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Душевой ВВП и производительность труда в России: было ли догоняющее развитие?

Zaytsev, Alexander - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2014

Using Russian data, it is showт that different assessment techniques of cathing-up development lead to opposite conclusions: according to current PPPs we have seen the cathing-up in per capita GDP during 1990-2012 period, but according to constant PPPs – we have not. It is argued that current...

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Межстрановой анализ отраслевой производительности труда в 1991-2008 годах

Zaytsev, Alexander - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2013

The article presents labor productivity estimates from 1991 to 2008 for 17 countries on industry ISIC. 3 - level. The group of countries includes USA, Canada, Brazil, Russia, Japan, China, Australia and number of major European economies. The goal is to investigate Russia`s industries...

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Romania’s development level comparing with EU countries: The RGS (Relative Gap Scoring) Ranking Index

Albu, Lucian-Liviu; Georgescu, George; Ghizdeanu, Ion - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2008

The main objective of Romania’s post-accession strategy stands for the convergence with the EU Member States. If the nominal convergence (low inflation rate, stability of the exchange and interest rates, contained public debt) seems more easily to be achieved, the real convergence is supposed...

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Efficiency and University Size: Discipline-wise Evidence from European Universities

Bonaccorsi, Andrea; Daraio, Cinzia; Räty, Tarmo; … - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2007

Strategic management of universities must build the best possible relation between inputs and outputs. One relevant question, in this perspective, is whether the unit is making the best use of existing resources, or whether technical efficiency is in place. Here we address the question of...

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Does Intelligence Affect Economic Diversification ?

Oasis, Kodila-Tedika; Simplice A, Asongu - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2014

This paper extends the growing literature on knowledge economy by investigating the effect of intelligence on economic …

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Cognitive capital, governance, and the wealth of nations

Kodila-Tedika, Oasis; Rindermann, Heiner; Christainsen, … - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2014

Good governance or “government effectiveness” (per the World Bank) is seen as a critical factor for the wealth of nations insofar as it shapes political and economic institutions and affects overall economic performance. The quality of governance, in turn, depends on the attributes of the...

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Intelligence and Shadow Economy: a Cross-Country Empirical Assessment

Salahodjaev, Raufhon - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2015

This paper empirically assesses the influence of intelligence on a shadow economy, using data from 158 countries, over … the period 1999-2007. The results provide strong evidence for the claim that intelligence is negatively associated with an ….5 percentage point reduction in a shadow economy relative to GDP. The negative effect of intelligence remains intact when …

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Do Nations Combine O-Rings with Cobb-Douglas? Evidence from agriculture, equipment production, and the informal sector

Oasis, Kodila-Tedika - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2013

The article focuses on the conditional relationship between various human capital proxies and the size of potential “O-Ring” or “Cobb-Douglas” sectors. We find that that years of schooling are a robust negative predictor of the size of the informal sector, conditioned on national average...

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Results Intelligence: The Ability of Results-Focused Self-Management

Klein, Diti - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2014

What Is Results Intelligence and Why Does It Have the Most Influence on Success? The research of human intelligence …, including thefollowing questions: What is the nature of intelligence? Is it a constant innate cognitive traitor is it a skill … that can be improved? Is intelligence a single uniform entity or is it amultiplicity of independent abilities? What is the …

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Cognitive ability and learning to play equilibrium: A level-k analysis

Gill, David; Prowse, Victoria - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2012

In this paper we investigate how cognitive ability influences behavior, success and the evolution of play towards Nash equilibrium in repeated strategic interactions. We study behavior in a p-beauty contest experiment and find striking differences according to cognitive ability: more cognitively...

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