Showing 41 - 50 of 257
While many central governments amalgamate municipalities, mergers of larger county administrations are rare and hardly explored. In this paper, we assess both fiscal and political effects of county mergers in two different institutional settings: counties act autonomously as upperlevel local...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011870540
We develop a model of R&D competition between an incumbent and a potential entrant with network externalities and durable goods. We show that the threat of entry eliminates the commitment problem that an incumbent may face in its R&D decision due to the goods? durability. Moreover, a potential...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010297985
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011707557
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011631353
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011631411
approaches: regression based matching and matching on the propensity score. The richness of the data set favors the use of these …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010297391
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014335423
distribution within countries, on the determinants of remittances at a micro-level, or on the effects of migration and remittances …Worker remittances constitute an increasingly important mechanism for the transfer of resources from developed to … developing countries, and remittances are the second-largest source, behind foreign direct investment, of external funding for …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010297353
distribution within countries, on the determinants of remittances at a micro-level, or on the effects of migration and remittances …Worker remittances constitute an increasingly important mechanism for the transfer of resources from developed to … developing countries, and remittances are the second-largest source, behind foreign direct investment, of external funding for …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005097727
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010416181