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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.
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005555984
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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. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005555996
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Apertura Comercial y Convergencia Regional en Mexico
Diaz-Bautista, Alejandro - EconWPA - 2003
Para conocer el efecto que la apertura comercial ha tenido en la tasa de crecimiento economico de largo plazo y en el proceso de convergencia real entre los estados de Mexico, el presente estudio revisa el marco teorico y conceptual que parece mas adecaudo para esta finalidad, que no es otro que...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005125613
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NATURAL RESOURCE ABUNDANCE AND ECONOMIC GROWTH REVISITED
Stijns, Jean-Philippe - EconWPA - 2001
Data on energy and mineral reserves suggest that natural resource abundance has not been a significant structural determinant of economic growth between 1970 and 1989. The story behind the effect of natural resources on economic growth is a complex one that typical growth regressions do not...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005118731
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Entrepreneurship and Economic Growth: An Obvious Conjunction?
DEJARDIN, Marcus - EconWPA - 2001
This paper consists of an introductory survey of two fundamental questions regarding the link between entrepreneurship … and economic growth. The first one deals with the endogenous relationship between entrepreneurship and growth. In … particular, we suggest that, while more entrepreneurship could mean more economic growth, economic growth in turn could affect …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005118761
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Mortality Rate and Property Rights in a Model with Human Capital and R&D
Sequeira, Tiago - EconWPA - 2004
differences in growth paths and development levels across countries, accounting for the main features of economic development of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005407750
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Early Starts, Reversals and Catchup in The Process of Economic Development
Chanda, Areendam; Putterman, Louis - EconWPA - 2004
Early states like China, India, Italy and Greece have been experiencing more rapid economic growth in recent decades than have later-comers to agriculture and statehood like New Guinea, the Congo, and Uruguay. We show that more rapid growth by early starters has been the norm in economic...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005118750
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Survival in a Declining Industry: The Case of Baseball Cards
Zillante, Arthur - EconWPA - 2005
The baseball card industry provides a case study of survival in a declining industry. The case study shows how manufacturers have varied their strategic behavior in response to changes that have occurred within the industry in the last 20 years. This is in stark contrast to most of the existing...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005076888
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Audit externe sur la dette globale du Canton du Valais / External audit of the overall debt of the Swiss canton of Valais
Soguel, Nils; Iogna-Prat, Simon - EconWPA - 2005
The motion passed in 2002 in the parliament of the Swiss canton of Valais by the MP Yves Bagnoud requires that the government has the overall debt of the State externally audited. The aim of this study is to provide information to answer the motion. To do so, the study is organised as follows....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005125990
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The LaTeX project: A case study of open-source software
Gaudeul, Alexandre - EconWPA - 2004
academics to understand the open-source phenomenon. That development model is similar to the organization of the production of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005412972