Kostenrechnungsinformationen haben in der Unternehmenspraxis erheblich an Bedeutung gewonnen. Verantwortlich hierfür ist ein kontinuierlicher Anstieg des Kosten- und Produktivitätsdrucks insbesondere im Marketing-Bereich. Die erfolgreiche Bewältigung dieser Entwicklung setzt eine intensive...

Income inequality can be measured at different levels of aggregation such as global, continental, international and national levels. Here we consider income inequality at the national level but the focus is on the within country regional inequality. Regional inequality in income distribution in...

We compare changes in schooling output and in schooling input of six East Asian countries to derive a measure of productivity change. Our results question the impression that all is well with education in East Asia. First, we find that the cognitive achievement of pupils did not change...

The effect of the performance of the judicial system has been thrown into the limelight as the business sector has in various surveys pointed to its performance as being one of the main obstacles and disincentives to doing business in the Philippines. The channels through which judicial...

An estimated 9 million Filipinos, about 10% of the population, now reside abroad as permanent immigrants in advanced economies and as temporary migrant workers. The permanent immigrants who are mostly in the US, Australia and Canada comprise about 45% of the total. The migrant workers are...

This study updates earlier estimates of the sensitivity of regional investment flows in the Philippines to fiscal incentives - income tax holidays and other fiscal inducements provided by government. All other factors held constant, the strength and significance of the investment-inducing effect...