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A survey of the Feldstein–Horioka puzzle: What has been done and where we stand by Apergis, Nicholas, Tsoumas, Chris

“…The objective of this paper is to present a survey of the research related to the Feldstein–Horioka puzzle and, in particular, to investigate what economists…”
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Policies to foster human capital by Heckman, James J

“…This paper considers the sources of skill formation in a modern economy and emphasizes the importance of both cognitive and non-cognitive skills in producing…”
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Solow or Lucas? Testing speed of convergence on a panel of OECD countries by Arnold, Jens, Bassanini, Andrea, Scarpetta, Stefano

“…We test whether the growth experience of a sample of 21 OECD countries over the past three decades is more consistent with the augmented Solow model or the…”
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On the relationship between population change and sustainable development by Marsiglio, Simone

“…This paper investigates the relationship between population growth and economic growth, through the study of fertility choices and their effects on natural…”
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FDI in agricultural land, welfare and unemployment in a developing economy by Chaudhuri, Sarbajit, Banerjee, Dibyendu

“…The paper purports to examine the consequences of foreign direct investment (FDI) in agricultural land in a developing economy using a three-sector general…”
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Culture and human capital in a two-sector endogenous growth model by Bucci, Alberto, Segre, Giovanna

“…Recent literature in the field of cultural economics highlights a possible inversion in the usual causality relation (from economic growth to culture) and…”
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How to measure innovation? New evidence of the technology–growth linkage by Jalles, João Tovar

“…It is an undoubtful fact that economic growth depends, ultima ratio, on the production of new ideas. This article aims to contribute to the long-standing…”
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Threshold cointegration and the short-run dynamics of twin deficit behaviour by Holmes, Mark J.

“…This paper examines the relationship between the current account and budget balances by means of a threshold cointegration approach advocated by Hansen and Seo…”
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R&D spending in the high-tech sector and economic growth by Falk, Martin

“…The present paper provides new estimates of the impact of investment in R&D on long-term economic growth. In particular, we estimate a dynamic empirical growth…”
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Nonlinear difference equations, bifurcations and chaos: An introduction by Grandmont, Jean-Michel

“…The aim of these lecture notes is to present a few mathematical facts about the bifurcations of nonlinear difference equations, in a concise and simple form…”
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New fuzzy indices of poverty by distinguishing three levels of poverty by Belhadj, Besma

“…In order to avoid a rigid poor/non-poor dichotomy (see e.g.  Hagenaars, 1986), the fuzzy sets approach to poverty measurement has been used. The aim of this…”
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Technology adoption in a differentiated duopoly: Cournot versus Bertrand by Pal, Rupayan

“…This paper shows that the cost as well as the effectiveness of technology has a differential impact on technology adoption under two alternative modes of…”
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Remittances as a social status signaling device by Naiditch, Claire, Vranceanu, Radu

“…Like all human beings, migrants may have a concern about their prestige or social status in the eyes of left-home family and friends. They can remit money in…”
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The rich, the poor, and the middle class: Thresholds and intensity indices by Eisenhauer, Joseph G.

“…This paper contributes to the literature on the measurement of social classes by providing a wealth threshold for distinguishing the rich from the middle class…”
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A simple model of favouritism in recruitment by Ponzo, Michela, Scoppa, Vincenzo

“…This paper analyses theoretically favouritism in recruitment decisions. We study the investments in connections by applicants for jobs which pay a wage rent…”
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Monetary and fiscal policy interactions with central bank transparency and public investment by Dai, Meixing, Sidiropoulos, Moïse

“…In this paper, we study how the interactions between central bank transparency and fiscal policy affect macroeconomic performance and volatility, in a…”
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Product differentiation, price discrimination and collusion by Colombo, Stefano

“…The existing literature which analyses the relationship between the product differentiation degree and the sustainability of a collusive agreement on price…”
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Bankable emission permits under uncertainty and optimal risk-management rules by Chevallier, Julien, Etner, Johanna, Jouvet, Pierre-André

“…This article proposes a theory of banking of emission permits under conditions of regulatory uncertainty. Based on a two-period partial equilibrium framework,…”
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The influence of labour market institutions on job complexity by Amine, Samir, Lages Dos Santos, Pedro

“…This article aims to understand how public policies affect the behavior of agents in terms of selectivity. In other words, we explain how the state of the…”
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Recession in the skilled sector and implications for informal wage by Marjit, Sugata, Kar, Saibal, Chaudhuri, Sarbajit

“…Global financial crisis has affected the white goods, white collared sector in many developing countries. However, preponderance of large unorganized sectors…”
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