Sökning: "country size"

Visar resultat 1 - 5 av 97 avhandlingar innehållade orden country size.

  1. 1. Essays on Social Distance, Institutions, and Economic Growth

    Författare :Gustav Hansson; Göteborgs universitet; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; institutions; rule of law; government effectiveness; development; colonial origin; country size; Montesquieu; nationalism; nation-building; ethnic diversity; protectionism; non-nested tests; modeling selection; economic growth; productivity; equipment investment; investment prices.;

    Sammanfattning : Paper 1: Country Size and the Rule of Law: Resuscitating Montesquieu In this paper, we demonstrate that there is a robust negative relationship between the size of country territory and a measure of the rule of law for a large cross-section of countries. We outline a theoretical framework featuring two main reasons for this regularity; firstly that institutional quality often has the character of a local public good that is imperfectly spread across space from the core of the country to the hinterland, and secondly that a large territory usually is accompanied by valuable rents and a lack of openness that both tend to distort property rights institutions. LÄS MER

  3. 2. Market Structure and Integration - Essays on Trade, Specialisation and Foreign Direct Investment

    Författare :Karin Olofsdotter; Nationalekonomiska institutionen; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; econometrics; Economics; Economic Integration; Market Size; Scale Economies; Welfare; Specialisation; Country Capabilities; Trade; Economic Growth; Foreign Direct Investment; economic theory; economic systems; economic policy; Nationalekonomi; ekonometri; ekonomisk teori; ekonomiska system; ekonomisk politik;

    Sammanfattning : The study analyses various aspects of international economics related to foreign direct investment, trade and specialisation. These issues are considered in view of the increased internationalisation - through trade and foreign direct investment - in recent decades. Special interest is devoted to the effects of economic integration. LÄS MER

  4. 3. Literacy proficiency, earnings, and recurrent training : a ten country comparative study

    Författare :Emmanuel Boudard; Max van der Kamp; Stockholms universitet; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Adult education; Continuing education; Vuxenutbildning; Livslångt lärande;

    Sammanfattning : The purpose of the study is to theorise on participation in recurrent training and to estimate a statistical model. The main focus is the links between latent variables, such as observed skills based on literacy proficiency, firm size, literacy practices at work and at home, and other latent correlates, such as educational attainment, labour force status, experience, occupational status and earnings. LÄS MER

  5. 4. Essays on Institutions and Economic Growth

    Författare :Gustav Hansson; Göteborgs universitet; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; country size; rule of law; institutions; development; Montesquieu; economic growth; equipment; investment; prices;

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  7. 5. Foreign direct investment, host country characteristics and spillovers

    Författare :Ari Kokko; Handelshögskolan i Stockholm; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES;

    Sammanfattning : It has been argued that technology and productivity spillovers from foreign direct investment are the most important channels for the diffusion of modern technology to locally-owned firms in the MNCs’ host countries. Yet, existing empirical studies differ in their appraisals of the size and significance of spillovers. LÄS MER