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There were substantial fluctuations in the numbers of American overseas travelers, especially before World War II …
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This study examines the relationship between exporting and various performance measures including total factor productivity, using the annual plant-level panel data on Korean manufacturing sector during the period of 1990 to 1998. The two key questions examined are whether exporting improves...
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Tourism is a tradable service activity that could allow some African countries to generate significant growth. Tanzania, given its unique natural assets, is an ideal candidate. However, despite being so richly endowed in touristic resources, Tanzania receives very few tourists and revenues from...
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"This study examines the impact of Poland's trade liberalization 1994-2001 on the industry wage structure. The … liberalization was undertaken in preparation for Poland's accession to the European Union and was more pronounced in industries with …
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The Coase theorem implies that, in a world of positive transaction costs, any of a number of strategies, including … strategies may sometimes be the best. This paper compares the regulation of financial markets in Poland and the Czech Republic in … the 1990s, when the judicial systems remained underdeveloped in both countries. In Poland, strict enforcement of the …
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sustainable development indicators (prosperity, resilience, and inclusivity). We provide country studies of Chile, Poland, South …
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planned economy(CPE).The data are from Poland for the period 1955-1980, but the analysis is more general and will be applied … the major macroeconomic variables in Poland and other CPEs.The overall framework is applicable to any large organization …
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planned economy (CPE).The data are from Poland for the period 1955-1980, but the analysis is more general and will be applied … a unique new data set of time series for plans for the major macroeconomic variables in Poland and other CPEs …
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In the context of interwar Poland, we find that Jews tended to be more literate than non Jews, but show that this …, and people in cities were more educated than people in villages regardless of their religion. The case of interwar Poland …
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We estimate the impact of the COVID-19 crisis on business failures among small and medium size enterprises (SMEs) in seventeen countries using a large representative firm-level database. We use a simple model of firm cost-minimization and measure each firm's liquidity shortfall during and after...
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