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China's size, rapid growth, external openness, and trade performance have led to varying perceptions among the countries of Latin America: Is China a potential new market, a potent new competitor, or both? This book assesses the near-term strategic implications of China's economic performance...
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For decades, the prevailing sentiment was that, since geography is unchangeable, there is no reason why public policies … racist, made the subject a virtual taboo in academic and policymaking circles alike. "Is Geography Destiny?" challenges that … premise and joins a growing body of literature studying the links between geography and development. Focusing on Latin America …
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On the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the SRSA, Jackson sums up what we regional scientists know at this stage in the field’s development.
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In this chapter we introduce a framework to understand the geography of scientific research collaboration with an … geography of scientific research collaboration follows a logic of proximity that provides researchers with solutions to the …
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In this paper, we analyze the relationship between technological competencies (TC) and firm performance. Theoretically, the importance of TC is well established and widely accepted. Therefore, it is surprising that a number of empirical studies have been unable to confirm a substantial positive...
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This paper explores the determinants of victimization at the neighborhood level, using data from the French victimization survey. Its contribution to the economics of crime literature is threefold. First, I provide evidence that neighborhood characteristics explain victimization better than...
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distance (while controlling for country size). Since geography may affect income through other channels, we also control for …
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The article presents, both chronologically and thematically, the contribution of geography to the development of … tourism geography in Europe and globally. The analysis includes only theoretical-methodological research. The output of Polish … tourism geography after World War II has been considerable and comprises around 800 publications. …
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by using a broader set of definitions for institutions, geography and economic variables. We use a multi-faceted database … institutions trump other factors (geography and trade) when we use GDP per capita as an independent variable. When we expand the … geography are all important variables. In this case, institutions no longer trump the other factors. In this case, we also find …
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City size distributions are known to be well approximated by power laws across many countries. One popular explanation for such power-law regularities is in terms of random growth processes, where power laws arise asymptotically from the assumption of iid growth rates among all cities within a...
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