Overcoming left-behindedness. Moving beyond the efficiency versus equity debate in territorial development
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Published: December 31, 2024 00:00
Territorial development theory and practice have witnessed significant change in recent times. This change has increasingly put the spatial dimension at the centre of development policies. Where agglomeration-focused policies derived from urbanization and…
Better energy cost information changes household property investment decisions: Evidence from a nationwide experiment
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Published: November 30, 2024 00:00
With buildings accounting for roughly 40 % of energy consumption in the US and Europe, energy efficiency upgrades will be central in meeting climate targets. Using a nationwide controlled field experiment, we find that the inclusion of property-specific…
Default and Interest Rate Shocks: Renegotiation Matters
http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:rut:rutres:202405&r=ure
Published: November 12, 2024 00:00
We consider how size matters for banks in three size groups: small community banks with assets less than $1 billion, large community banks with assets between $1 billion and $10 billion, and midsize banks with assets between $10 billion and $50 billion. To…
The impact of incentivizing training on students’ outcomes
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Published: February 1, 2024 00:00
This paper studies the effect on students’ scores of incentivizing in-service teacher training in a system that conditions teacher promotions to in-service training take-up. In Ecuador, teachers need to pass a compulsory knowledge test with a minimum score…