Search Results - subject:"Spatial Interdependence"

Decentralization in Colombia: searching for social equity in a bumpy economic geography

Ramírez, Juan Mauricio; Díaz, Yadira; Bedoya, Juan … - FEDESARROLLO - 2014

La descentralización en Colombia fue concebida para mejorar el acceso de la población a los servicios sociales, reducir la pobreza y proveer bienestar en todo el territorio. Sin embargo, después de más de 20 años persiste una gran brecha social entre los municipios. Este trabajo examina los...

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Decentralization in Colombia: Searching for social equity in a bumpy economic geography

Ramirez, Juan Mauricio; Diaz, Yadira; Bedoya, Juan Guillermo - Society for the Study of Economic Inequality - ECINEQ - 2014

Colombia’s decentralization was conceived to improve population’s access to social services, reduce poverty and equalize well-being across the territory. However, after more than 20 years of its implementation a big gap across municipalities still remains. This paper analyses the impact of...

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Property tax revenues and multidimensional poverty reduction in Colombia : a spatial approach

Ramírez, Juan Mauricio; Díaz, Yadira; Bedoya, Juan … - In: World development : the multi-disciplinary … 94 (2017), pp. 406-421

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Property rights with biological spillovers: when Hardin meets Meade

BALESTRA, Carlotta; BRECHET, Thierry; LAMBRECHT, Stéphane - Center for Operations Research and Econometrics (CORE), … - 2010

In an overlapping generations setup we address the issue of the optimal number of property rights to allocate over a natural resource when the goal is to maximize the stock of the natural resource at the steady state. We assume that the effect of the property rights regime on the evolution of...

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Rock and roll bands, (in)complete contracts and creativity

CEULEMANS, Cédric; GINSBURGH, Victor; LEGROS, Patrick - Center for Operations Research and Econometrics (CORE), … - 2010

Members of a rock and roll band are endowed with different creativity. They match and eventually obtain credit for song writing as well as a share of the returns from sales. More creative members increase the probability of success but may also claim a larger share of the pie. In our theoretical...

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Short-Run Strategies For Attracting Foreign Direct Investment

Desbordes, Rodolphe; Azémar, Céline - Economics Department, University of Strathclyde - 2010

showing that third country effects and spatial interdependence influence respectively the location of export-platform FDI and …

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Short-run strategies for attracting Foreign Direct Investment

Azémar, Céline; Desbordes, Rodolphe - Department of Economics, Adam Smith Business School - 2009

showing that third country effects and spatial interdependence influence respectively the location of export-platform FDI and … that third country effects and spatial interdependence influence respectively the location of export-platform FDI and … vertical FDI. Keywords: Foreign direct investment; fiscal incentives; regulations, market potential; spatial interdependence …

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Spatial competition and interdependence in strategic decisions : empirical evidence from franchising

Chen, Shaoling; Wang, Susheng; Yang, Haisheng - In: Economic geography 91 (2015) 2, pp. 165-204

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The Inverse Domino Effect: Are Economic Reforms Contagious?

Gassebner, Martin; Gaston, Noel; Lamla, Michael - KOF Swiss Economic Institute, Department of Management, … - 2008

This paper examines whether a country's economic reform are affected by reforms adopted by other countries. A simple model of economic reforms is developed to motivate the econometric work. Unsurprisingly, the model predicts that reforms are more likely when factors of production are...

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The impact of central places on spatial spending patterns: evidence from Flemish local government cultural expenditures

Werck, Kristien; Heyndels, Bruno; Geys, Benny - 2007

Governments often see it as their responsibility to support cultural life and at times spend a significant amount of resources in the pursuit of this goal. The present paper analyses whether and how municipalities influence each other in this decision to spend resources on the arts (using data...

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