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How does globalization affect the synchronization of business cycles?
Kose, M. Ayhan (contributor); Prasad, Eswar S. (contributor) - 2003 - [Elektronische Ressource]
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Ökonomische Entwicklung durch Transformation des Außenhandelssystems
Bäcker, Gabriele - 1996
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Review of the recent trends in development economics research: with experience from the federal region of Kurdistan
Heshmati, Almas (contributor) - 2007
recent decades as a result of increased globalization of knowledge, technologies and economies. In particular I look at the … development in a number area where similar trends are observed. The areas studied include globalization, in-sourcing and … investment ; globalization ; outsourcing ; technology ; capability ; energy ; trade flows ; inequality and poverty ; technology …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003646693
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Entrepreneurship in advanced and developing countries : a microeconomic perspective
Vivarelli, Marco - 2012
The purpose of this paper is to provide a contribution to the identification of the role of entrepreneurship in economic growth by mapping out: 1) alternative ways of looking at entrepreneurship, distinguishing 'creative destruction' from simple 'turbulence'; 2) the different microeconomic...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009536406
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Global business cycles : convergence or decoupling?
Kose, M. Ayhan (contributor);  … - 2008
globalization (1985-2005), there has been some convergence of business cycle fluctuations among the group of industrial economies … of countries but divergence (or decoupling) between them. -- Globalization ; business cycles ; macroeconomic fluctuations …
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Does school autonomy make sense everywhere? : panel estimates from PISA
Hanushek, Eric Alan; Link, Susanne; Woessmann, Ludger - 2011
Decentralization of decision-making is among the most intriguing recent school reforms, in part because countries went in opposite directions over the past decade and because prior evidence is inconclusive. We suggest that autonomy may be conducive to student achievement in well-developed...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009522998
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Happiness and economic growth : the evidence
Easterlin, Richard A. - 2013
Long term trends in happiness and income are not related; short term fluctuations in happiness and income are positively associated. Evidence for this is found in time series data for developed countries, transition countries, and less developed countries, whether analyzed separately or pooled....
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The dynamics of the regulation of labor in developing and developed countries since 1960
Campos, Nauro; Nugent, Jeffrey B. - 2012
This paper examines both the determinants and the effects of changes in the rigidity of labor market legislation across countries over time. Recent research identifies the origin of the legal system as being a major determinant of the cross-country variation in the rigidity of employment...
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