducted on additively manufactured Alloy 718 to characterize powders from multiple vendors to determine the effects of variations observed in the powders had on the consolidated material.
Ellis, David, Sudbrack, Chantal
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