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"The author discusses regional development patterns in China and examines effective ways of using development aid to attain regional balanced growth through optimizing growth spillover effects. Based on provincial panel data from 1978-99 she constructs an indicator "neighborhood performance" to...
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foreign investors affects the degree of vertical spillovers from foreign direct investment. Investors' country of origin may … matter for spillovers to domestic producers in upstream sectors (supplying intermediate inputs) in two ways. First, the share … EU investors and thus present greater potential for vertical spillovers. The empirical analysis produces evidence in …
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"This paper examines the impact of trade with Japan, North America, and the European Union on technology diffusion and total factor productivity growth in Korea, Mexico, and Jordan. Measures of foreign research and development are constructed based on industry-specific research and development...
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Historically countries of Eastern Europe and Central Asia have faced a number of obstacles in their transition to democracy and market-based economies. These obstacles include higher levels of corruption, and greater administrative and regulatory burdens as they pass laws and implement programs...
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The Central America Regional Electricity Market (MER) trades electricity and transmission capacity among six Central American countries: Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua and Panama. The market differs from other electricity markets worldwide because it has its own...
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environmental damages and risks, prescription of regulation and standards specific for mining wastes, and promotion of legal small …
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