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This study examines the spatial productivity and efficiency spillovers of Chinese provinces using a spatial Durbin … production frontier model that accounts for persistent and transient efficiency using a panel dataset of Chinese provinces from … efficiency of the respective provinces. The estimated results show that spatial productivity and efficiency spillovers are …
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such differences in the efficiency levels across economies. In this paper we try to assess these issues by pursuing a …
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This paper investigates the size-efficiency relation of European cooperative banks during the 2006-2015 period. We … cooperative banks from 12 European countries. This work extends the existing literature by focusing on shape of size-efficiency … European cooperative banks are significantly more cost efficient than their bigger peers and that the size-efficiency relation …
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supplied credit is indeed insignificant when a measure of intermediation quality is included. In turn, the efficiency of …
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The recent increase in R&D offshoring have raised fears that knowledge and competitiveness in advanced countries may be at risk of ‘hollowing out'. At the same time, economic research has stressed that this process is also likely to allow some reverse technology transfer and foster growth at...
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This paper argues that regional variation in the efficiency of labor allocation among German manufacturing plants plays … plants. With respect to the underlying causes, we find evidence that the regional differences in allocative efficiency are …
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Regional inequality has increased in Sweden over the past decades, albeit from a low level. While redistribution and other public policies can narrow regional gaps in income, well-being and access to services, productivity growth is key to maintaining economic dynamism, creating job...
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This article analyses the convergence across Polish regions between 2005-2011. Its theoretical and empirical character determined the choice of research methods. The theoretical part includes an analysis of the literature devoted to the convergence theory, and the empirical part is based on...
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