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Social capital and views on suicide via the internet: a study using survey data
Yamamura, Eiji - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2015
individuals’ views about suicide as conveyed via the Internet. Furthermore, this paper compared the effects of social capital … Internet for a companion with whom to commit suicide. However, such a relation is not observed between social capital in the … externality of suicidal thoughts conveyed via the Internet. …
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Germany; Selected Issues
International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2008
Increases in core inflation owing to the VAT hike were smaller than expected, initially constituting a puzzle and leading to speculation about delayed increases or competitive pressures. Given Germany’s large size and openness, spillover interactions appear to have increased over time. In...
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Бизнес моделиране в електронната търговия
Bonev, Pavlin - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2013
This paper aims at presenting an in-depth review of the new economic relationships associated with the advent of e-commerce in the daily lives of consumers in Bulgaria, which greatly contributes to change and adapt to the modern business environment as well as to the new processes. In the paper...
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Do privacy laws affect the location decisions of internet firms? evidence for privacy havens
ROCHELANDET, Fabrice; TAI, Silvio H.T. - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2012
This paper empirically studies the location decisions of internet firms when they face high legal standards of privacy … protection. Many factors might influence them: technological spillovers, lower taxation, and so on. Internet firms can also … consider over-stringent. In the current stage of development of the internet – the so-called Web 2.0 – the ease of access to …
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Tax-paying for Fun and Profit
Kunstadt, Robert; Maggioni, Ilaria - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2013
Modern advances give us the ability to re-engineer the taxation system to benefit from computerized automation and the insights of modern psychology. People like to do things that bring a tangible reward. Tax-paying should be made FUN, not a chore. You will want to participate if you perceive a...
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Auctioning with Aspirations: Keep Them Low (Enough)
Shunda, Nicholas - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2009
In an auction with a buy price, a seller offers bidders the opportunity to forgo competing in an auction by transacting immediately at a pre-specified fixed price. If a seller has aspirations in the form of a reference price that depends upon the auction's reserve price and buy price, she does...
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Transaction Costs, Information Technology and Development
Singh, Nirvikar - Economics Department, University of California-Santa … - 2004
India that examined the economics of rural Internet kiosks, and relate this multifaceted case study to the theoretical …
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Information Technology and Rural Development in India
Singh, Nirvikar - Economics Department, University of California-Santa … - 2004
How can information technology (IT) contribute to rural development? What are the channels through which impacts can be realized, and what are the practical means for realizing potential benefits? This paper examines several ongoing projects that aim to provide IT-based services to rural...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010536277
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Information Technology and Rural Development in India
Singh, Nirvikar - Economics Department, University of California-Santa … - 2004
How can information technology (IT) contribute to rural development? What are the channels through which impacts can be realized, and what are the practical means for realizing potential benefits? This paper examines several ongoing projects that aim to provide IT-based services to rural...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010536317
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ICTs and Rural Development in India
Singh, Nirvikar - Economics Department, University of California-Santa … - 2006
This monograph compares the methodologies and progress of the different existing models of information and communication technology (ICT) use for broad-based development and economic growth in India. It will examine the role of complementary reforms in government administration and policies. The...
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