The last three decades have witnessed a spectacular integration of the world economy. On the one hand, the impact of the globalization on the economies is related to the activity of firms operating on a "multi-national" scale. These firms acquire subsidiaries abroad, move part of their...

The increased importance of fragmentation in world trade has created an interest among trade economists to explain the determinants of trade in intermediate goods. A substantial part of trade in intermediates between the US and OECD countries takes the form of intra-industry (IIT). I have...

As North Dakota has shifted from its traditional dependence on natural resource-based activities to a more diversified economy, changes in employment, population, income, and retail sales have occurred. This report summarizes changes in these and other economic indicators at the county and...

O objetivo deste trabalho é testar empiricamente a hipótese ambiental de Kuznets aplicada aorelacionamento entre a taxa de desmatamento e a renda per capita nos estados da AmazôniaLegal, além analisar o comportamento da taxa de desmatamento e da dinâmica populacionalno período de...

This study focuses on testing the relationship between income inequality and growth within U.S. counties, and the channels through which such effects are observed. The study tests three hypotheses: (1) income inequality has an inverse relationship with growth; (2) regional growth adjustments are...

Correctly measuring a country’s national income and its growth is essential to the understanding of various aspects of the country’s economy both at present and in the future. The measurement issue is even more important for economies like China whose size-based economic-political power is...

European Union (UE) is one of strategic alternative markets for Indonesia products especially for forest products and Crude Palm Oil (CPO). Indonesia Products will be able to enter/compete in Europe market in condition that products can meet the standard. European Union is one of strategic...

The purpose of this study was to analyzethe effect of consumer loans at commercial Banks in North Sumatera in the period for 15 years from 1995-2009. The independent variables used in this study is the interest Rate, Per Capita Income, and labor.The method used in the analysis of the influence...

Studies of the interrecipient allocation of aid may be categorized threefold. First, there are those that attempt to explain the observed allocation of aid. Second, there are those that seek to describe or evaluate the allocation of aid against normative criteria. Third, there are those that...

The metropolitan municipalities’ public income composed both from their capital and the contribution of the central government for an effective and efficient provision of the public services to the local citizens in Turkey. In that regard, the Law No. 3030 that enforced in the year 1984 was a...