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This paper surveys the economic literature on the links between finance, law and growth in the Central and Eastern … based on an adequate legal system it can positively contribute to economic growth. However, the financial system in CEE …
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. Even the currencies of poor nations are galloping upward in $ parity, because they are linked to Euro. This is due to USA …'s approach to control other nations in the world,through unilateral Army power,tie up of domestic markets towards USA, and … Pumping wealth from developed nations. A Notional Balance sheet of USA, balances only with a Loss to the Assets(Debit). This …
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This paper gives an overview of some issues related to market aluation, focusing on the developments on the New York equity markets. The 42.4 p.c. fall in the S&P 500 price index between 24 March 2000 - when it reached its all-time high - and 31 December 2002 is situated in a very long term...
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This paper looks at the impact on Australia’s trade in crops (non-wheat grains and oilseeds) where GM technology has been introduced. The model includes assumptions about the productivity gains of GM crops, possible consumer responses and regulatory costs for Australia and its major trading...
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MyQuestLight is a free Excel add-in for processing questionnaire responses, which can be downloaded from IDEAS (search under Software Components). It leverages on Excel’s flexibility in organizing data, supplementing it with a set of powerful tools for automating the inputting of questionnaire...
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This essay summarizes some recent empirical contributions on two aspects of sharecropping: (i) the effects of the contractual form (incentive power and contract length) on resource allocation and farm performance; and (ii) the exogenous elements behind the choice of different contractual forms.
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This paper presents the findings of a new survey by the Commission on what motivates Australian firms to operate or … Australian firms of operations overseas typically complements their domestic activities. The survey confirms that relatively few …
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This paper reviews the empirical literature on the economic costs of corruption. Corruption affects economic growth … economic growth and GDP per capita as well as on six possible transmission channels. The results of this analysis allows to … calculate the total effect of corruption: An increase of corruption by about one index point reduces GDP growth by 0 …
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The decisions made during the design process have a critical impact both on the design solution obtained but also on the design process itself. It can be observed that while the way in which products are developed differs not only across firms but within the same firm over time, what is being...
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The question of why individual investors want dividends is investigated by submitting a questionnaire to a Dutch investor panel. The respondents indicate that they want dividends partly because the cost of cashing in dividends is lower than the cost of selling shares. Their answers provide...
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