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Essays on business cycle analysis and demography
Sarferaz, Samad - 2010
Diese Arbeit besteht aus vier Essays, die empirische und methodische Beiträge zur Messung von Konjunkturzyklen und deren Zusammenhänge zu demographischen Variablen liefern. Der erste Essay analysiert unter Zuhilfenahme eines Bayesianischen Dynamischen Faktormodelles die Volatilität des...
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Rural-to-Urban Migration in Developing Countries : The Applicability of the Harris Todaro Model with a Special Focus on the Chinese Economy
Bahns, Karin Margarethe - 2005
einigerUnzulänglichkeiten in der Lage ist, die wirtschaftlicheEntwicklung in China zu erklären und Leitlinien für dieImplementierung politischer …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009471828
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Priorities and strategies for health information system development in China : how provincial health information systems support regional health planning
Yang, Hui - 2004
China is moving towards a market economy. The greater use of market forces has made China richer, accelerated … management.The objective of the study is to contribute to the development of China's health information system (HIS) over the … for planning within the macro and historical context of health planning in China, in particular having regard to the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009481029
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Business incubation in China: effectiveness and perceived contributions to tenant enterprises
Xu, L - 2010
popularity in China since the mid-1990s. The purpose of this paper is to provide insights into the perceived value of business … incubators from the perspective of start-up ventures and draw implications for future incubation programmes in China … benefits of the incubation programme.Findings: True to their names, business incubators in China have added practical value to …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009481777
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A TALE OF TWO ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENTS: TUNISIA AND MOROCCO
Friedman, Steven J - 2010
.1% (even the amazing success of China has only produced a GDP growth rate of 9.0%).The purpose of this thesis is to address the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009439124
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Korean expansion and decline from the seventeenth to the nineteenth century: a view suggested by Adam Smith
Ho, Jun Seong; Lewis, James B.; Han-Rog, Kang - 2008
volatility even before imperialism's impact. Parallels with China suggest an "East Asian" premodern agricultural model. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009441404
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Farm productivity and efficiency in rural Bangladesh: The role of education revisited
Asadullah, Mohammad Niaz; Rahman, Sanzidur - 2005
This paper reassesses the debate over the role of education in farm production in Bangladesh using a large dataset on rice producing households from 141 villages. Average and stochastic production frontier functions are estimated to ascertain the effect of education on productivity and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009441511
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Economic development from the perspective of evolutionary economic theory
Nelson, Richard R.
Sanjaya Lall saw economic development as an evolutionary process, with technological learning at its heart. This essay lays out the key differences between an evolutionary theory of economic activity and change, and the neoclassical theory as articulated in economic text books. It argues that...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009441525
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Uneven development and the terms of trade: A theoretical and empirical analysis
Erten, Bilge - 2010
Despite the voluminous literature on North-South macroeconomic interactions and the key role of terms of trade variations in growth transmission from one region to another, a significant research gap persists for two reasons. First, there has been very little empirical work on testing of the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009467783
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Why China grew: Understanding the financial structure of late development
Hersh, Adam S - 2011
reform-era China. Economic and political reforms transformed Chinas prior centrally-planned economy. Although reforms … role in development of exports in China. Though private entrepreneurs are often seen as dynamic engines of growth in Chinas …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009467832