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The Road to Development is Paved With Good Institutions: The Political and Economic Implications of Financial Markets
Brown, Chelsea Denise - 2008
This research seeks to identify the factors that account for the variation in development levels across nations by focusing on the institutional components of development, especially the effects of financial market development on economic and political development. I argue that financial market...
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Argentinien: die Abgeordnetenwahlen von 1997
Lauga, Martín - 1998
Argentinian democracy. …
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The moral foundations of liberal democracy : about the necessity of liberal civic virtues
Egle, Christoph - 2000
Numerous sociological studies describe the status of contemporary liberal democracy as frightening. Taking up these … investigations, this article asks for the preconditions of liberal democracy, particularly for their moral foundations. In contrast … a moral quality of the citizens is a necessary prerequisite for the persistence of a liberal democracy. The second aim …
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Income and democracy : revisiting the evidence
Moral-Benito, Enrique; Bartolucci, Cristian
Este artículo ofrece una evaluación de la contribución al PIB de la infraestructura. A partir de un conjunto de datos de infraestructura que abarca 88 países durante los años 1960-2000, y utilizando un enfoque de panel de series de tiempo, el trabajo estima una función de producción...
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Political Economy of climate change, ecological destruction and uneven development
School of Economics and Finance
The purpose of this paper is to analyze climate change and ecological destruction through the prism of the core general principles of political economy. The paper starts with the principle of historical specificity, and the various waves of climate change through successive cooler and warmer...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009434801
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State of the Art: Carbon Emission Accountability Modeling
Lo, Valencia; Potdar, Vidyasagar - 2010
Global warming is becoming a big problem and carbon emissions from a variety of sources are the cause of it. To control emission, a number of carbon emission reduction policies and schemes such as the Kyoto Protocol & COP15 treaty have been reached and put in place. However, not all countries...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009435015
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Submission to the Senate Education, Employment and Workplace Relations Committee – Inquiry Into the Effects of Climate Change on Training and Employment Needs
Hampson, Keith D.; Furneaux, Craig W.; Scuderi, Peter - 2008
the built environment. The planned successor to this CRC – the Sustainable Built Environment Centre will further progress environmental sustainability for the built environment as the Centre’s future is confirmed in early 2009. We would like to thank the Senate Committee for the opportunity...
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Asset identification : addressing the climate change in public asset management process
Hanis, Muhammad Hasbi; Susilawati, Connie; … - 2011
Climate change is becoming increasingly apparent that is largely caused by human activities such as asset management processes, from planning to disposal, of property and infrastructure. One essential component of asset management process is asset identification. The aims of the study are to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009438379
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Managing catastrophic risk by alternative risk transfer instruments
Ou Yang, Chieh - 2010
Chapter 1 analyzes hybrid-trigger CAT bonds, a new CAT bond deal that can reduce basis risk and eliminate moral hazard simultaneously. It is the first research that provides analytical evidence on the condition under which the hybrid trigger has lower basis risk. Simulation results support my...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009438957
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MANAGING CATASTROPHIC RISK BY ALTERNATIVE RISK TRANSFER INSTRUMENTS
Ou Yang, Chieh - 2010
Chapter 1 analyzes hybrid-trigger CAT bonds, a new CAT bond deal that can reduce basis risk and eliminate moral hazard simultaneously. It is the first research that provides analytical evidence on the condition under which the hybrid trigger has lower basis risk. Simulation results support my...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009439051