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Market integration and disintegration of Poland and Gemany [Germany] in the 18th century
Baten, Jörg; Wallusch, Jacek - Wirtschaftswissenschaftlichen Fakultät, … - 2003
Was the 18th century a time period of gradual market integration? Or did the wars, famines, and criminality drive central European markets away from each other? We perform cointegration tests between four German and three Polish cities for rye markets in the 18th century, plus selected tests...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009151421
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FDI-facilitated Development: The Case of the Natural Gas Industry of Trinidad and Tobago
Barclay, Lou Anne A. - United Nations University, Institute for New Technologies - 2003
Since the last decade, governments in less-developed countries have increasingly viewed Foreign Direct Investment (FDI), as directed by the multinational enterprise (MNE), as a catalyst for economic growth and transformation. Indeed, the literature argues that FDI-assisted development occurs...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005297701
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Fraud and Financial Markets: The 1997 Collapse of the Junior Mining Stocks
William O. Brown, Jr.; Burdekin, Richard C.K. - Economics Department, Claremont McKenna College
The Vancouver Composite Index fell by over 25% in less than six weeks during spring 1997 as the junior mining sector …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005200555
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Certification Systems as Tools for Natural Asset Building: Potential, Experiences to Date, and Critical Challenges
Conroy, Michael E. - Political Economy Research Institute (PERI), University … - 2005
Stewardship Council™ and the Fair Trade Certified™ system – and emerging systems in tourism and mining. The results to date have …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005086268
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The Impact of Mining and Services Industries on the Structural Change of Australia
Gurrib, Ikhlaas - In: International Journal of Business and Economic Sciences … 4 (2011) 2, pp. 35-51
Both services and mining industries gained relatively more importance in the structural changes occurring, particularly … in recent years, where the rate of structural change has increased. The study aims at defragmenting the mining and … activity is measured in terms of investment shows the mining industry to have relatively less Mean Absolute Errors forecasts …
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Multimedia and Decision-Making Process
DOBRICAN, Ovidiu-Alin - In: Informatica Economica 13 (2009) 3, pp. 36-48
Multimedia technology has changed the way we use computers. Multimedia transforms com-puters into a second person. Multimedia technology has made it possible for us to see, hear, read, feel, and talk to computers. Multimedia technology has transformed our use and understanding of computers. On...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009416384
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State Mineral Production Taxes and Mining Law Reform
Dobra, John L.; Dobra, Matt - Economics Department, University of Nevada-Reno; … - 2011
-rock mining on public lands. This paper analyzes the issue of imposing such federal royalties from both a legal and economic … encouraging vertical disintegration on the part of mining firms to avoid much of the burden of the royalty. …
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The Blessing of Natural Resources: Evidence from a Peruvian Gold Mine
Aragon, Fernando; Rud, Juan - Banco Central de Reserva del Perú - 2009
rule out that our results are driven by increased public expenditure associated to the mining revenue windfall. Using a …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008596149
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A framework for environmental policy evaluation in the South African mining sector
Thiele, Rainer - Institut für Weltwirtschaft (IfW) - 1998
mining activities, and shows for the case of South Africa how it can be implemented numerically. The CGE model belongs to the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009276596
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Report on Productivity Trends in Selected Natural Resource Industries in Canada
Standards, Centre for the Study of Living - Center for the Study of Living Standards (CSLS) - 2004
The purpose of this report is to shed light on the dynamics and determinants of productivity growth in nine selected natural resource industries and in the overall natural resource sector in Canada. This report provides a concise review of the findings of a detailed analysis undertaken by the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005481830