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This paper studies the interlinks between innovation inputs and outputs and between innovation outputs and economic … development. Using a panel data-set from 31 regions of China, we show that the difference in regional innovation output can be …
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The purpose of economic reform is to reduce distortions and enhance efficiency. However, when reforms are partial and incremental, individuals and local governments are often able to capture the rent inherent in the gradual transition process. Young (2000) warned that such rent-seeking behavior...
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already visible, other influences are beginning to be felt – arising from China’s coordination, innovation and financing power. …
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This paper analyzes the role of innovation activities in the export participation of Chinese high-tech firms during the … firm-level innovation efforts, measured by R&D and product innovation dummies, play only a minor role for domestic … exporters. Foreign-invested firms dominate the high-tech exports but do not rely on indigenous innovation activities. These …
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technological innovation and entrepreneurship in the form of research institutes, a research university (Unicamp), support groups …
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Economic development presumes not only the existence of formal institutions such as property rights and the rule of law under which behave economic agents, but also certain norms or social values that promote exchange, savings and investments. In this context, we discuss cultural dimension of...
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Abstract Both Mexico and China have started export orientation in some industries, through assembly operations, based on imported inputs a couple of decades ago. The literature on industrialization, has discussed the questions of import substitutions and outward-orientation mainly as alternative...
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This paper analyzes the impact of Research and Development (R&D) on the productivity of China's high technology industry. In order to capture important differences in the effect of R&D on output that arise from geographic and socioeconomic differences across three major regions in China, we use...
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This paper estimates the economic returns to education in China from 1989 to 2009, using the China Health and Nutrition Survey (CHNS) dataset. We find that education returns for one additional year generally increase from 2.6% in 1989 to 7.9% in 2009. Education returns, however, may reflect...
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In poco più di venti anni dall’inizio dei processi di riforma del sistema distributivo, la struttura della distribuzione commerciale in Cina è cambiata radicalmente. Questo articolo descrive le principali caratteristiche del sistema della distribuzione al dettaglio e all'ingrosso di beni in...
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