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Optimal Collective Contract Without Peer Monitoring

Daripa, Arup - EconWPA - 2005

If entrepreneurs have private information about factors influencing the outcome of an investment, individual lending is inefficient. The literature emphasizes improvements through non-market organizations that harness local information through peer monitoring. I investigate the complementary...

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"Optimum Population -- A New Look: A Hamiltonian Approach Towards A Dynamic Analysis"

Bokhari, Farasat; McCarthy, George W. - EconWPA - 1996

models, we define dynamic optimum population, or the optimum population growth trajectory. Our model, therefore deals with … and net consumption. This is done using a neoclassical economic growth model using capital stock, net national income and … investment in the equations of motion to maximize social welfare. The major difference between our model and any previous work is …

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Capitale sociale e sviluppo economico

Sabatini, Fabio - EconWPA - 2003

Negli anni novanta si è diffusa nelle scienze sociali l’idea che la crescita non sia determinata soltanto da fattori di carattere economico, quali il capitale naturale, il capitale fisico e il capitale umano, ma anche dal tessuto sociale e istituzionale dell’economia. Gli aspetti della...

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Pricing in Economies with a Variable Number of Commodities

Gilles, Robert P.; Diamantaras, Dimitrios - EconWPA - 1997

We present a general equilibrium model that encompasses the endogenous selection of a set of tradeable commodities. At … production technologies available to the agents in the economy. Our model bridges the analyses of economies with a finite number …

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Working-age Adult Mortality and Primary Sschool Attendance in Rural Kenya

Yamano, Takashi; Jayne, Thomas S. - EconWPA - 2005

The rapid increase in adult mortality due to the AIDS epidemic in sub- Saharan Africa raises great concern about its impact on child welfare. This article estimates the impact of AIDS-related adult mortality on primary school attendance in rural Kenya using a panel of 1,266 households surveyed...

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ENGINES OF GROWTH: MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIES IN THE U.S. ECONOMY

Mayer, J. - EconWPA - 1996

This study assesses the widely-held belief that manufacturing industries are uniquely important to the process of national economic growth. The study’s related purpose is to describe structural changes in the U.S. manufacturing sector and the organization of U.S. manufacturing firms that are...

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Risk-Sharing Networks among Households in Rural Ethiopia

Ayalew, Daniel - EconWPA - 2004

We apply the set up of limited commitment model to empirically test the role of informal risk-sharing networks using …

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Il concetto di capitale sociale. Una rassegna della letteratura economica, sociologica e politologica

Sabatini, Fabio - EconWPA - 2004

Con questo articolo si intende offrire una rassegna critica del dibattito in corso da più di un decennio sul concetto di capitale sociale. Gli studi considerati sono suddivisi in base all’aspetto della struttura sociale cui di volta in volta viene accordata maggiore enfasi. La rassegna si...

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Income Diversity in Rural Lithuania: Benefits, Barriers, and Incentives

Bezemer, Dirk; Rutkauskaite, Jurgita; Zemeckis, Romualdas - EconWPA - 2003

Economic hardship, agricultural policy reform and price developments have adversely affected incomes from agricultural production in Lithuania, and many farm households have accessed additional sources of income in the rural economy. In an analysis of recently collected survey data we find that...

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Gender Bias and The Indonesian Financial Crisis: Were Girls Hit Hardest?

Levine, David I.; Ames, Minnie - EconWPA - 2004

We analyze how the financial crisis affected a wide range of investments in Indonesian children and children's outcomes including school enrollment, immunizations, and mortality. Our dataset is the National Socio-Economic Survey (Susenas), a large nationally representative sample. We build on...

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