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Interaction Between The Economic Growth and the Construction Industry: A Time Series Analysis on Turkey (2000-2012)
KARGI, Bilal - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2010
In this study the relation between the economic growth and the construction industry has been tackled. While the growth … industry’s growth in the economic fluctuation periods, in the aftermath of a recession, is more than the GDP. These two … proposals are tested by the quarterly data of 2000:01-2012:03 for Turkey. Additionally the relation between the economic growth …
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Cost, risk, and labor markets: the state and sticky institutions in global production networks
Srinivas, Smita - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2009
This article posits that there is no a priori reason that industrial upgrading and market expansion leads to greater social protections or better regulation. I ask three questions and attempt a conceptual framework for institutions and their broader spatial evolution. A firm’s regional risk...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011259008
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Valuación de las características de las viviendas sujetas a financiamiento público: el caso del área metropolitana de Monterrey
Arteaga, Julio Cesar; Lopez, Humberto - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2009
Reforms to the Mexican Social Security System in 1997 have risen acquisitions of houses using loans granted by Infonavit. The objective of this paper is to determine how attributes of houses with possibilities of being financed by Infonavit are valued. This paper uses the hedonic price...
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Security of payment in Malaysian construction industry: issues on sub-contract's direct payment
Supardi, Azizan; Adnan, Hamimah - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2011
In Malaysia, sub-contractors have to bear with the current structure of payment mechanisms in the standard forms of contract, which are payment upon certification, direct payment from the employer, and contingent or conditional payment. However, „direct payment‟ provision is applied for in...
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Security of payment regime in construction industry: are Malaysian sub-contractors ready?
Supardi, Azizan; Adnan, Hamimah; Mohammad, Mohammad Fadhil - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2011
In Malaysia, the particularly small sized sub-contractors are definitely benefited from payment provisions in the proposed Construction Industry Payment and Adjudication Act (CIPA Act), but need to enhance their knowledge in order to improve their awareness of the benefits of the Act....
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Performance bond: conditional or unconditional
Supardi, Azizan; Yaakob, Jamaluddin; Adnan, Hamimah - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2009
In construction contracts, a 'performance bond' is a bond taken out by the contractor, usually with a bank or insurance company (in return for payment of a premium), for the benefit of and at the request of the employer, in a stipulated maximum sum of liability and enforceable by the employer in...
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The adequacy of Malaysian security of payment legislation for sub-contractors in construction industry
Supardi, Azizan; Adnan, Hamimah; Mohammad, Mohammad Fadhil - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2011
In Malaysia, the particularly small sized subcontractors are definitely benefited from payment provisions in the proposed Construction Industry Payment and Adjudication Act (CIPA Act). However, they need to enhance their knowledge of the so-called the ‘Security of Payment’ Regime to benefits...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009325608
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Sub-Contractors’ readiness on the Malaysian security of payment legislation in construction industry
Supardi, Azizan; Adnan, Hamimah; Mohammad, Mohammad Fadhil - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2010
In Malaysia, subcontractors are definitely benefited from payment provisions in the proposed Construction Industry Payment and Adjudication Act (CIPA Act). However, the particularly small sized sub-contractors need to enhance knowledge of the so-called the ‘Security of Payment’ Regime to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009325636
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The legal conditionality of performance bond in Malaysian construction contract
Supardi, Azizan; Adnan, Hamimah; Yaakob, Jamaluddin - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2007
In construction contracts, a 'performance bond' is a bond taken out by the contractor, usually with a bank or insurance company (in return for payment of a premium), for the benefit of and at the request of the employer, in a stipulated maximum sum of liability and enforceable by the employer in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009325684
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The real estate bubble in spain has been Pumped Up by All of Us
Müller, Stefanie Claudia - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2011
The objective of this briefing, based on a more extensive investigation is to show that the Spanish media has played an important role in prolonging the speculation in the real estate sector. For the first time it is proven that the guilt for the crisis in the real estate sector is also up to...
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