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Population projections quantify the changes in size and composition of a population that would occur if recent … a projection of the Bavarian population differentiated by its immigrant background. The population with immigrant …
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This study will address the issues raised by the Commission's Green Paper. Thus study reaches the following conclusions regarding the legal implications of EMU for transactions governed by the laws of U.S. jurisdictions, regardless of whether legislation ensuring the continuity of contracts is...
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A key driver of foreign investment in land, food security is a challenge mankind has been confronted with in various times and places. Wherever human societies have developed, growing needs have led to increasing arable land, and when land has been limited by nature or wars, food shortages...
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This study proposes new ways of comparing discourses on population and argues that these discourses concern both … reveals how we can understand the comparative politics of population management. We aim to establish some of the basic types … patterns of population policy, which cannot be sufficiently explained by demographic processes or the specific ideologies of …
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. It is this that contributes primarily to equity in healthcare in these countries. All OECD countries, excluding the USA … majority of the population, are forced to make direct payments, often with a heavy burden of debt, to access healthcare from …
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This study's estimates of the reduction in accidents from a ban on cell phone use while driving are both lower and less certain than previous studies indicate.
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In recent years there has been a growth in the interest of consumers to buy more locally. An increasing number of farmers are trying to meet the growing demand for locally produced products. Here in New York State, farmers who are direct marketing their product, either direct to consumer or...
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We investigate whether trade has any effect on the price formation process in a specific electricity market, and identify interconnected markets that have higher impacts on prices in that market. In particular, we study Ontario wholesale electricity market and its trade with 12 interconnected...
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A number of economic development studies have examined established wine industries around the world using Porter's cluster model. This article uses Porter's cluster model to study the strengths and weaknesses of the Hudson River Valley wine region as it transitions from an agricultural cluster...
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This paper compares and contrasts the determinants of the market for skyscrapers in Chicago and New York from 1885 to 2007, using annual time series data. I estimate the factors that determine both the number of skyscraper completions and the height of the tallest building completed each year in...
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