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Interrelationships Between Labor and Capital Adjustment Decisions

Narazani, Edlira - EconWPA - 2004

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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SOCIO-ECONOMIC IMPLICATIONS OF COMBRAINS

DR.VSR.SUBRAMANIAM - EconWPA - 2005

of the Combrain will be to identify,plan&derive implementation methods for Basic Needs;Domestic Investment …

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The macroeconomics of social pacts

Acocella, Nicola; Bartolomeo, Giovanni Di; Tirelli, Patrizio - EconWPA - 2004

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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Lange and Hayek Revisited: Lessons from Czech Voucher Privatization

Hanousek, Jan; Filer, Randall K. - EconWPA - 2001

A fundamental question in economics since the 1930s has been whether an administrative price system could simulate the results of perfect competition even without a true market for the means of production. The theoretical possibility of such a system has been known since the introduction of...

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New Labor Legislation in Montenegro – Labor Law and Proposal of the General Collective Agreement

Krsmanovic, Ana - EconWPA - 2004

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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GLOBALIZATION AND GOALS: Does soccer show the way?

Milnaovic, Branko - EconWPA - 2003

there is free circulation of labor, increasing returns to scale, and endogeneity of skills, this produces on the one hand …

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Rates of Return to Schooling in China

Chow, Gregory C. - EconWPA - 2003

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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Distribution of the Economic Gains of the 1990s

Parham, Dean; Barnes, Paula; Roberts, Paul; Kennett, Sharon - EconWPA - 2001

„h Australia¡¦s surge in productivity growth in the 1990s fuelled an acceleration in growth in total income and average income (income per person in Australia). ¡V Annual average income growth accelerated from 1.4 per cent in the 1970s and 1980s to 2.5 per cent in the 1990s. ¡V Faster...

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Latin American Progress under Structural Reform

Jr, Thomas M Fullerton; Sprinkle, Richard L - EconWPA - 2004

Subsequent to the economic difficulties of the 1980s, many Latin American governments reluctantly began to introduce market-oriented reform measures. In many cases, the new measures were adopted only as a means of participating in debt-relief programs such as the Brady Initiative. In no case,...

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Rosca Participation in Benin : a Commitment Issue

Dagnelie, Olivier; LeMay, Philippe - EconWPA - 2005

that individuals use their participation in a rosca as a device to discipline themselves to save money and commit against …

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