The main purpose of this work is to analyse the effect of exports intensity and R & D activities in technical efficiency using data of Spanish manufacturing firms during the period 2004-2009. In a previous work, Diaz and Sanchez (2008) found that size was an important determinant of technical...

TO EXAMİNE THE STRUCTURE AND COMPETİTİVE POWER OF TURKİSH INDUSTRİAL PRODUCTION DURING THE FINANCİAL LIBERALIZATION PERIOD AND BRINGING ALTERNATIVE POLICY ADVICE, REALIZING COMPARATIVE COUNTRY ASSESSMENTS Exanine theoretical framework for the industrialization policies in Neoclassical,...

Integrate bottom up (Discrete Choice) models with top-down (continuous demand) models in a CGE framework for analysis of issues relating to transport infrastructure investment and its impact on the wider economy including issues of energy and sustainable economic development Discrete choice...

The wellhead natural gas price is the key determinant of gas production in a regulated upstream sector. This study identifies the relationship between gas production and its price through empirical analysis using time series data for Pakistan. Cointegration and error correction model and Granger...

Based on the estimation of socio-economic indicators of the Azerbaijan, it is possible to get comprehensive and detailed information basically about development of non-oil sector of country In the presented work, have been evaluated a group of indicators on the basis of covering a long period...

Equitable and quality education provision is widely recognized as an integral part of socio-economic development. Current theories propose different approaches for explaining the impact of education, and of early-childhood education in particular, on economic development. Despite opposition to...

The German Energiekonzept (Energy Concept) was proposed in 2010 with the goal of making the country one of the world’s most energy efficient and environmentally friendly economies (Bundesregierung, 2011). One year later, as a reaction to the multiple reactor meltdowns in Fukushima, this...

he wage of the Official is one of the focus issues in the public and labor economics. As we all know, there are great gaps of the economy between the provinces in China. Therefore, the wage of the officials between the provinces is quite different from each other. Then an issue arises. The wage...

The changing direction of foreign direct investment (FDI) from developed countries towards developing ones, especially after the crisis, has started to attract more attention in the literature. In this paper, the link between FDI and “ease of doing business” indicators, as one possible...

The paper investigates the link between corruption and efficiency by using a rich micro-level dataset concerning solid waste collection activities in 529 Italian municipalities observed over the years 2004-2006. In order to test the impact of corruption on cost efficiency we estimate a...