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superior management expertise that allows them to predict market fluctuations and plan the expansion and investment strategies …) adjustment and validate the use of a discrete choice modelling thereafter. Investment process occurs more smoothly than … anticipate the investment spikes by hiring one year in advance in addition to the simultaneous hiring. These firms possess a …
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In this paper we analyze macroeconomic interactions among trade unions, the central bank and the fiscal policymaker. We explicitly model trade unionsconcern for public expenditure, paving the way for an analysis of the potential gains from cooperation between the fiscal policymaker and the trade...
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there is free circulation of labor, increasing returns to scale, and endogeneity of skills, this produces on the one hand …
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This study uses data from a 1988 survey of Chinese individuals to estimate rates of return to schooling in China. The Mincer-type rate of return to schooling was estimated at 4.02 percent in rural areas and 3.29 percent in urban areas; these are fairly low estimates compared with similar...
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A key area of focus in the economic reform process and the design of a favorable business environment is labor market … five years since the beginning of Economic reforms, the new Labor Law was passed in July 2003. This is not the only … weakness of the labor market reform; more importantly is that the new law did not actually bring any significant changes that …
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In the contemporary economic literature and academic environments, one encounters increasing interest in the role assigned to human skills and new technologies to interpret economic incidents and formulate viable development policies. In other words, there seems to be a shift in interest from...
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'Reality of money' is curiously similar to uncertainty theory of (Hisenburg)quantum physics. To some (natural societies …), legitimatimacy of exchange control is derived by associating it with certain physical signifiance of 'real' goods. Exchange control … is thus decided by producers in commodity exchanges. Others (Republicans of Greek civilization) think, money can be only …
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distinguish its Balance Sheet from its Statement of Conditions. (2) Fiat money should not appear as a liability in a Balance Sheet …
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The consumer has been on a tightrope since the bursting of the "new economy" bubble, as losses in equity markets have been partly offset by gains in real estate and fiscal support and mortgage refinancing have partly offset increased consumer cautiousness. The consumer will remain on a tightrope...
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The role that Bernanke’s Bad News Principle plays in the modern theory of investment under uncertainty is analyzed. The … analysis shows that the actual investment dilemma is that by delaying investment firms trade off a higher present value of … earnings for a lower present value of the investment cost, in contrast to previous interpretations of this dilemma. The …
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