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Ausländische Direktinvestitionen als Wachstumsmotor? - Eine Empirische Analyse am Beispiel Lateinamerikas
Hinrichs, Cord - 2005
kausale Beziehung zwischen ausländischen Direktinvestitionen (DI) und Wirtschaftswachstum in 6 lateinamerikanischen Ländern … aufgeworfen, wie die Interaktion zwischen DI und inländischem Wirtschaftswachstum zu sehen ist. Auch wenn in der theoretischen als … auch empirischen Literatur signifikante Belege für eine Verbindung zwischen DI und Wirtschaftswachstum zu finden sind, so …
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Annual Hard Frosts and Economic Growth
Zuo, Xinjuan - 2005
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Development and Gender Inequality ; Development and Gender Inequality
Lamanna, Francesca - 2013
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Enhancing business continuity management capacities in the insurance industry : a Southeast Asian perspective
Wong, Kok Loon; Barnes, Paul H. - 2011
As a resilience enhancing practice, business continuity management (BCM) can play an important role in aiding preparation of the insurance industry for coping with the losses incurred by major discontinuity incidents: regardless of cause. Acknowledging the increasing frequency of unpredictable...
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Media Coverage & Charitable Giving After the 2004 Tsunami
Brown, Philip; Minty, Jessica - 2006
Media coverage of humanitarian crises is widely believed to influence charitable giving, yet this assertion has received little empirical scrutiny. Using Internet donations after the 2004 tsunami as a case study, we show that media coverage of disasters has a dramatic impact on donations to...
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Exchange rate policy and poverty reduction
Chowdhury, Anis - University of Western Sydney; University of Western Sydney; … - 2005
The objective of this chapter is to evaluate the theoretical debate on the choice of an exchange rate regime in light of the empirical evidence with a view to suggesting appropriate exchange rate regimes that are conducive for poverty reduction. Due to its obvious implications for poverty, the...
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Labor market policies as instruments of industry policy : what can Europe learn from Southeast Asia?
Chowdhury, Anis - University of Western Sydney; University of Western Sydney - 2008
It seems there is a pessimistic view about the need and effectiveness of industry policy in an era of unprecedented globalization. The discussion about industry policy has been mostly on the fiscal, credit, and tariff measures, which are generally designed to favor particular activities....
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Improving Unsustainable Western Economic Systems
Dixon, Frank - 2004
To help guide development of the Gross National Happiness (GNH), this paper analyzes Western economic systems. Drivers of environmental and social problems will be discussed with the goal of helping Bhutan avoid these pitfalls. The paper then suggests a strategy for developing the GNH as well as...
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