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"Basic Principles of Sustainable Development"

Harris, Jonathan M. - EconWPA - 2001

This paper explores what a critical commentary on micro principles texts might look like, examining what is to be critiqued and how to do it.

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The Janus Development Strategy: Jamaica In Transition

Jones, Peter w - EconWPA - 2005

The ability to see past and present simultaneously must be of prime importance in any development scenario. This speaks … to the essence of the Janus Development Strategy, whose philosophy is outlined below. .......................Janus was … development. …

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Evidence on the Incentive Properties of Share Contracts

Braido, Luis H.B. - EconWPA - 2005

Ever since Adam Smith, share contracts have been condemned for their lack of incentives. Sharecropping tenants face incentives to undersupply productive inputs since they receive only a fraction of the marginal revenue. The empirical literature reports that lands under sharecropping are less...

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"Civil Economy and Civilized Economics: Essentials for Sustainable Development"

Goodwin, Neva; 2001, January - EconWPA - 2001

sustainable development. Looming environmental crises have served as a prime motivating force for reevaluating fundamental … begun to reshape economics. The broadest conception of sustainability is found if we understand sustainable development to … mean Socially And Environmentally Just And Sustainable development - "SAEJAS development". Throughout the paper we will see …

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Multinational Enterprises and Foreign Direct Investments

Gürak, H. - EconWPA - 2004

cadres of less development into the levels of welfare prevailing in Western industrialized countries. …

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The Neuroeconomics of Trust

Zak, Paul J. - EconWPA - 2005

The traditional view in economics is that individuals respond to incentives, but absent strong incentives to the contrary selfishness prevails. Moreover, this “greed is good” approach is deemed “rational” behavior. Nevertheless, in daily interactions and in numerous laboratory studies, a...

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A PUSH TO GEORGE ( IN ) BUSH

DR.VSR.SUBRAMANIAM - EconWPA - 2005

internal Socio-Economic development target units, Pumping money and strengthening the defense of the assisted nation only …

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MODELLING THE HEALTH SECTOR POLICY REFORMS FOR NIGERIA:A PHASED PROJECT STUDY

NWAOBI, DR. GODWIN CHUKWUDUM - EconWPA - 2005

framework that will guarantee the attainment of the United Nations millennium development goals(as well as the capacity to live …

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A Rational Irrational Man

Harin, Alexander - EconWPA - 2005

solution of these problems and the development of the economic theory. A radically new approach has been proposed. It considers …

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On the static and dynamic costs of trade restrictions

Marrewijk, Charles van; Berden, Koen - EconWPA - 2004

We analyze the costs of trade restrictions for a small developing economy. Capital goods are only introduced on the market if it is profitable to do so. The economy evolves to a balanced growth path in which income, welfare, and the share of introduced capital goods increase if trade...

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