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Studying business economics: An empirical analysis of determinants and predictors of grades This paper is concerned … with the factors that influence a students success, ie grade, in studying business economics. As to students, universities … regression analysis relies on a data set of 263 questionnaires of alumni of the department of business economics at Ernst …
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the context of the economic environment; the structure of government; the influence of the 'new regional economics'; and …
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Insbesondere Klein- und mittlere Unternehmen haben in den letzten beiden Jahren ihre Investitionsvorhaben wegen Finanzierungsproblemen aufgeschoben. Dies zeigte eine im Juni 2004 vom ifo Institut durchgeführte Telefonumfrage bei 1 100 Führungskräften in Industrie, Bau, Handel und...
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This study presents two case studies, each on a current initiative of contracting for primary health services in Brazil, one for the state of Bahia, the other for the city of Rio de Janeiro. The two initiatives are not linked and their implementation has independently sprung from a search for...
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This volume honors Raúl Prebisch's contributions to economic thought and uses his 1970 report Change and Development: Latin America's Great Task as a point of departure for analyzing trends in the region in the 1970s and 1980s. This volume comprises a collection of the papers presented at the...
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The author identifies sources of volatility in Argentina that include weak international financial links, a recurrent credit crunch and financial underdevelopment problem, a fragile fiscal situation, and a pervasive profit and collateral squeeze mechanism brought about by a rigid labor market...
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The idea of libertarian paternalism might seem to be an oxymoron, but it is both possible and legitimate for private and public institutions to affect behavior while also respecting freedom of choice. Often people's preferences are ill-formed, and their choices will inevitably be influenced by...
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This essay is about what behavioral economics has established, what the new research frontiers are, and what can be …
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