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ENTREPRENEURSHIP AND URBAN GROWTH:AN EMPIRICAL ASSESSMENT WITH HISTORICAL MINES
Glaeser, Edward L.; Kerr, Sari Pekkala; Kerr, William R. - Census Bureau, Department of Commerce - 2013
. Chinitz (1961) hypothesized that coal mines near Pittsburgh led that city to specialization in industries, like steel, with …. We test this idea by looking at the spatial location of past mines across the United States: proximity to historical … mining deposits is associated with bigger firms and fewer start-ups in the middle of the 20th century. We use mines as an …
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This Mine is Mine! How minerals fuel conflicts in Africa
Berman, Nicolas; Couttenier, Mathieu; Rohner, Dominic; … - Oxford Centre for the Analysis of Resource-Rich … - 2014
This paper studies empirically the impact of mining on conflicts in Africa. Using novel data, we combine geo-referenced information over the 1997-2010 period on the location and characteristics of violent events and mining extraction of 27 minerals. Working with a grid covering all African...
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Capacity Choice by Mines
Lasserre, P. - Département de Sciences Économiques, Université de … - 1985
la Demande Ex Ante de Capital Dans des Mines de Metaux Non Ferreux. L'hypothese N'est Pas Rejetee. En Revanche, L …
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A Comparison of the CPS and NAWS Surveys of Agricultural Workers
Gabbard, Susan M.; Mines, Richard; Perloff, Jeffrey M. - Institute for Research on Labor and Employment (IRLE), … - 1991
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Draft Mines and Minerals (Development and Regulation) Bill, 2011
GOI, Ministry of Mines - eSocialSciences - 2011
A bill to consolidate and amend the law relating to the scientific development and regulation of mines and minerals …
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Technical and Social Determinants of Productivity Growth in Bituminous Coal Mining, 1955-1980
Naples, Michele I. - In: Eastern Economic Journal 24 (1998) 3, pp. 325-342
The severe productivity slowdown in coal mining in the 1970s has been widely attributed to the Coal Mine Health and Safety Act. However, other variables also warrant attention. Increasing unrest in the coal fields and challenges to both the Mine workers Union and coal operators also...
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Une mesure empirique des diterminants qui affectent la gestion des risques des entreprises non financieres.
Dionne, G.; Garand, M. - HEC Montréal (École des Hautes Études Commerciales) - 2000
Le but de cet article est d'isoler les diterminants qui expliquent significativement les decisions de gestion des risques des entreprises non financieres. Nous appliquons le modele a des entreprises minieres en Amirique du nord. La variable aleatoire considiree est le prix de vente d'une once...
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Britain, South African Gold and Sterling Area, 1945-51.
Rooth, T. - Department of Economics, University of Portsmouth - 2000
The ability to tap South African gold was regarded as vital for the restoration of sterling as an international currency after World War Two. Economic relations between Britain and the Union were dominated by the extreme volatility of capital movements within the sterling area.
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World and Regional Supply and Demand Balances of Nitrogen, Phosphate, and Potash, 1993/94-1999/2000.
World Bank Group; The World Bank/FAO/UNIDO/Industry … - 1995
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La Loi D'urgence Sur L'aide a L'exploitation des Mines D'or Ou les Silences du Fantome de Bretton Woods
Lasserre, P. - Département de Sciences Économiques, Université de … - 1982
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005133152