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Edward Nissan
Researcher at University of Southern Mississippi
Publications - 75
Citations - 586
Edward Nissan is an academic researcher from University of Southern Mississippi. The author has contributed to research in topics: Per capita income & Convergence (economics). The author has an hindex of 12, co-authored 75 publications receiving 552 citations.
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Relationship between tourism and economic growth
TL;DR: In this article, the main goal of the study was to determine whether tourism activity stimulates economic growth, and the study indicated that tourism not only supplies necessary funds to finance firms' activities, but also stimulates local firms' productivity and creates new job opportunities that increase the country's welfare.
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Drivers of non-profit activity: a cross-country analysis
TL;DR: In this paper, a structural modeling approach based in partial least squares (PLS) has been applied to quantify the existence of a positive relationship between entrepreneurship and non-profit activity, and the results provide evidence of the strength of environmental factors such as trust, economic development, and social care public expenditures in nonprofit activity.
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Relationship between organizations, institutions, entrepreneurship and economic growth process
TL;DR: In this article, the authors show that organizations and institutions play a relevant role in economic growth process, both directly and indirectly, by supplying monetary funds, creating an adequate social climate and encouraging trust in the society.
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Women Entrepreneurship, Innovation, and Internationalization
TL;DR: In this article, a large-scale empirical study about gender and entrepreneurial performance, focused on innovation and internationalization, was conducted in 42 countries from 5 continents that participated in Global Entrepreneurship Monitor in 2008.
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Income Inequality Across Regions Over Time
Edward Nissan,George Carter +1 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors provide a profile of regional income inequality using a distributional criterion whereby a state's share of total income equals its share of the total population, and show that inequality persisted among regions with a substantial decline up to 1979 and a slight rise thereafter.