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the incentive structure needed to promote increased private sector participation in affordable housing supply and the … situation on housing supply in urban areas in Egypt. This includes examining existing formal and informal mechanisms for the … supply/ delivery of urban housing in Egypt, institutions responsible for supply and regulation, the characteristics of the …
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"Model uncertainty hampers consensus on the key determinants of economic growth. Some recent cross-country, cross …-sectional analyses have employed Bayesian Model Averaging to address the issue of model uncertainty. This paper extends that approach to …
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"This paper examines the implications of bank activity and short-term funding strategies for bank risk and returns using an international sample of 1,334 banks in 101 countries leading up to the 2007 financial crisis. Expansion into non-interest income generating activities such as trading...
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"The most basic argument for insurance is that it reduces financial risk. But since insurance opens up new opportunities for consuming expensive high-technology care which permits health improvements that are valued by the insured, and because in many settings the provider is able and has an...
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associated with a substantial and significant reduction in income and labor supply. There are indications that the impact on … overall income. The loss in income is a consequence of a reduction in labor supply for the head of household, and the authors … do not find evidence that other household members compensate by increasing their labor supply. Finally, negative health …
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The current report is a milestone for preparing the Romanian climate change (CC) action plan. A CC action plan should be based on the consolidation and coordination of both mitigation and adaptation measures and options. An important step in the elaboration of such a plan is the selection of...
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