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The structure of China's oil industry: Past trends and future prospects
Meidan, Michal - 2016
China’s oil sector has been dominated by three large state-owned oil companies in charge of developing the country’s domestic reserves, building and operating pipelines, managing China’s increasingly sophisticated downstream, and filling its strategic petroleum reserves (SPR). Over the...
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Is Norway's bird-in-hand stabilization fund prudent enough? : fiscal reactions to hydrocarbon windfalls and graying populations
Harding, Torfinn; van der Ploeg, Frederick - 2009
We estimate fiscal reaction functions for non-hydrocarbon tax and public spending shares of national income and for debt management strategies adopted by Norway and compare these with rules that would prevail under the permanent income hypothesis and bird-in-hand rule. We conclude that the...
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Deindustrialisierung: Eine neue 'britische Krankheit'?
Scheuer, Manfred; Zimmermann, Guido - In: Wirtschaftsdienst 86 (2006) 4, pp. 245-251
die „Deindustrialisierung“ jedoch in Großbritannien – bei gleichzeitiger Ausweitung des Dienstleistungsbereichs. Welches …
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The causes of welfare state expansion: deindustrialization or globalization?
Iversen, Torben; Cusack, Thomas R. - 1998
großzügige Entwicklung seit den 1960er Jahren durch zunehmende Deindustrialisierung ermöglicht wurde. Auf der Grundlage von … Deindustrialisierung verursachten Unsicherheit kommt es jedoch von seiten der Wähler zu Forderungen nach einer ausgleichenden Sozialpolitik …. Während das Ausmaß der Deindustrialisierung die Größe und Ausstattung des Wohlfahrsstaates determiniert, wird sein …
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Made in China: Export competition and structural changes in the OECD countries
Flückiger, Matthias; Ludwig, Markus - 2012
This paper assesses the existence and extent of transition cost for the OECD economies associated with the increasing Chinese competition in the export markets. We find that intensified Chinese competition is an important factor in explaining structural changes not only within the manufacturing...
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Structural change, economic growth and natural resource booms: A structuralist perspective
Botta, Alberto - 2008
The recent increase in the world price of primary commodities has brought back to the forum the issue of the role of natural resources in the development process. Whilst improving terms of trade may help developing countries to grow faster in the short run, doubts still exist on the long-run...
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Should Africa industrialize?
Page, John - 2011
Africa should industrialize. Without structural change it cannot sustain recent growth. Economies with more diverse and sophisticated industrial sectors tend to grow faster. But since 1980 Africa has deindustrialized. The paper shows that between 1975 and 2005 the size, diversity and...
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Manufacturing productivity, deindustrialization, and reindustrialization
Tregenna, Fiona - 2011
In considering pathways to industrialization in the twenty-first century, cognisance needs to be taken of the fact that many countries have actually been deindustrializing. This paper analyses deindustrialization experiences internationally, by decomposing changes in the level and share of...
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Desindustrialização precoce e sobrevalorização da taxa de câmbio
Marconi, Nelson; Rocha, Marcos - 2011
The aim of this study is to evaluate the potential process of early deindustrialization in Brazil, or the reduction of the share of manufacturing in the added value, that occurred in a per capita income level that, according to the specialized literature, it is not justified. For this intent, we...
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Dinâmica do emprego industrial no Brasil entre 1990 e 2009: Uma visão regional da desindustrialização
Oliveira Cruz, Bruno; Soares Santos, Iury Roberto - 2011
This paper attempts to analyze the process of deindustrialization under a regional aspect. The loss of relevance of the manufacturing sector, as measured by percentage of GDP or total employment, is not neutral in spatial terms. Using the Rais database at the geographical level of micro regions,...
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