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Sector de maquinaria. Capacidad de innovación y desarrollo regional. El caso de la Comunidad Valenciana
1990
EL SECTOR DE CONSTRUCCION DE MAQUINARIA PARA LA INDUSTRIA ES CONSIDERADO UN ELEMENTO BASICO PARA FAVORECER LA CREACION Y ADOPCION DE INNOVACIONES A ESCALA REGIONAL. EN EL CASO ESPAÑOL, ESTE SECTOR ESTA MUY CONCENTRADO ESPACIALMENTE, DEJANDO EN UNA MALA POSICION A LAS REGIONES DE DESARROLLO ENDOGENO, COMO LA COMUNIDAD VALENCIANA. LA EVOLUCION RECIENTE, SIN EMBARGO, PARECE MARCAR UN FORTALECIMIENTO DEL SECTOR DENTRO DE UN PROCESO DE CAMBIOS ESTRUCTURALES PROFUNDOS QUE PERMITAN A LAS EMPRESAS ADAPTARSE A LAS NUEVAS CONDICIONES DEL MERCADO QUE SURGEN CON LA CRISIS DE LOS 70. (A)
L'accès à la formation professionnelle dans trois secteurs de l'économie européenne
1993
CEDEFOP; série panorama, analyse comparéeRéférence interne : 93035
Vertikal og horisontal samhandling som tilnærming i folkehelsearbeidet : En kvalitativ casestudie av Røde Kors satsingen «FUN 365»
2017
Masteroppgave folkehelsevitenskap ME516 - Universitetet i Agder 2017 Background and purpose: The theme of this study is collaboration as an approach in public health. The study focuses on the experience of actors from various sectors and government levels involved in a collaboration regarding complex public health issues such as child poverty. Method: The study is based on a qualitative design where a case study is used as a strategy of research. The empirical basis is FUN 365, a measure initiated by the Red Cross. FUN 365 is a child and family camp concept aimed at children and families affected by child poverty. The method used for collecting data is mainly qualitative research interview,…
DO TRANSPORT COSTS HAVE A DIFFERENTIAL EFFECT ON TRADE AT THE SECTORAL LEVEL?
2008
This article aims to analyse the determinants of transport costs and to investigate their influence in international trade with a sample of disaggregate trade data. First, we estimate a transport-cost function using cross-section data on maritime and overland transport for four sectors: agro-industry, ceramic tiles, motor vehicle parts and accessories, and electrical and mechanical household appliances, obtained from interviews held with Spanish exporters and logistics operators in 2001. Second, we study the relationship between transport costs and trade and estimate the elasticity of trade with respect to transport costs for each sector. Important differences for high value- and low value-…
From stationary state to endogenous growth: International trade in the mathematical formulation of the Ricardian system
2015
In his 1814–15 correspondence with Malthus and in his Essay on Profits, Ricardo championed the free importation of wage goods as a highly effective growth-enhancing policy. In order to capture this aspect in the mathematical formulation of the Ricardian system first introduced by Pasinetti in 1960 in the context of a closed economy, we produce a variant of that model where the economy is a small open one. We show that this economy is characterised by endogenous growth since the growth rate is bounded from below and we locate two thresholds concerning the allocation of labour among the two sectors of the economy and the pattern of international trade.
Disaggregate Real Exchange Rate Behaviour
2007
In this paper, we re-examine the “PPP Puzzle” using sectoral disaggregated data. Specifically, we first analyse the mean reversion speeds of real exchange rates for a number of different sectors in eleven industrial economies and then focus on relating these rates to variables identified in the literature as key determinants of CPI-based real exchange rates, namely: the trade balance, productivity and the mark up. In particular, we seek to understand to what extent the relationships existing at the aggregate level are borne out at the disaggregate level. We believe that this analysis can help shed light on the PPP puzzle.
Balance of payments crises and fiscal adjustment measures
1991
A model with optimizing firms and consumers is used to explore the effects of unannounced and preannounced fiscal adjustment policies that are intended to prevent an impending balance of payments crisis. It is shown that preannouncement unambiguously raises the required fiscal adjustment effort so that, from the government's point of view, “cold turkey” is the preferable policy. The effect of preannouncement on the private sector's adjustment cost is ambiguous since preannouncement induces an externality which may either benefit or harm the private sector, depending on the nature of the measure that is preannounced.
Do market regulations reduce investment? Evidence from European regions
2016
ABSTRACTDo market regulations reduce investment? Evidence from European regions. Regional Studies. This paper investigates the impact of market imperfections on non-farm business sector investment in European regions for 1995–2007, using dynamic panel and generalized method of moments (GMM) methods for estimating a Euler equation. The results show that barriers to entrepreneurship and to trade and investment decrease the productivity of capital, which has negative effects on European regions’ investment. Corruption leads to increased operational costs, creates uncertainty and thereby deters investment. Greater labour market regulation also means higher labour costs. Hiring and firing regula…
Productivity, Ownership & National Chains: Evidence from the British Retail Sector
2008
This paper investigates whether foreign-owned retailers operating in the British retail sector perform differently than domestic-owned firms with diverse national presence. Using simultaneous quantile regression techniques we test for any sign of performance gaps. The findings suggest that foreign ownership turns out to be a weak explanatory factor of differences in performance across retailers. Only when firms in the upper quantiles of TFP are compared, the role of foreign ownership gains statistical significance, although with exceptions. On the other hand, firms able to expand their infrastructure across Great Britain possess a productivity advantage over more local retailers. This impli…
Investments in Latvia
2021
The effective attraction of investments to the national economy is a key factor, which provides favourable conditions to perform structural changes in the national economy, regional development as well as promotes technical progress. Therefore, investments in the public and the private sectors conduce development of the national economy and provide conditions to increase the overall competitiveness of a country. The purpose of research is to evaluate investment processes in Latvia before and after the global financial crisis, revealing investment-related problems. Also, to calculate the level of the desired investment, which would ensure the Latvia’s average GDP growth of 5% per year, accor…