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Immigration, integration and terrorism: is there a clash of cultures?
Fischer, Justina AV - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2010
We test whether immigrants are more prone to support terror than natives because of lower opportunity costs, using the … irrelevant to terror support. As robustness test we relate individual attitude to real-life behavior: using country panels of … transnational terrorist attacks in OECD countries, we show that the population attitudes towards violence and terror determine the …
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Diseguaglianza, conflitto sociale e sindacati in America
Lettieri, Antonio - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2012
A comparison of the 2007-08 crisis with that of 1929 showed its extreme gravity, but it also may have implied that the old harmful mistakes would not be repeated. After four years, the crisis has not been solved and it even threatens to worsen. Neo-conservative Republicans claim that this is...
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La información y el rumor en zonas de conflicto
Fernando, Estrada - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2007
Information sources, creation of informant networks and labors of local intelligence have become very important goals in political power calculations of the paramilitary and insurgents. Phenomena of information and rumor can disclose central aspects to understand the direction of events yet to...
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The Institutional Framework and Decision Making in Sudan
Mohamed, Issam A.W. - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2010
The study here reviews the institutional structure of the Sudanese government. Truly, though it is stigmatized as totalitarian, the structure is phenotypically perfect. Ministry of Ministries council is supposed to cater for analyzing data concerning ministries performance, drawing strategic...
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The effects of terrorist activities on foreign direct investment: nonlinear Evidence
Omay, Tolga; Takay Araz, Bahar; Ilalan, Deniz - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2011
In this study, we examine the relationship between foreign direct investment and terrorist incidents that took place in Turkey for the period from 1991:12 to 2003:12. This research contributes to the literature by checking for a possible non-linear relationship between terrorism and foreign...
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The Role of Foreign Direct Investment on Press Freedom
Dutta, Nabamita; Roy, Sanjukta - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2008
In our paper we establish foreign direct investment (FDI) as a major determinant of media freedom. Global integration can strengthen the media sector financially, make it technologically enhanced and can also improve the economic environment as a whole. This, in turn, would work towards the...
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Turkiye’nin ortadogu’da ekonomik gelecegi: Turkiye’nin ihracat potansiyeline yonelik ampirik bir analiz
Kula, Ferit; Aslan, Alper - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2008
Ortadoğu, hem dinlerin kesişme noktası olması hem de petrol zenginliği nedeniyle yıllar boyunca egemenlik mücadelelerine sahne olmuş ve bu nedenle de istikrarsızlaşmış bir bölgedir. Petrolün 20.yüzyılda enerji kaynağı olarak kömürün yerini alması nedeniyle, bölge tüm...
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The globalisation in the clothing sector and its implications for work organisation: a view from the Portuguese case
Moniz, António; Paulos, Margarida Ramires - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2008
The clothing sector in Portugal is still seen, in many aspects as a traditional sector with some average characteristics, such as: low level of qualifications, less flexible labour legislation and stronger unionisation, very low salaries and low capability of investment in innovation and new...
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Trade Openness and Output Volatility
Bejan, Maria - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2006
This paper studies the effect of trade openness on output volatility. We find that trade openness generally increased output volatility, although this effect was stronger and more significant during 1950-1975 than during 1975-2000. However, if we split the sample into developed and developing...
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The World and the Indian Banking Industry
Mishra, Garima; Goyal, Rashi - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2006
The Indian banking industry is presently in a situation of great flux. There are various developments, changes within the Indian economy and deregulations occurring that have the potential to drastically change the way this industry functions in the future. As per the changes envisaged by the...
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