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... trade, the Heckscher-Ohlin theory, later extended to the Heckscher-Samuelson-Ohlinmodel focused on the factors of land, labor and capital. According to the Heckscher-Ohlin theory, the proportion of ... for explaining the determinants of economic growth. The focus on labor and capital as the primary factors of production, and the general exclusion or trivialization ofthe role of knowledge, was ... limitedonly to the sphere of macroeconomics. The most compelling theories of international trade were based on factors of capital and labor (and sometimesland). For example, the fundamental theorem...
... 1981 andthe Barometers. These are today the main sources for researchers within this area andthe number of countries for which the data is available rises every year. Yet, the validity ofthe ... 2. Who does trust others? The thesis is structured as follows: The first chapter gives an overview ofthe existing literature andthe current state of research. The concept of social trust is ... sense; the more time passes the bigger the difference to the base year. In the case ofthe regional dummies, Europe is left out ofthe regression. The coefficients on Africa, Asia and South/Central...
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