With this paper we present a preliminary version of the first and the third quadrants of the input-output matrix for Alentejo, a Portuguese region through the regionalization of the input-output national table, for the year 2008. As it is well known the input-output (IO) model is particularly...

Success, which is mostly seen as an internal talent within a child, is indeed also influenced by many external factors including the behaviour of their parents during their childhood. Though father is an important figure, the role of the mother in child’s development is indisputable. Perhaps,...

Natural gas plays an important role in the future development of electricity markets as it is the least emission intensive fossil generation option while additionally providing the needed flexibility in plant operation to deal with intermitted renewable generation. As both the electricity and...

‘Creative class’ as a source of growth has gained increasing awareness in recent years. However, creative people are not spread equally; instead tend to concentrate within particular locations across space. According to Florida, a main factor in explaining differences in growth and...

There exists a wealth of literature dealing with the analysis of business cycles, dating their turning points, measuring their synchronisation and identifying potential sources behind cyclical asymmetries, but most work concentrates on the countrywide level. The analysis of business cycle...

Author used the data of Vietnam Population Census 1989, 1999, 2009 and estimated inter regional labor migration function of Vietnam. Based on the method of system approach of Poot (1986), author adapted it to Vietnamese data and also studied the convergence speed of the migration function. The...

Brain drain Impacts on production Endowments Demand and Prices Brain drain Impacts on Real GDP and Welafre Global trade analysis project reduction in real gdp and welfare in Iran Different impacts on production factors' market

The equalization effects of transfer systems has been the subject of analyses to evaluate the effectiveness of redistribution policies and of the adequacy of revenue sharing mechanisms in providing sub national governments with adequate resources to undertake their public responsibilities....

To teach international macroeconomics using simulations of a multi-country model. Note : This is a new presentation from the one in Prague which met technical problems. The Macsim 2 package allows to simulate shocks on a set of countries linked by trade flows, using various assumptions on the...

Thailand and the Laos PDR have a very long border of 1,810 kilometers which has been involved with international economic transactions in terms of trade, investment, tourism and passenger transportation over a long period. There are 36 custom check points allowing passenger transportation...