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Border Wars: Tax Revenues, Annexation, and Urban Growth in Phoenix

Heim, Carol E. - 2006

Phoenix and neighboring municipalities, like many in the South and West, pursued a growth strategy based on annexation in the decades after World War II. This paper explores the link between annexation and competition for tax revenues. After discussing arguments for annexation, it traces the...

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15.021J / 11.433J Real Estate Economics, Spring 2004

Wheaton, William C. - 2004

This course, offered by the MIT Center for Real Estate, focuses on developing an understanding of the macroeconomic factors that shape and influence markets for real property. We will develop the theory of land markets and locational choice. The material covered includes studies of changing...

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Female Entrepreneurs in Transitional Economies: a comparative study of Businesswomen in Nigeria and China

Kitching, Beverley; Woldie, Atsese - 2004

Nigeria and China. As the OECD Conferences on Women Entrepreneurs in Small and Medium Enterprises held in Paris in 1997 and … difficult(OECD, 1998, 2001). Should China and Nigeria follow a similar pattern to other societies during the development process …

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Mother's income and child mortality in southern Nigeria

Sulaiman, Ismaila Lawal - 1987

Material resources affect the levels of mortality. In cross-sectional relationships income has been found to be positively associated with survival, both within and between countries. Preston (1975, 1976), in particular, using cross-national data for three separate decades of the 20th century,...

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Oil-dependence and civil conflict in Nigeria

Oyefusi, Aderoju - 2007

This paper examines oil-dependence and civil conflict in Nigeria focusing on the economic dynamics of resource … of oil-dependence in Nigeria. …

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Pricing and operational efficiencies in the livestock feed market in Ondo State, Nigeria

Oguntade, Adegboyega E.; Mafimisebi, Taiwo E. - 2010

feed industry in Ondo State, Nigeria. …

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Estimation of Actual and Potential Adoption Rates and Determinants of Improved Rice Variety Among Rice Farmers in Nigeria: The Case of NERICAs

Dontsop Nguezet, Paul Martin; Diagne, Aliou; Okoruwa, … - 2010

rates and their determinants of the NERICA (New Rice for Africa) rice varieties in Nigeria. Empirical evidence shows that …. NERICA awareness was found to be a major constraint to NERICA adoption in Nigeria. Several socioeconomic … occupation, year of experience and vocational training. In particular, we have found that the NERICA adoption rate in Nigeria …

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Private Wage Returns to Schooling in Nigeria: 1996-1999

Aromolaran, Adebayo B. - 2002

In the last two decades, primary and secondary school enrollment rates have declined in Nigeria while enrollment rates … in post-secondary school have increased. This paper estimates from the General Household Survey for Nigeria the private …

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Female Schooling, Non-Market Productivity, and Labor Market Participation in Nigeria

Aromolaran, Adebayo B. - 2004

work. Finally, I find evidence suggesting that non-market work may not be a normal good for married women in Nigeria. …

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Intra-Household Redistribution of Income and Calorie Consumption in South-Western Nigeria

Aromolaran, Adebayo B. - 2004

This study investigates how per capita calorie intake in low income households of rural southwestern Nigeria responds …

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