This article develops an econometric analysis of metro station operating cost to identifyfactors that create variation in cost efficiency. Stations operating cost can be classifiedamong the semifixed costs that a metro faces in the sense that they do not varyproportionately with metro output....

Globalisation in Historical Perspective. Michael D. Bordo, Alan M. Taylor and Jeffrey G. Williamson, eds., Nigel Harris, author Global Shaping and its Alternatives. Yildiz Atasoy and William K. Carroll, eds., D. J. Shaw, author Tapping the Market: The Challenge of Institutional Reform in the...

Books reviewed in this article: Dipak Das Gupta and Mustapha K. Nabli eds., Trade, Investment and Development in the Middle East and North Africa: Engaging with the World Ian Bannon and Paul Collier eds., Natural Resources and Violent Conflict: Options and Actions E. M. Krenin and G. P. Michael,...

Books Reviewed: Norwegian Refugee Council - Internally Displaced People: A Global Survey Jonathan Crush and David A. McDonald - Transnationalism and New African Immigration to South Africa Tony Vaux - The Selfish Altruist: Relief Work in Famine and War Christian Morrisson - Education and Health...

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Comprender la economía de la ciudad se ha convertido en un componente vital de su administración. Esta situación ha surgido de dos procesos interrelacionados: a) La globalización. Es la integración, en un solo sistema económico que exhibe patrones cambiantes según la especialización...