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Explaining the Patenting Propensity: A Regional Analysis using EPO-OECD Data

Cozza, Claudio; Schettino, Francesco - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2013

use the OECD-REGPAT dataset, that includes patent applications made by European inventors and applicants to EPO in the … order to reduce biases we use patent applications by region of the inventor, as its linkage to the territory is stronger … in patent applications and R&D expenditure. Richer regions in terms of GDP – generally those of central-western Europe …

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On the Effects of Anti-dumping Legislation

Barros, Pedro Luis Pita; Martinez-Giralt, Xavier - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1997

We show that the nature and extent of trade is significantly affected by the pricing policy that firms are allowed to employ. A switch from discriminatory to non-discriminatory pricing (e.g. strict anti-dumping laws) leads to a switch from two-way trade to one-way trade. It is far from true that...

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Religion, Social Capital, and Business Bankruptcy in the United States, 1921-1932

Hansen, Bradley A.; Hansen, Mary Eschelbach - 2008

We consider the value of social capital that derives from membership in a church. American states with larger churchgoing populations had lower business bankruptcy rates from 1921 to 1932, and states in which the churchgoing population was concentrated in few churches had business bankruptcy...

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Vorschläge zur Verbesserung der kapitalgedeckten Altersvorsorge aus verbraucherpolitischer Sicht

Billen, Gerd; Gatschke, Lars - In: Vierteljahrshefte zur Wirtschaftsforschung / Quarterly … 81 (2012) 2, pp. 237-243

The success of the government-sponsored pension depends on three main factors: (i) Empowering willing consumers to save additional money for the future. For it simplified, standardized, and comparable information about Riester products and expected benefits are needed. (ii) False incentives for...

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The Effects of Law, Culture and Political Risk: New Evidence from Mutual Fund Performance, Risk Taking and Fees

Mehri, Meryem; Jouaber, Kaouther - Université Paris-Dauphine (Paris IX) - 2014

This paper considers an international sample of conventional and Islamic mutual funds to assess whether law, culture and political risk affect their compensation fees and expense ratio. The data are hand-collected from many sources. Overall, the results show strongly that legal conditions,...

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Инвестиции в недвижимость в городе Омске

Velikodnaya, Polina - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2014

This article discusses the main types of financing in the Omsk real estate, their comparison, identifying positive and negative aspects of financing, and also the role of real estate agencies.

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Trop de transparence tue la transparence

Alexandre, Hervé - Université Paris-Dauphine (Paris IX) - 2010

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The Welfare Effects of Discrimination in Insurance

Noll, Rob van der - Tinbergen Instituut - 2006

We study an insurance model characterized by a continuum of risk types, private information and a competitive supply side. We use the model to investigate the welfare effects of discrimination (also known as risk selection). We postulate that a test is available that determines whether an...

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Do privacy laws affect the location decisions of internet firms? evidence for privacy havens

ROCHELANDET, Fabrice; TAI, Silvio H.T. - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2012

This paper empirically studies the location decisions of internet firms when they face high legal standards of privacy protection. Many factors might influence them: technological spillovers, lower taxation, and so on. Internet firms can also arbitrate national differences and many of them...

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The Most-Favoured-Nation Treatment Obligation: Trends Leading to its Marginalisation and whether a Threat to the Multilateral Trading System

Mua, Afuh George - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2013

The Most-Favoured- Treatment Obligation is a fundamental principle under the multilateral trading system of the World Trade Organisation. The principle requires Members to accord the same tariff and regulatory treatment given to the product of any one Member at the time of import or export of...

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