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Constraints to women’s entrepreneurship and welfare in developing countries

Boccanfuso, Dorothée; Goyette, Jonathan; ANGBO, Cho … - EcoMod Network - 2014

Women in developing countries invest a larger part of their income in their children’s nutrition, health and education than men (Hoddinott et al., 1995; Strauss et al., 2000; Gammage, 2006; Quisumbing et al., 2006). As a result, financial resources acquired by women bring forth a long-time reduction in...

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The origin of stock market volatility --- the case of Indonesia and Turkey

Schmidbauer, Harald; Erkol, Narod - EcoMod Network - 2014

One of the advantages to analyze the economic links between two countries on the basis of stock market data, rather than aggregate economic data published by national statistical offices, is that stock market data are readily available, allowing analysis in almost real time. We consider a...

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Importance of Firm Heterogeneity for Exports Policy Design in Turkey: Implications for 500 Billion $ Exports Target for 2023

AKEL, A. Emre - EcoMod Network - 2014

The main objective of this paper is to present how firm heterogeneity influenced Turkey's exports during 2003-2012 and why Turkey's exports would be better off if Turkey's exports policies took into account the differences in structure of its exporters. Using firm-product-country level data,...

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Social Interactions and Subjective Well-Being: Evidence from Latin America

Moro-Egido, Ana I.; Ateca-Amestoy, Victoria; Aguilar, … - EcoMod Network - 2012

In this paper, we seek to examine the effect of comparisons and social capital on subjective well-being. We test if, through social influence and exposure, social capital is either an enhancer or appeaser of the comparison effect. Using the Latinobarómetro Survey (2007) we find that, the...

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How to model a child in school? A dynamic macro-simulation study for Tanzania

Schuerenberg-Frosch, Hannah - EcoMod Network - 2012

Universal primary education ranges prominently among the Millennium Development Goals and is thus regarded as an important component of human development. In addition, education is widely believed to allow a country to access a higher steady state growth path by accumulating human capital....

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Exporting or investing abroad: what is the most profitable?

Brillet, Jean Louis; Brillet, Jean Louis - EcoMod Network - 2012

The rapid development of developing countries, particularly in Asia, and the establishment of trade agreements, make …

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International Property Rights and Climate Policy: Implications on the Diffusion of Climate-Friendly Technologies

Voigt, Sebastian; Cian, Enrica De; Verdolini, Elena; … - EcoMod Network - 2012

countries accept binding reduction targets. Despite the importance attributed to technological innovation and transfer within … economic and environmental performance. While a number of recent contributions in the literature analyze technology innovation …. Most analyses concentrate on demand determinants of innovation. Conversely, only a few point to the role of other drivers …

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Evolution of Trade Costs

Yaylaci, Ozlem - EcoMod Network - 2012

The aim of this paper is to provide a detailed investigation of trade barriers by examining a cross-country, cross-industry analysis of evolution of trade costs for a 44-year period (1963-2006) positing the possible reasons behind the changes. I estimate trade costs using methodology of Shikher...

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Interaction between levels and volatilities of Stock market returns and exchange rate in the BRICS grouping

Bonga-Bonga, Lumengo - EcoMod Network - 2012

The emergence of the BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa) grouping and the rapid advancement of their stock market may results in the acceleration of the appreciation of their respective currencies and ultimately the loss of their trade competitiveness. Conversely, exchange rate...

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Analysis of Market Structure and Passenger Transportation Performance: Case Study of Nong Khai Customs House, Thai-Laos Frienship Bridge, Nong khai Province

Wattanakul, Thanet; Nonthapot, Sakkarin - EcoMod Network - 2012

This study aims to examine the situation, general management and performance of international private transportation services for passengers between Thailand and the Laos PDR at the Thai-Laos Friendship Bridge check point, Nong Khai Province. Other objectives are to analyze the market structure,...

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