We develop a simple Cournot type, two-stage competition model that reveals that firms tend to reduce their R&D investment more in denser locations than in lesser ones with the presence of knowledge spillover. This implies that local agglomeration increases the negative impact of knowledge...

We develop a simple Cournot type, two-stage competition model that reveals that firms tend to reduce their R&D investment more in denser locations than in lesser ones with the presence of knowledge spillover. This implies that local agglomeration increases the negative impact of knowledge...

Using a sample of twenty nine African countries for which adequate time series data are available this paper explores the nexus between financial development and manufactured exports. This particular relationship is especially important in the context of Africa since export diversification away...

Using a sample of twenty nine African countries for which adequate time series data are available this paper explores the nexus between financial development and manufactured exports. This particular relationship is especially important in the context of Africa since export diversification away...

This paper applies the concept of inverse demands and its related scale and substitution effects to model the demand for liquid assets in China. We also propose a new model, termed the Modified Almost Ideal Inverse Demand System (MAIIDS), which nests the Almost Ideal Inverse Demand System...

This paper, the formation, scale and constitution of China's local government debt are discussed. The status of various assets available for repayment is thoroughly analysed, including fiscal revenue, government fund revenue, state-owned enterprise profit, state-owned enterprise net assets,...

It is widely believed that a firm’s social network may affect its market value. Yet there is few empirical evidence supporting this assumption. This paper attempts to address this issue by using the data of Chinese listed firms together with the relevant social network information. The study...