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Avaliação de priorizações para expansão da rede de acesso à banda larga nos municípios brasileiros

Carvalho, Alexandre Ywata de; Mendonça, Mário Jorge; … - 2017

This study aims to present a model for economic evaluation of the expansion of the broadband network for the Brazilian …., is estimated. To determine the potential demand of broadband, we estimated model combining two databases: PNAD 2015 and … Census 2010. The effect of broadband on municipal GDP was obtained using the panel data model. To evaluate the cost to expand …

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Avaliando o efeito dos investimentos em telecomunicações sobre o PIB

Carvalho, Alexandre Ywata de; Mendonça, Mário Jorge; … - 2017

The aim of this study is to evaluate the effect of broadband on the GDP taking into account regional differences. This … of municipalities. Simultaneous causality between broadband and GDP is identified through instrumental variable method …. Regional differentiated effects of broadband among municipalities were observed. The greatest impact of broadband occurs on …

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Tracing the spatial patterns of innovation determinants in regional economic performance

Olejnik, Alicja; Żółtaszek, Agata - In: Comparative economic research : Central and Eastern Europe 23 (2020) 4, pp. 87-108

In this paper, we investigate innovation factors and their role in regional economic performance for a sample of 261 EU NUTS 2 regions over the period 2009-2012. In our study, we identify regions with spillover as well as drain effects of innovation factors on economic performance. The spatial...

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Neoclassical convergence versus technological catch-up : a contribution for reaching a consensus

Desdoigts, Alain - 2002

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Computer use and the wage structure in Austria

Hofer, Helmut; Riedel, Monika - 2003

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Total Factor Productivity Effects of Interregional Knowledge Spillovers in Manufacturing Industries Across Europe

Scherngell, Thomas; Fischer, Manfred M.; Reismann, Martin - 2009

The objective of this study is to identify knowledge spillovers that spread across regions in Europe and vary in magnitude for different industries. The study uses a panel of 203 NUTS-2 regions covering the 15 pre-2004 EU-member-states to estimate the impact over the period 1998-2003, and...

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Neoclassical Convergence Versus Technological Catch-Up : A Contribution for Reaching a Consensus

Desdoigts, Alain - 2002

New macro empirical evidence is provided to assess the relative importance of object and idea gaps in explaining the world income distribution dynamics over a benchmark period 1960-1985. Results are then extended through 1995. Formal statistical hypothesis tests allow us to discriminate between...

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Estimating the Neighborhood Influence on Decision Makers : Theory and an Application on the Analysis of Innovation Decisions

Hautsch, Nikolaus; Klotz, Stefan - 2015

When making decisions, agents tend to make use of decisions others have made in similar situations. Ignoring this behavior in empirical models can be interpreted as a problem of omitted variables. We suggest a possibility of integrating such outside influences into models of discrete choice by...

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Selective Admission into Stroke Unit and Patient Outcomes : A Tale of Four Cities

Bokhari, Farasat A. S.; Wellwood, Ian; Rudd, Anthony; … - 2015

Care of stroke patients costs considerably more in specialized stroke units (SU) compared to care in general medical wards (GMW) but the technology may be cost effective if it leads to significantly improved outcomes. While randomized control trials show better outcomes for stroke patients...

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Convergence to the Managerial Frontier

Maloney, William F. - 2014

Using detailed survey data on management practices, this paper uses recent advances in unconditional quantile analysis to study the changes in the within country distribution of management quality associated with country convergence to the managerial frontier. It then decomposes the contribution...

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