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Involvement of small and medium sized enterprises in the private realisation of public buildings
Heinecke, Bastian - 2002
This paper explores the procurement of public buildings in local authorities in the UK under the Private Finance Initiative (PFI) and its consequences for small and medium sized enterprises. Following an outline of the development of PFI in the UK, the paper explains the peculiarities of local...
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London Congestion Pricing – Implications for Other Cities
Litman, Todd - In: CESifo DICE Report 03 (2005) 3, pp. 17-21
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Probleme der Kommunalfinanzen
Andel, Norbert (contributor) - 2001
Dieser Band enthält die Beiträge, die auf der Tagung des Finanzwissenschaftlichen Ausschusses des Vereins für Socialpolitik im Jahre 2000 in Konstanz zum Thema 'Probleme der kommunalen Finanzen' vorgelegt worden sind. -- Im Zentrum der Arbeit von Wolfgang Scherf 'Perspektiven der kommunalen...
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Federal, state, and local governments: Evaluating their separate roles in US growth
Higgins, Matthew J.; Young, Andrew T.; Levy, Daniel - 2008
We use US county level data (3,058 observations) from 1970 to 1998 to explore the relationship between economic growth and the extent of government employment at three levels: federal, state and local. We find that increases in federal, state and local government employments are all negatively...
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Preferences and the level of satisfaction from the provision of insurance services in activity of the LGUs on a municipal level in Podkarpackie voivodship
Skica, Tomasz; Rodzinka, Jacek - In: e-Finanse: Financial Internet Quarterly 8 (2012) 3, pp. 76-84
The article is based on the results of author's study survey conducted on a representative sample of municipalities of Podkarpackie voivodship. Based on the results of research, the article will present both the current state of insurance in local government units (LGUs) of the municipal level,...
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Tagum City: Development at the Crossroads
Gerochi, Hope - 2004
Population processes and outcomes (in this case, urbanization) influences and changes the development of an area and vice versa. In the case of Tagum City, its growing economy is presumed to be attracting considerable movement of people which proves to present both opportunities and challenges...
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Donor assistance and urban service delivery in Africa
Stren, Richard - 2012
Sub-Saharan African cities have been growing at historically unprecedented rates. Since the early 1970s, they have welcomed international assistance involving a succession of major thematic objectives. The main agency involved in urban assistance has been the World Bank. But as its goals have...
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Panic on the streets of London: police, crime and the july 2005 terror attacks
Draca, Mirko; Machin, Stephen; Witt, Robert - 2008
terror attacks that hit central London in July 2005. The attacks resulted in a large redeployment of police officers to … central London boroughs as compared to outer London - in fact, police deployment in central London increased by over 30 … London. Study of the timing of the crime reductions and their magnitude, the types of crime which were more likely to be …
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How important is liquidity risk for sovereign bond risk premia? Evidence from the London Stock Exchange
Alquist, Ron - 2008
sovereign bond risk premia. The London Stock Exchange in the late 19th century is an ideal laboratory in which to test the …
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Efficiency in the UK Commercial Property Market: A Long-run Perspective
Devaney, Steven; Holtemöller, Oliver; Schulz, Rainer - 2012
Gewerbeimmobilien in London im Zeitraum von 1920 bis 2008 als informationseffizient angesehen werden können und ob Immobilienentwickler …
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