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Scientific advancements in illegal drugs production and institutional responses : new psychoactive substances, self-harm, and violence inside prisons
D'Este, Rocco - 2022
seizures, random mandatory drug test results, various measures of harm, violence, and causes of death. I first document a large … increase in NPS availability and an alarming correlation with the steep rise in harm and violence behind bars. I then evaluate … NPS. The analysis exploits cross-prison variation in the initial size of the drug market and shows high-intensity NPS …
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Inmates for Rent, Sovereignty for Sale : The Global Prison Market
Levin, Benjamin - 2021
prisoners and prison space. In the Article, I suggest three possible doctrinal and discursive frames through which we might view … the Belgian-Dutch exchange: (1) prison labor in the context of globalized labor markets; (2) democracy, sovereignty, and … "theories of punishment" and represents a normalization of the prison as a staple of social and economic life …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013214120
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Impact of Per Capita Income on Exchange Rate with Regression Tool
Khan, Muhammad Asim - 2010
In this article we test the relationship between per capita income differential and exchange rate differential between two different economic background countries. Recent researches have been done on the testing of international Fisher effect, Interest rate, GDP growth rate and purchasing power...
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Lessons from the Twin Mega-Crises : The Financial Meltdown and the BP Oil Spill
Friedman, Hershey H. - 2010
This paper explores the synchronicity of two mega-crises we are now facing: The BP oil spill and the repercussions of the 2008 financial meltdown. It examines some key common threads in both of these crises. The overarching message is that firms must maintain a culture of social responsibility,...
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Multi-Paradigmatic Teaching in the World of Heterodox Economics : The Case of Bretton Woods Institutions
Ardalan, Kavous - 2013
In recent decades, there have been concerns within the economics profession about the narrowness in both graduate and undergraduate economics programs. These concerns have been based on the view that economic phenomena can be the subject of many modes of explanation, each based on a particular...
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Global Alphabet Soup : Internationally Recognized Professional Designations in Finance
Biktimirov, Ph.D., CFA, Ernest N. - 2013
The globalization of the world economy has increased interest in internationally recognized finance designations, which serve as external validation of expertise and are routinely used in hiring and promotion decisions. To help students, finance professors, career advisors, and practitioners...
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Facilitating Student Understanding of CDOs, Systematic Risk and Global Financial Institutions in Crisis
Jaiswal-Dale, Ameeta - 2009
The complexity of the global financial crisis beginning 2007 has challenged professionals. For students, the crisis's interconnected elements, covered in multiple courses and the concepts of derivatives central to it, are overwhelming. Providing short answers to their questions often creates...
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International Financial Regulation and the Basel Accord : How the Impact of a Soft Law Whisper Results in Compliance Throughout the Globe
Toor, Anumeet - 2017
The Basel Accord has often been regarded as one of the most successful forms of international regulation due to the high level of compliance from various actors despite the lack of direct repercussions. International financial regulation as a form of soft law is able to exert a power over actors...
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On the Educational Curriculum in Finance and Technology
Karkkainen, Tatja - 2019
Recent technological developments have enabled a wide array of new applications in financial markets, e.g. big data, cloud computing, artificial intelligence, blockchain, cryptocurrencies, peer-to-peer lending, crowdfunding, and robo-advising, inter alia. While traditionally comprising of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012900027
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Degree of Global Competitiveness : A Case on Jute, Kenaf & Allied Fibres Industry
Mahapatra, Niraj - 2016
Global competition is the services or products provided by competing companies that serve international customers. Competition on a local scale where people are competing against one another for one common goal - the best in their core competency. Global competition has allowed companies to buy...
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