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Conservation potential of compact fluorescent lamps in India and Brazil
Gadgil, A.; Martino Jannuzzi, G. de - Universidade Estadual de Campinas, SP - 2008
electrical energy and peak demand in India and Brazil. Using very conservative assumptions, we find that the cost of conserved … of avoided peak installed capacity is 6 and 9.5 times less than the cost of new installed capacity for India and Brazil … national savings of the order of US $1.2 million per day for India and US $2.5 million per day for Brazil are reached in 10 …
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Special Economic Zones and Economic Transformation.The Case of the People's Republic of China
Knoth, Claus - 2000
Die Arbeit beschäftigt sich mit der Frage, ob die Wirtschaftssonderzonen in der Volksrepublik China ein sinnvolles Politikinstrument waren, um ein sozialistisches Wirtschaftssystem in einem Transformationsprozeß zu einem marktwirtschaftlichen System zu unterstützen. Darüber hinaus wird die...
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The Political Determinants of the Depth of Banking Crises
Winkler, Nicolas - 2006
Seit dem Ende der Bretton-Woods Ära haben zahlreiche Bankenkrisen Volkswirtschaften immense Kosten auferlegt. Die vorliegende Studie beschäftigt sich mit den politökonomischen Einflussfaktoren auf die Tiefe dieser Bankenkrisen. Es wird argumentiert, dass nur schnelle und tiefgreifende...
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Die Bedeutung der Finanz- und Fiskalpolitik im Rahmen der chinesischen Wirtschaftsreform seit 1978
Zhang, Qin - 2006
Die Beziehungen zwischen der Wirtschaftsentwicklung und der Finanzpolitik sind der Kerninhalt dieser Arbeit. Seit 1978 hat die VR China eine systematische Sozial- und Wirtschaftstransformation vollzogen und die zentrale Planwirtschaft allmählich zur Marktwirtschaft hin orientiert. Deswegen ist...
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A Comparison of Reform-Era Labor Force Participation Rates of China’s Ethnic Minorities and Han Majority
Maurer-Fazio, Margaret; Hughes, James W.; Zhang, Dandan - 2005
Previous research suggests that minorities are not faring well in China’s transition—both income and occupational attainment gaps are widening. We are particularly interested in whether the differences in majority and minority economic outcomes are the result of ethnicity per se, or whether...
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An Assessment of the Performance of Indian State-Owned Enterprises
Ahuja, Gautam; Majumdar, Sumit K. - 1998
We examine the determinants of performance of 68 Indian state-owned enterprises in the manufacturing sector for a five-year period: 1987 to 1991. Relative performance is determined using data envelopment analysis, with variations in performance patterns subsequently explained using regression...
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The balance between equity and efficiency in Australian public policy
Argy, Fred - 1996
1. Australia has performed quite well over the last two decades in terms of real GDP per head; the GDP gains have not been fully reflected in other economic welfare measures (section 1). 2. Most economic reforms have important distributional effects, and these are often prolonged and enduring....
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Behavioural differences among Chinese firms - from the perspective of earnings determination
Meng, Xin; Perkins, Frances - 1996
Firms with different ownership structure behave differently. Currently there are three major ownership structures in China’s industrial sector: state enterprises, collective enterprises, and private enterprises. Market-oriented economic reform has given great autonomy to firm managers in terms...
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