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Technology, Firm Performance and Market Structure

Schmidt-Ehmcke, Jens - 2009

In an increasingly competitive environment, firms have to optimally adjust both their allocation of input factors and their technology portfolio. The latter determines economies of scope and scale in future research and production. The aim of this dissertation is to achieve better insight into...

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Applied quantile regression: microeconometric, financial, and environmental analyses

Schulze, Niels - 2004

In 1978, Roger Koenker and Gilbert Bassett, Jr. introduced a new econometric estimation method and entitled it quantile regression. Since then, many subsequent authors have elaborated and extended the underlying theoretical framework. Other contributions have successfully applied the procedure...

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Where is the Market? Three Econometric Approaches to Measure Contributions to Price Discovery

Peter, Franziska Julia - 2011

Measuring the contribution of different markets to the price discovery process of a common asset has been the subject of many research studies in the last decade. In particular the newly developed derivatives markets have given rise to an increasing number of empirical studies examining the...

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The Economics of Environmental Crime : Theoretical Aspects and Econometric Investigations

Almer, Christian Alexander - 2009

The present thesis extends the economic literature on the enforcement of environmental regulations by empirically analysing the effectiveness of environmental criminal law. It is a shortcoming of the discussion on the merits of criminal sanctions for environmental offenses that the empirical...

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Germany as an Immigration Country : Empirical Evidence

Fertig, Michael - 2002

Germany has been an immigration country for more than 30 years now, although many politicians claim the opposite and many people in Germany are inclined to agree with their assessment. However, it is the actual experience with immigration, and not what people would like to experience, which...

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Influential Decision Factor of Counterfeit Consumers in Shijiazhuang City of China: A Logit Analysis

Safa, Mohammad Samaun; Wang Jing, Jessica - 2005

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The significance and performance of infrastructure in China

Newell, Graeme; Chau, K. W.; Wong, Siu Kei - 2009

The significant economic growth and urbanisation of China in recent years has seen increased importance given to … infrastructure development in China; this includes airports, toll roads, communications, ports, power plants and water. The purpose … of this paper is to assess the significance and investment performance of infrastructure in China, the linkages to …

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Cointegration Analysis on the Relation between Urbanization and Economic Growth in China

LIU, Ai ying; YAO, Li fen; LI, Qing chen - 2011

empirical research on the relation between urbanization and GDP in China, and also implements a comparative analysis to the … relation between three industries and degree of urbanization, the related coeffecient is 0.97, 0.95, 0.97, 0.97. And the result … shows a long-term balance between these two factors, and the promoting effect to tertiary industry by urbanization is more …

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Three Essays on China's Economic Reform

Li, Lixing - 2008

the process of China's enterprise reform. The other two essays focus on the upgrading of counties to cities in China …

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Do Bank Mergers Create Shareholder Value? An Event Study Analysis

Sharma, Varini - 2010

This paper investigates the economic role of bank mergers in creating shareholder value based on the idea that shareholder wealth will increase if the consolidation leads to the aforementioned gains. This paper is divided into seven sections. The second section of my paper provides an academic...

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