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This paper studies how volatility in the Mexican maquiladora employment and wages are allocated between the number of plants operating each month (extensive margin) and the average employment per plant (intensive margin) among different groups of sectors, through a decomposition exercise. Then,...
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suggests that the phenomena of comparison and habituation are actually found in a variety of economic and social activities …, rendering conclusions regarding well-being policy less straightforward. …
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The 2007-2008 food crisis and current food price swings led economists to re-evaluate the potential for policy … policy to lower food price volatility does not depend on the nature of the policy instrument only, but also on the … tradition of public intervention, and by the persistence of highly volatile prices. The consistency of the policy use appears to …
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government is defined as a pair consisting of a winning coalition and a policy supported by this coalition, where a policy … allow the criteria to be of unequal importance to a party. These criteria concern winning coalitions and policy issues …
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framework combines the dimensions of economic efficiency (to manage the demand efficiently), territorial equity (guarantee of …
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Cotton sectors are facing many issues which are quite well reported by online newspapers. Many issues are internal to the running of cotton sectors. They are little related to the international issue of market distortion, pertaining to the "cotton file" of the WTO. A number of issues impeding...
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This study investigates the influence of background diversity of bank board members on performance and risk. Using data …, education level and type) and find significant impacts on bank performance. On the whole, diversity is in general positively … associated with performance except when it relates to ethnicity. It not only reduces performance per se but also increases risk …
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Les circuits courts alimentaires sont réputés plus vertueux d’un point de vue environnemental que les autres circuits de distribution, car ils s’inscrivent généralement dans une échelle géographique restreinte. Cette communication vise à vérifier cette bonne réputation...
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L'hyper-croissance est un phénomène perturbateur pour la PME : les exigences de rentabilité sont fortes et les équilibres financiers sont fragiles. Malgré les potentiels de croissance, les sources de défaillance sont nombreuses. Une analyse comparative d'indicateurs financiers nous permet...
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Les fusions-acquisitions suscitent l'intérêt des chercheurs en finance qui tentent de déterminer la performance de ces … revue de la littérature de la performance des fusions-acquisitions afin d'améliorer notre compréhension des résultats des …
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