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Laws stop at borders but guns do not: spillovers from right-to-carry legislation in the United States
(2018-03-26)
This paper investigates the following research questions: (i) Do changes in Concealed Carry Weapon (CCW) legislation affect crime? (ii) In the case it does affect crime, are there spillover effects on crime rates in ...
O efeito spillover do retorno e da volatilidade entre os setores do mercado de capitais brasileiro
(2020-08-10)
A globalização possibilitou maior integração entre as economias mundiais em virtude do fortalecimento de suas relações comerciais, bem como uma maior exposição aos choques externos. No Brasil, desde a crise financeira de ...
Foreign direct investment spillovers in Portugal: additional lessons from a country study
(Escola de Pós-Graduação em Economia da FGV, 2006-06-01)
This paper investigates the impact of FDI on the productivity of Portuguese manufacturing sectors. Model specification is improved by considering the choice of the most appropriate interval of the technological gap for ...
Foreign direct investment spillovers: what can we learn from portuguese data?
(Escola de Pós-Graduação em Economia da FGV, 2000-01-01)
This paper investigates the impact of foreign direct investment on the productivity performance of domestic firms in Portugal. The data comprise nine manufacturing sectors for the period 1992-95. Relatively to previous ...
The spillover effects on crime of marijuana legalization in Uruguay: evidence from Brazil
(2022-06-01)
Estudamos os efeitos colaterais da legalização da maconha no Uruguai sobre as taxas de crime em municipios brasileiros próximos da fronteira. Utilizamos dados sobre ocorrências de crimes e apreensões de drogas de duas ...
Foreign direct investment spillovers: additional lessons from a country study
(Escola de Pós-Graduação em Economia da FGV, 2002-09-01)
We investigate the impact of foreign direct investment on the productivity of domestic firms, using sectoral data for Portugal. An improved analysis takes into account the most appropriate interval for the technological ...
Investigating spillover of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis from a prison: a spatial and molecular epidemiological analysis
(BioMed Central, 2018)
BACKGROUND: Congregate settings may serve as institutional amplifiers of tuberculosis (TB) and multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB). We analyze spatial, epidemiological, and pathogen genetic data prospectively collected ...
Accessibility Indicators for the Geographical Assessment of Transport Planning in Latin-America Metropolitan Area
(2021)
Accessibility represents a key element in strengthening developed regions in terms of investment in transportation infrastructure. Accessibility is also an equity indicator to measure the ease with which a specific location ...