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Passenger transport planning. A benefit-cost analysis of the high speed railway: The case of Spain

Casares, Pedro; Coto-Millán, Pablo - In: Atlantic Review of Economics 2 (2011), pp. 1-12

In the current economical and financial crisis, the economic evaluation of transport infrastructure investment projects is of most importance. Given the need of most governments to reduce spending and control the deficit, having tools that facilitate decision-making seems to be a key objective....

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The Impact of Bank Structure on Small Business and Small Farm Lending

Craig, Steven G.; Hardee, Polly T. - In: Journal of Entrepreneurial Finance 6 (2001) 1, pp. 59-83

This paper empirically explores the impact of bank size, holding company affiliation and the degree of branching on small business and farm lending through a conceptual analysis encompassing private information asymmetries inherent in these bank dependent borrowers. The study expands the...

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Review of the financial environment for agricultural producers in Armenia

Kasarjyan, Milada - In: Banwa 6 (2009) 1, pp. 63-73

The lack of collateral prevents small-scale farm producers and processors from accessing commercial credit. This negatively aﬀects farm productivity and product quality, limits the export potential of products, and prevents further development of the food supply chain. This paper reviews the...

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Exploring the role of interest rates, macroeconomic environment, agricultural cycle, and gender on loan demand in the agricultural sector: Evidence from Mali

Ölkers, Tim; Mußhoff, Oliver - In: Agribusiness 40 (2023) 2, pp. 484-512

Formal credit plays an important role for the development of the agriculture sector in developing countries because …. Therefore, higher financing volumes are required, which make the analysis of loan demand in agriculture of interest. The purpose … agricultural cycle have statistically significant effects on the granted loan demand in agriculture. These results are of interest …

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R&D tax incentives for innovation and managerial decisions

Walicka, Monika; Prystrom, Joanna - In: e-Finanse: Financial Internet Quarterly 11 (2015) 4, pp. 46-56

In many countries tax incentives are a popular means of realizing political, economic and social objectives. The main motive of their application is often to achieve and accelerate the selected activities in the public interest and also stimulate development of industry, and induce growth in...

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Private R&D not necessarily drawn to areas with high public R&D

Eickelpasch, Alexander - In: DIW Economic Bulletin 6 (2016) 45, pp. 517-526

The bulk of Germany's research and development (R&D) activity is concentrated in densely populated areas, urban regions that account for 62 percent of the country's R&D workforce. The regions surrounding Stuttgart, Munich, and Braunschweig have by far the highest R&D intensity-that is, the share...

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Unternehmen forschen nicht immer dort, wo die öffentliche Forschung stark ist

Eickelpasch, Alexander - In: DIW Wochenbericht 83 (2016) 45, pp. 1059-1069

Forschung und Entwicklung (FuE) sind in Deutschland auf die Verdichtungsräume konzentriert, 62 Prozent des FuE-Personals sind dort tätig. Bei der FuE-Intensität - also dem Anteil der FuE-Beschäftigten an allen Erwerbstätigen - führen mit großem Abstand die Regionen Stuttgart, München und...

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Research and development, profits, and firm value: A structural estimation

Warusawitharana, Missaka - In: Quantitative Economics 6 (2015) 2, pp. 531-565

This study presents a model in which firms invest in research and development (R&D) to generate innovations that increase their underlying profitability and invest in physical capital to produce output. Estimating the model using a method of moments approach reveals that R&D expenditures...

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The Industrial Innovation Potential of the Regions: Stuttgart and Munich Further Ahead

Eickelpasch, Alexander - In: Weekly Report 4 (2008) 8, pp. 49-57

Innovation potential is not only an elementary precondition for economic efficiency and affluence for nations, but also for regions. Measured on R&D employment in the manufacturing industry, regional concentration has continued to remain high since 1998. The regions of Munich and Stuttgart lead...

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Extensive Research Does Not Imply Extensive Funding

Eickelpasch, Alexander; Grenzmann, Christoph - In: Weekly Report 5 (2009) 33, pp. 224-230

In Germany, two statistics examine the development and structure of public funding for research and development (R&D) in the private sector of the economy: the R&D statistics of the so-called "Stifterverband für die deutsche Wissenschaft - SV", a joint initiative of German industries to promote...

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