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typifies US labor markets. Crises of spatial coordination and the allocation of labor demand and supply, amongst other issues …The full-text of this article is not available in ORA. Citation: Clark, G. L. (1983). 'Spatial labor markets and the …
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Spending by states and local school districts on school construction has increased dramatically over the last decade … unprecedented degree. Many states struggle to afford the new schools needed in local communities. The emerging body of academic …, states with all three regulations have construction costs that are roughly 30% higher than states with none of the three …
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Traditional economic wisdom claims that - while global economic integration is beneficial for economic performance - a country's trade specialization pattern has no impact on its economic performance. In this paper, we seek to cast doubt on this aspect of mainstream economics using a very...
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practices of the states. Chapter 3 investigates the determinants of the configuration of one of the latest of such institutions … senate and the fractionalization of the lower house) have had a significant impact on the way states have chosen to configure … properly explained if we ignore the set of other institutions that exist in the states. We find that balanced budget …
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The main objective of the dissertation is to apply recent advances in modern econometric analysis, namely cointegrating Vector Autoregression (VAR) and Bayesian VAR (BVAR) to a small open regional economy like Hawaii. This is accomplished in three related yet independent essays demonstrating how...
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establishes relevant propositions keeping the family life cycle stages as a reference for the incidence of chronic consumer states … and their influence on compulsive consumption. Keywords—Chronic consumer states, complusive consumption, family life cycle …
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ultimate target.In this thesis factors affecting the adoption of an RPS by U.S. states are investigated.Through statistical … regression, this thesis specifically studies the effects of political views, energy endowments, electricity markets, economic …
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China has experienced incredible growth in the number of nongovernmental organizations (NGO) that occupy civil society. These organizations came forth at a time of rapid economic and political change. Instead of being given a supportive legal path for their work, NGOs have had to navigate the...
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Zahlreiche sozialwissenschaftliche Studien beschreiben den Zustand zeitgenössischer liberaler Demokratien als beängstigend und werfen somit die Frage auf, ob deren Bestand gefährdet sei. Diese Diagnosen aufnehmend fragt die vorliegende Untersuchung nach den Bestandsbedingungen der liberalen...
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states on the one hand and oil bearing communities and civil society groups on the other hand. They are protesting not only …
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