Search Results - subject:"Fractionalization"

Inversion of DNA charge by a positive polymer via fractionalization of the polymer charge

Nguyen, T.T.; Shklovskii, B.I. - In: Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications 310 (2002) 1, pp. 197-211

. These charges spread all over the DNA eliminating the self-energy of PE. Fractionalization leads to a substantial charge … inversion of DNA. We show that fractionalization mechanism of charge inversion works also for non-linear polymers such as … dendrimers. Remarkably, such fractionalization happens for adsorption of both PE or dendrimers on a two-dimensional charged …

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Repeated Expropriation Contests and Foreign Direct Investment

Konrad, Kai A. - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2001

This Paper considers the incentives for foreign direct investment in transformation countries if actual expropriation is the possible result of a conflict between multinational firms and local or national governments. The Paper compares threats of complete expropriation and of repeated...

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Ethnic Diversity and Local Conflicts

Bleaney, Michael; Dimico, Arcangelo - School of Economics, University of Nottingham

explains the apparent lack of correlation between ethnic fractionalization and the incidence of conflict found in previous … conflict. This potentially explains the apparent lack of correlation between ethnic fractionalization and the incidence of … Keywords: conflict, ethnicity, fractionalization, polarization. 1 …

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Social Divergence and Productivity: Making a Connection

Grafton, R. Quentin; Knowles, Stephen; Owen, P. Dorian - Center for the Study of Living Standards (CSLS); The …

In this chapter, Quentin Grafton, Stephen Knowles and Dorian Owen examine the implications for productivity arising from the level of social diversity along a variety of dimensions, including ethnic, linguistic and religious differences and inequalities between rich and poor. Their basic...

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East Germany´s Wage Gap : A non-parametric decomposition based on establishment characteristics

Görzig, Bernd; Gornig, Martin; Werwatz, Axel - Sonderforschungsbereich Ökonomisches Risiko <Berlin>

East German wages have been below the West German wage level since unification. Moreover, the East-West wage gap implied by the contractual wagesspecified in collective wage agreements is drifting ever further apart from the wagegap in terms of effective wages. This paper looks at the role of...

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