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Recent spikes in oil prices have thrown light on how economic activity in emerging markets may be impacted by oil price shocks. This paper conducts an empirical analysis of the effect of oil price shocks on emerging markets. It tests for the existence of an asymmetrical relationship between oil...
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Advances in human development are closely linked to increasing access to water and sanitation services in developing countries. The present study investigates the role of governance for mastering this challenge. The motivation for choosing this subject is the insight that the focus on...
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This dissertation is a collection of four research papers written during my doctoral studies at the University of Konstanz between October 2004 and November 2008. These papers are empirical studies dealing with different aspects in the field of university economics. The focus of the first two...
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städtischen informellen Sektor und die Aspekte derAgglomeration behandeln. Die Folgerungen aus der Theorie werdensodann mit den … urbaninformal sector and agglomeration economics. The theory is thencompared with the evidence from developing economies. It will … toChina. Finally, policy implications are covered. Despite of someof the shortcomings of the theory, it can be concluded that …
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Mit der Gründung der WTO am 1.1.1995 trat das TRIPS-Übereinkommen in Kraft. Es verpflichtet alle WTO Mitglieder zur Umsetzung von Rechten zum Schutze des geistigen Eigentums, welche dem Niveau industrialisierter Staaten nahezu entsprechen. Die Stärkung internationaler Immaterialgüterrechte...
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In der Steuerreformdiskussion sind sich Ökonomen durchaus über die theoretischen Vorzüge der konsomorientierten Besteuerung gegenüber dem Konzept der Einkommensbesteuerung einig. Aus der qualitativen Analyse in der vorliegenden Arbeit stellen sich die zwischen 1994-2000 in Kroatien...
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brings Maslow's motivational theory to the fore, and proposes it as a rationalization mechanism for entities (mostly … governmental) that aim at realizing SDI. Maslow's theory, though well-known, is somewhat new in geospatial circles; this is where … be an imposing challenge. One of the key reasons for this could be the absence of a widely accepted psychological theory …
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"There is a relatively small but growing literature in economics that examines conflictive activities using a framework in which agents allocate their resource endowments between wealth production and appropriation. To date, studies in this literature have employed a similar one period game...
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