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Showing 1 to 20 of 41 for “"Settore SECS-P/06 - Economia Applicata"”.
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Essay on labour supply in transition economies.
This study highlights the factors that influence individual hours of work decision in fi ve transition economies. Employing the modifi ed Heckman estimation procedure the study fi nds positive and modest wage elasticities of labour supply in all the countries reviewed. This finding is consistent …
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Essays on Firm Boundaries and Firm Organization in Transition countries
For a long time economic theory argued that the level of economic development depends on the allocation of production factors both between and within economies. However, it is rarely underlined that allocation depends on organizational decisions and management, especially on organizational …
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I won't let you behind". The impact of migration on sending households"
A boost in the scale and complexity of international migration flows have occurred in the last decades. Movements of large numbers of people may produce welfare gains to families and communities left behind. This thesis analyses the implications of migration on well-being of sending societies, …
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Identification, signaling and exploitation of social preferences: An experimental analysis
The Doctoral dissertation centers on social preferences. Three experimental studies address the identification methods and the implications of distributional preference types and pro-sociality on economic decision-making. In Chapter 1, the identification of social preference types using …
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Three Essays on Nepalese Development: Technology Adoption, Agricultural Risk and the Effects of Remittances on Recipient Households
This dissertation addresses the empirical issues pertaining to technology adoption decisions, agricultural commodity price volatility and the effects of remittances on recipient households combined with the motivation of migration decisions in low-income countries such as Nepal under the theories …
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Impact of Internationalization on the Cognitive Configuration of Industrial Districts. Learning, Forgetting, and Unlearning Effects.
The increasing internationalization of Industrial Districts (IDs) is affecting the system’s production organization and the institutional context surrounding it, raising concerns about the role of localized industries for the development of local societies. To explore the impact of international …
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Essays on Small Remote Island Economies (SRIES)
This dissertation investigates small remote island economies (SRIEs)—a unique grouping of countries that has not been addressed systematically in the economics literature. The rationale behind this categorisation lies in the interactions of smallness, islandness and remoteness. These …
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Essays on Firm Heterogeneity and Export: Productivity, Quality and Access to Finance
The thesis investigates the relationship between firm heterogeneity and international trade from the perspective of a developing country. The standard heterogeneous firm trade models (Melitz, 2003; Bernard et. al, 2003) have largely focused on differences among firms in terms of an exogenously …
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