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An Analysis of Risk-Taking Behavior for Public Defined Benefit Pension Plans

Lester, T. William; Lowe, Nichola; Freyer, Allan - W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research - 2012

theory of sectoral “mediation.” This enables us to compare the effectiveness of incentives offered in mediated and … impact of state-level economic development incentives on employment growth at the establishment level in North Carolina … nonmediated industries and show that when incentives are coupled with sectoral economic development efforts they generate …

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The Way a Third Generation Port Can Boost Local Employment: The Case of Piraeus

Angeliki, Pardali - In: European Research Studies Journal VIII (2005) 3-4, pp. 21-44

This paper starts with a presentation of the three generation of Ports within increasing emphasis to the two latest practical models (1960-1980 and 1981 – today). The third generation of ports maintained of course the traditional services, but had to offer different administrative and...

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Further Observations on the Economic Effects on New York City of the Attack on the World Trade Center

Bram, Jason; Haughwout, Andrew; Orr, James - In: Peace Economics, Peace Science and Public Policy 15 (2009) 2, pp. 2-2

We review our earlier studies that estimated the overall economic cost of the 9-11 attacks on New York City. Since the attack took place during a national and local recession, we emphasize the importance of controlling for economic conditions to obtain a precise estimate of the attack's effects....

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Captive offshoring by US multinationals: measuring the domestic employment impacts of vertical FDI

Mullen, J.K.; Williams, Martin - In: International Journal of Economics and Business Research 4 (2012) 1/2, pp. 21-34

The complex nature of â€˜international outsourcingâ€™ makes it difficult to quantify its employment and broader impacts on national economies. Indeed, available evidence on the extent of â€˜offshoringâ€™ by US firms is scant, rendering analyses of its economic impacts as...

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Employment impacts of solar energy in Turkey

Çetin, Müjgan; Eğrican, Nilüfer - In: Energy Policy 39 (2011) 11, pp. 7184-7190

Solar energy is considered a key source for the future, not only for Turkey, also for all of the world. Therefore the development and usage of solar energy technologies are increasingly becoming vital for sustainable economic development. The main objective of this study is investigating the...

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Information transmission and core convergence in quasilinear economies

Kamishiro, Yusuke; Serrano, Roberto - Instituto de Ciencias Sociales, Instituto Madrileño de … - 2008

We study core convergence in interim quasilinear economies with asymmetric information, concentrating on core notions in which information is transmitted endogenously within coalitions and the incentive constraints are relevant. Specifically, we shall focus on the credible core and randomized...

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A Procedure for Divorce Settlements

Brams, Steven J.; Taylor, Alan D. - C.V. Starr Center for Applied Economics, Department of … - 1996

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Alternative Dispute Resolution through Mediation in Romanian Retail Banking

Bălan, Carmen - In: The AMFITEATRU ECONOMIC journal 12 (2010) 28, pp. 504-518

This article aims at exploring the stage of implementation of mediation as method for the alternative resolution of … regulatory framework relative to mediation at the European Union level; the mediation schemes focused on banking services, in the … Member States; the present regulatory framework relative to mediation in Romania; the existing mediation schemes and their …

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Mediation- the Alternative Processes Lengthy and Expensive

Bobaru, Daniela - In: Annals - Juridical Science Series 2 (2009) November, pp. 119-124

Adopt a law on mediation and the mediator profession organization started and the idea that mediation is an important …

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Factors of Mediation Success in Court Disputes

Sekirnik, Tanja; Biloslavo, Roberto - In: Management 4 (2009) 3, pp. 225-242

A massive decrease in successful mediation procedures at the Alternative Dispute Resolution Department at the District … mediation we did qualitative research on a sample of nine mediators. It was determined in the research that the mediators … believe that the factors which greatly influence the decrease in successfulness in mediation procedures are: the manner of …

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