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Baskaran, Thushyanthan - 2009

Es ist noch immer nicht endgültig geklärt, wie fiskalische Dezentralisierung die Höhe und Struktur der öffentlichen Ausgaben beeinflusst. Diese Dissertation analysiert daher zwei zusammenhängende Fragen. Erstens werden die Auswirkungen der fiskalischen Dezentralisierung auf die...

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Projected refined product balances in key Latin American countries: A preliminary examination

2009

Over the years, the East-West Center (EWC) has developed considerable expertise in refinery modeling, especially in the area of forecasting product balances for countries, given planned capacity changes, changes in product demand, changes in crude slates, and changes in product specifications....

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Essays on Banking for Micro and Small Enterprises

Schrader, Jan Peter - 2009

institution ProCredit Ecuador is merged with the monthly data of seismic activity and explosions of the volcano Tungurahua in … Ecuador from 2001 to 2006. Results indicate that new clients are less likely to receive a loan after the shock, but old … der kombinierten Auswertung von seismischen Daten des Vulkans Tungurahua in Ecuador und der Kundendatenbank einer …

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Entrepreneurship and the macroeconomy.

Kartashova, Katsiaryna L. - 2009

aggregate economic activity using data from Ecuador and Chile. …

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Fundacion Maquipucuna: an entrepreneurial Ecuadorian non-profit organisation

Ratten, Vanessa - 2011

Maquipucuna is a unique non-profit organisation in the Choco-Andes region of Ecuador. An ethnographic study and review of the …

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Are credit unions in Ecuador achieving economies of scale?

Marchio, Nick A - 2009

of diffuse ownership. Using data on 36 public credit unions in Ecuador, the empirical analysis finds evidence that credit … may stem from the level of formality in Ecuador’s financial system including its level of prudential regulation …

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Politische Ökonomik der Staatsverschuldung : Erklärungsmodelle und ihre empirische Überprüfung

Weisser, Stephan - 2006

Die Staatsverschuldung vieler industrialisierter Länder hat seit Anfang der siebziger Jahre drastisch zugenommen. Zwar waren die meisten Länderhaushalte in der Zeit vom Ende des Zweiten Weltkriegs bis in die frühen siebziger Jahre durch eine deutliche Abnahme der Staatsverschuldung...

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The impact of the 2007-09 credit crunch on the funding of public sector infrastructure in the UK

Bailey, Stephen J.; Asenova, Darinka - 2009

The 2007-09 credit crunch has not only created problems for the UK’s public finances in meeting the costs of bailing out commercial banks and dealing with recession but also for providing better public services. This paper analyses the causes of the credit crunch, government policies to...

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Responsible Sovereign Lending and Borrowing

Gulati, Mitu; Buchheit, Lee C. - 2010

There are three reasons for attempting to reach a common understanding of the responsibilities of sovereign borrowers and their lenders. First, the flow of capital to sovereign debtors is exceptionally important to the world economy. Industrialized countries rely on it to finance their budget...

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Essays on Fiscal Policy and Economic Growth

Christie, Tamoya A. L. - 2011

This dissertation comprises two essays. The first essay explores how the size of government, as measured by the level of spending, affects growth. Theoretical models suggest a nonlinear relationship; however, testing this hypothesis empirically in cross-country studies is complicated by the...

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