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    Empowering the vulnerable to be entrepreneurs: An empirical test on the efectiveness of the Ghana microfinance policy 2006 

    Díaz Serrano, Lluís; Sackey, Frank G. (2016)

    The study aims at testing the Ghana Microfinance Policy set up to support the vulnerable through access to credit. We resort to the Blinder-Oaxaca decomposition to determine if there is positive discrimination in favor of ...

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    Endogenous Mergers of Complements with Mixed Bundling 

    Flores-Fillol, Ricardo; Moner Colonques, Rafael (2010)

    This paper studies endogenous mergers of complements with mixed bundling, by allowing both for joint and separate consumption. After merger, partner fi rms decrease the price of the bundled system. Besides, when markets ...

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    Multi-stage oligopoly models with nested logit demand structures: A simplifying approach 

    Varela-Irimia, Xosé-Luís (2011)

    Solving multi-stage oligopoly models by backward induction can easily become a com- plex task when rms are multi-product and demands are derived from a nested logit frame- work. This paper shows that under the assumption ...

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    ¿Obtienen las multinacionales mayores rendimientos de sus actividades de I+D? 

    Añón Higón, Dolores; Manjón Antolín, Miguel C.; Máñez, Juan A. (2010)

    En este estudio se analiza en qué medida el carácter multinacional de las empresas (definido en términos de su participación accionarial) influye en la relación endógena entre investigación y desarrollo (I+D) y productividad. ...

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    Profitability, uncertainty and multi-product firm product proliferation: The Spanish car industry 

    Varela-Irimia, Xosé-Luís (2012)

    This article studies how product introduction decisions relate to profitability and uncertainty in the context of multi-product firms and product differentiation. These two features, common to many modern industries, have ...

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    Simulating the Impact of Sectorial Productivity Gains on Two Regional Economies: Key Sectors from a Supply Side Perspective 

    Miguel, Francisco Javier de; Llop Llop, Maria; Manresa, Antonio, 1954- (2011)

    In this paper we simulate and analyse the economic impact that sectorial productivity gains have on two regional Spanish economies (Catalonia and Extremadura). In particular we study the quantitative effect that each ...

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    Sociedades cooperativas: mercantilidad y operaciones con terceros. Un comentario 

    Carreras Roig, Lluís (2010)

    En este trabajo se hace referencia a la posible consideración de las sociedades cooperativas como sociedades mercantiles, cumpliéndose determinadas circunstancias, y ello sin pérdida de sus características específicas en ...