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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 TWO FACES OF GLOBALIZATION: AGAINST GLOBALIZATION AS WE KNOW IT
Milanovic, Branko - EconWPA - 2003
The paper shows that the current view of globalization as an automatic and benign force is flawed: it focuses on only one, positive, face of globalization while entirely neglecting a malignant one. The two key historical episodes that are adduced by the supporters of the “globalization as it...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005118746
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DEVELOPMENT POLICY AND DIFFERENTIAL PRODUCTION STRUCTURE IN A HARRIS-TODARO ECONOMY
Bandopadhyay, Titas Kumar - EconWPA - 2005
This paper incorporates informal sector and efficiency wage relation in a Harris-Todaro econmy under differential production structure. The simultaneous existence of the urban informal sector and the urban unemployment has been explained interms of such efficiency wage relation. Two different...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005408272
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IMPACT OF DEVELOPMENT POLICY IN A MOBILE CAPITAL MODEL
Bandopadhyay, Titas - EconWPA - 2005
This paper incorporates informal sector and efficiency wage relation in a mobile capital H-T(1970) model. The simultaneous existence of the urban informal sector and the urban unemployment has been explained interms of such efficiency wage relation. Two different versions have been considered in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005556721
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ON-THE-JOB SEARCH, URBAN INFORMAL SECTOR AND THE DEVELOPMENT POLICIES-A GENERAL EQUILIBRIUM ANALYSIS
Bandopadhyay, Titas - EconWPA - 2005
The purpose of this paper is to examine the Fields (1989) proposition1 in a multi sector general equilibrium model with perfect and imperfect capital mobility2. The effects of different fiscal policies on the equilibrium rate of urban unemployment are also examined here3. The main findings are...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005556734
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Terrorism Prevention: A General Model
Dietrich, Franz - EconWPA - 2004
In this paper, I present and discuss a method for modelling an important trade-off faced by terrorism prevention policies: the trade-off between, on the one hand, trying to reduce people's inclination towards terrorism, and, on the other hand, trying to protect society against existing...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005118920
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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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005076600
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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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005077079
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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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005124968
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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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005124969