Locating Economic Concentration

Racial Harassment, Ethnic Concentration, and Economic Conditions

Racial Harassment, Ethnic Concentration and Economic Conditions In this paper, we analyse the association between spatial concentration of ethnic minorities, and racial harassment. Ethnic concentration relates to racial harassment through at least three channels: hostility in attitudes of majority individuals that find expression in harassment behaviour, the probability of minority individuals ...

Regional economic integration and geographic concentration of multinational firms

A number of theoretical studies have predicted that preferential trade agreements (PTAs) raise outside multinationals’ incentive to invest in the participating countries, especially in those that are integrated with larger markets and have lower production costs. The hypothesis has, however, not been tested empirically. This paper addresses the issue by estimating the impact of PTAs on countrie...

Locating Lead

CA Corresponding Author Tel: (+55)11 3726 7222, ext. 2165 Fax: (+55)11 3726 1505 E-mail: [email protected] BACKGROUND: We have previously shown that the calcium-binding protein MRP-14 secreted by neutrophils mediates the antinociceptive response in an acute inflammatory model induced by the intraperitoneal injection of glycogen in mice. Aim: In an attempt to broaden the concept that neutrophil...

The Survey of the Causal Relationship between Banking Concentration and Economic Growth

This paper examines the causality between concentration in banking industry and economic growth by using data across 15 countries named in "Iran outlook in 2025", over the period 2004-2011. Our aim is to assess whether the economy grows more or less rapidly in areas where the banking sector is more concentrated. The topic is motivated by the fact that the causality between concentration in bank...

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