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Social capital, economic growth and regional development
Iyer, Sriya; Kitson, Michael; Toh, Bernard - In: Regional Studies 39 (2005) 8, pp. 1015-1040
 000 individuals living in 40 communities, grouped into nine regions, in the USA. These data show remarkable diversity of social …
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Paleoconservatism of the southern agrarians
Belkovich, Rodion - National Research University Higher School of Economics - 2013
in the USA there exists a different layer of ideas, which cannot be satisfactorily described in terms of the Republican … political theory. In the twentieth century there was a revival of these ideas in the form of the so-called “paleoconservative …
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Amish enterprise: the collective power of ethnic entrepreneurship
Kraybill, Donald B.; Nolt, Steven M.; Wesner, Erik J. - In: Global Business and Economics Review 12 (2010) 1/2, pp. 3-20
in the USA, the authors develop a transformative model of ethnic community entrepreneurship. The analytical model …
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Seeds of Distrust: Conflict in Uganda
Rohner, Dominic; Thoenig, Mathias; Zilibotti, Fabrizio - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2012
We study the effect of civil conflict on social capital, focusing on the experience of Uganda during the last decade. Using individual and county-level data, we document large causal effects on trust and ethnic identity of an exogenous outburst of ethnic conflicts in 2002-05. We exploit two...
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A comparison of ethical perceptions of earnings-management practices - MENA region and USA
Jooste, Leonie - In: Global Business and Economics Review 16 (2014) 1, pp. 46-59
university in the USA and shows that there is a significant difference between the perceptions of the universities. The …
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The sin of untrustworthy financial behaviour: the American experience, 1985-2010
Olsen, Robert A. - In: International Journal of Behavioural Accounting and Finance 2 (2011) 3/4, pp. 252-258
efficient resource allocators. Sin is identified as ethical failure on a communitywide scale. Between 1985 and 2010, the USA has …
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In whose interest? A critical examination of public interest appeals made by the public accounting profession in the USA
Thornburg, Steven; Roberts, Robin W. - In: International Journal of Critical Accounting 5 (2013) 1, pp. 81-95
This paper presents a critical analysis of public interest arguments employed by the USA public accounting profession …
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The sovereign debt crisis - a transdisciplinary approach
Pilkington, Marc - In: International Journal of Pluralism and Economics Education 2 (2011) 4, pp. 369-397
debt. Disciplinary fields as varied as logic, accounting, finance, psychology, geopolitics, economics, statistics, ethics … mainstream economic theory, which has often refused any constructive dialogue with other disciplines. We do not praise …
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The once and future accountant: ethics and the future outlook of the US accounting profession
Hale, Mark W.; Huston, Ryan; Smith, L. Murphy - In: International Journal of Accounting, Auditing and … 2 (2005) 4, pp. 426-440
This research study examines perceptions regarding the trustworthiness and integrity of the accounting profession. Perceptions were obtained from accounting practitioners, accounting educators, and future practitioners (students). Survey results indicate that, compared to accounting...
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Perspectives on precaution: the role of policymakers in dealing with the uncertainties of agricultural biotechnology
Scott, Dane - In: International Journal of Global Environmental Issues 5 (2005) 1/2, pp. 10-35
From 1999 to 2004, the European Union had in place a moratorium on new genetically modified (GM) products. This moratorium created a tense trade dispute between the United States and the EU. While the moratorium has now been lifted, differences remain between the EU's and US's approach to GM...
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