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Motu, Excellence in Economic Research and the Challenge of 'Human Dimensions' Research

Kerr, Suzi - EconWPA - 2003

Economics as a 'trade' does very well in New Zealand. Economists are taken relatively seriously in government policy processes. For better or worse, economic ideas were major drivers of the reforms in the late 1980s and early 1990s. Plenty of well-paid job opportunities exist in the private...

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Trade Liberalization and Industrial Pollution in Mexico: Lessons for the FTAA"

Gallagher, Kevin - EconWPA - 2001

As the barriers to hemispheric trade and integration are lowered, it will be asked whether we will we hear the "giant sucking sound" of poorer nations luring U.S. and Canadian firms south to take advantage of low wages and lax environmental regulations? Or, will Latin American nations passively...

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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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"Getting the Prices Wrong: The Limits of Market-Based Environmental Policy."

Ackerman, Frank; Gallagher, Kevin - EconWPA - 2001

Market based policies are fast becoming the recommended policy panacea for all the world’s environmental problems. Implicit in such recommendations is the theory that free markets, adjusted for externalities, can always create an “efficient” allocation of society’s resources. As a...

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"Economics in Context: The Need for a New Textbook"

Goodwin, Neva R.; Ananyin, Oleg I.; Ackerman, Frank; … - EconWPA - 2001

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MRS. GANDHI GAVE NEW ECONOMIC APPROACHES

SUBRAMANIAM, DR. VSR. - EconWPA - 2004

Productivity were the Essence of the Administrative strategy of Mrs. Indira Gandhi (Late Prime Minister of India). These approaches … Agriculture, leaving a surplus for export and strides in Industry, Atomic Research, and Space Exploration in India. The author …. ================================================================ Between 1972 and 1981, the author was a Social worker in India, and a Honorary Consultant for the effective implementation and …

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REDEFINED PRODUCTIVITY & SOCIO-ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ORIENTED MANAGEMENT DECISIONS.

DR.VSR.SUBRAMANIAM - EconWPA - 2004

In the Domain of Development Economics, Productivity is represented by Output to Input Ratio & Management Decisions related to the Inputs and Outputs ensures to keep this ratio in a favourable condition. When this is integrated with a Broad-Scope of Socio-Economic Development (SED). Qualitative...

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Social capital, labour precariousness and the economic performance. An empirical assessment of the strength of weak ties in Italy

Sabatini, Fabio - EconWPA - 2005

This paper carries out an assessment of the influence that different kinds of social ties exert on labour precariousness, on the state of health of urban environments and on the economic performance in Italy. Overall, the empirical evidence shows that weak ties connecting members of voluntary...

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Social capital, labour precariousness and the economic performance. An empirical assessment of the strength of weak ties in Italy

Sabatini, Fabio - EconWPA - 2005

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How Do People Learn by Listening to Others? Experimental Evidence from Thailand

Healy, Andrew - EconWPA - 2005

This paper presents experimental evidence about how individuals learn from information that comes from inside versus outside their ethnic group. In the experiment, Thai subjects observed information that came from Americans and other Thais that they could use to help them answer a series of...

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