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Case survey for assessing community-based enterprise : a research design
Soviana, Soviana - 2013
Despite the increasing implementation of community-based enterprise (CBE), two problems are prevailing: (1) lack of comprehensive understanding about the organization of CBE and (2) lack of generalizability of the individual findings. In response to these problems, this paper aligns its research...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010201604
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A retrospective stated preference approach to assessment of coastal infrastructure investments : an application to Barbados
Banerjee, Onil; Boyle, Kevin J.; Rogers, Cassandra T.; … - 2016
Ex-post economic impact evaluations are standard requirements for loans and grants from multilateral international development institutions. In many cases, however, lack of sufficient baseline or historical data, or the very nature of the investment itself renders orthodox economic impact...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011545433
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Tax incentives and job creation in the tourism industry of Brazil
Garsous, Grégoire; Novoa, David Corderi; Velasco, Mercedes - 2015
tourism industry as part of their regional development policies. The main objective of these programs is to increase local … investment and employment, as tourism activities are labor intensive. Little evidence is available, however, to assess the effect … introduced in 2002 to develop the tourism industry in the undeveloped region of Northeast Brazil. It provides evidence that …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011485096
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Economic and environmental sustainability : a dynamic approach in insular systems
Cavallaro, Fausto; Ciraolo, Luigi - 2002
Environmental resources constitute the 'raw materials' for tourism. This sector represents the driving force behind the …. This work systematically examines the effects and the feedbacks that the economy of tourism may generate in small areas …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011596428
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Corruption and political interest : empirical evidence at the micro level
Torgler, Benno (contributor); Dong, Bin (contributor) - 2008
The topic of corruption has recently attracted a great deal of attention, yet there is still a lack of micro level empirical evidence regarding the determinants of corruption. Furthermore, the present literature has not investigated the effects of political interest on corruption despite the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003715374
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Why does the amount of income redistribution differ between United States and Europe? : the Janus face of Switzerland
Akkoyunlu, Sule; Neustadt, Ilja; Zweifel, Peter - 2009 - Rev. version
In this paper, the amount of income redistribution in the United States, the European Union, and Switzerland is compared and empirically related to economic, political, and behavioral determinants elaborated in the literature. Lying in between the two poles, Switzerland provides unique evidence...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003894063
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Family values and the regulation of labor
Alesina, Alberto; Algan, Yann; Cahuc, Pierre; Giuliano, … - 2010 - Revised: January 2010
Flexible labor markets requires geographically mobile workers to be efficient. Otherwise, firms can take advantage of the immobility of workers and extract monopsony rents. In cultures with strong family ties, moving away from home is costly. Thus, individuals with strong family ties rationally...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008729326
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"Thou shalt not covet ..." : prohibitions, temptation and moral values
Cervellati, Matteo; Vanin, Paolo - 2010
We propose a theory studying temptation in presence of both externally and internally sanctioned prohibitions. Moral values that (internally) sanction prohibited actions and their desire may increase utility by reducing self-control costs, thereby serving as partial commitment devices. We apply...
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Does envy destroy social fundamentals? ; The impact of relative income position on social capital
Fischer, Justina A. V. (contributor);  … - 2006
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003360711
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Politiques publiques et décentralisation : soutien à l'économie sociale et solidaire dans la Région urbaine de Liverpool
Heap, Helen; Southern, Alan; Thompson, Matt - 2020
National policy support in the United Kingdom for the social and solidarity economy is complex, often caught between central and local interventions, both direct and indirect. According to the authors, there has been legislation, underpinned by an ideology of business deregulation and a more...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012604769