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Uttar Pradesh: State Economy (AT A Glance)
Pandey, Alok Kumar - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2012
Uttar Pradesh is India`s fourth largest and the most populated state in India. With an area of 93,933 sq mi (243,286 square km), Uttar Pradesh covers a large part of the highly fertile and densely populated upper Gangetic plain. There is an average population density of 828 persons per km² i.e....
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Conceptualizing Local Knowledge and Disaster Management
Abdul Razzaq, Khan; Khan, Abuturab; Razzaq, Sadia - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2015
This article deals with review of conceptualization of local knowledge and highlights terms related disaster management. The purpose is to relate local knowledge in disaster management as an important factor, because rural communities mostly trust on their own wisdom, i.e. Local knowledge. This...
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Effects of corporate social responsibility and irresponsibility policies
Armstrong, J. Scott; Green, Kesten C. - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2012
likelihood of irresponsible decisions. Evidence that government policies will increase welfare and a compelling argument that …
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The Productivity Impacts of de Jure and de Facto Land Rights
Bellemare, Marc F. - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2010
performance. This paper studies this link at the micro level by looking at the productivity impacts of land rights. Whereas … previous studies used proxies for soil quality and instruments to control for the endogeneity of land titles, the data used … endogeneity of land titles. Results indicate that de jure rights (i.e., titles) have no impact on productivity and de facto rights …
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Zmiany struktury funkcjonalnej głównych ulic handlowych Warszawy
Celińska-Janowicz, Dorota - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2014
The aim of the paper is to analyze the functional transformation of the main Warsaw shopping streets in 1996-2010 in terms of their retail and services offer. The analysis was based on data on business entities of selected branches located in Warsaw downtown. The analyzed period was a time of...
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Gibrat’s law for cities, growth regressions and sample size
González-Val, Rafael; Lanaspa, Luis; Sanz, Fernando - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2012
This paper uses un-truncated city population data from six countries (the United States, Spain, Italy, France, England and Japan) to illustrate how parametric growth regressions can lead to biased results when testing for Gibrat’s law in city size distributions. The OLS results show...
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ESTIMATION D’UNE LIGNE D’AFFLUENCE : CAS DU CAMEROUN
ESSIMI, BILOA; Aristide, Jean; CHAMENI NEMBUA, Celestin - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2013
In this study, we construct an affluence line for the country, using Cameroonian Households surveys (2007). This line is an anti-poverty line. The proposed affluence line is derived here based on the principle of transfer of resources of the richest to the poorest
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Portugalia jako organizator Mistrzostw Europy w Piłce Nożnej w 2004 roku
Zawadzki, Krystian - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2010
This study attempts to assess the preparations for Portugal to host Euro 2004. The purpose of this action was to compare the preparations for the Polish situation, as a host in 2012. In particular, the author drew attention to the potential benefits and costs associated with staging such a big...
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Opportunities and restrictions for the local-endogenous development in metropolitan areas of high industrial concentration: the case of Thriasio Pedio in Attica
Christofakis, Manolis; Tsampra, Maria - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2011
to external challenges, promote awareness and import specific forms of social regulation at the local level.On this …
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Impactos ambientais e regionais de cenários de crescimento da economia brasileira — 2002-2012
Guilhoto, Joaquim J. M.; Lopes, Ricardo Luis; Motta, … - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2002
This study simulates environmental effects with the inter-regional general equilibrium model Mibra assuming economic growth rates in a pessimist scenario of 2.3% a.a. and an optimist scenario of 4.4% a.a., both for the period 2002-2012. Using pollution intensity coefficients associated to...
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