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Household waste separation intention and the importance of public policy

Chen, Bing; Lee, Jiwon - In: International trade, politics and development 4 (2020) 1, pp. 61-79

Purpose - The key challenge that urban cities in most developing and transitional economies is confronting is municipal solid waste (MSW) management. Waste separation is a critical component to successful recycling management in terms of enhancing the quality of recyclables, reducing MSW and...

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Re-Examining Investor Protection in Europe and the US

Burke, John J. A. - 2009

The year 2009 is a propitious time to evaluate systems of investor protection in financial markets as global bank losses exceed the 1 trillion mark and market losses equally exceed the 1 trillion mark. Prior to the Global Financial Crisis, the European Union enacted sweeping legislation to...

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FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT, HOST COUNTRY PRODUCTIVITY AND EXPORT: THE CASE OF U.S. AND JAPANESE MULTINATIONAL AFFILIATES

Lemi, Adugna - In: Journal of Economic Development 29 (2004) 1, pp. 163-187

direct investment from the U.S. and Japan plays in affecting developing countries¡¯ productivity, and export. Trade and … spillover effects on labor productivity and export. The results of the study show that positive productivity effects from U … countries to the rest of the world. On the other hand, productivity is enhanced by foreign portfolio investment, availability of …

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Service Offshoring, Productivity, and Employment : Evidence from the United States

Amiti, Mary - 2011

This paper estimates the effects of offshoring on productivity in U.S. manufacturing industries between 1992 and 2000 … has a significant positive effect on productivity in the US, accounting for around 11 percent of productivity growth … during this period. Offshoring material inputs also has a positive effect on productivity, but the magnitude is smaller …

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