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The Road to Development is Paved With Good Institutions: The Political and Economic Implications of Financial Markets
Brown, Chelsea Denise - 2008
This research seeks to identify the factors that account for the variation in development levels across nations by focusing on the institutional components of development, especially the effects of financial market development on economic and political development. I argue that financial market...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009475007
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Export Performance and Growth in China: A Cross-Provincial Analysis
Park, Jong H.; Prime, Penelope B. - 1997
The role of exports in economic growth continues to be debated and tested in the literature on trade an development. China is a new player in this debate with its rapid entry into international makrets. This paper extends some of the previous empirical studies on the relationship between exports...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009459104
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11.481J / 1.284J / ESD.284J Analyzing and Accounting for Regional Economic Change, Spring 2004
Polenske, Karen R.; Wang, Xiaodong - 2004
Surveys theories of regional growth, factor mobility, clustering, industrial restructuring, learning regions, and global supply chains from a political-economy perspective. Examines/critiques accounting frameworks including accounting for the underground economy, multipliers, linkages, and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009432743
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11.481J / 1.284J / ESD.192J Analyzing and Accounting for Regional Economic Change, Spring 2006
Polenske, Karen R.; Biderman, Ciro - 2006
Surveys theories of regional growth, factor mobility, clustering, industrial restructuring, learning regions, and global supply chains from a political-economy perspective. Examines/critiques accounting frameworks including accounting for the underground economy, multipliers, linkages, and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009433030
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Die Lissabon-Strategie : Wachstum und Beschäftigung durch ländliche Entwicklung
2005
Wirtschaftswachstum, Arbeitsplätzen und Wettbewerbsfähigkeit auf den Weltmärkten. Ziel der Lissabon-Strategie, eines wichtigen …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011715228
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Easing the natural gas crisis: Reducing natural gas prices through increased deployment of renewable energy and energy efficiency
Wiser, Ryan; Bolinger, Mark; St. Clair, Matt - 2008
growing number of voices are calling for increased diversification of energy supplies. Proponents of renewable energy and …-price-reduction effect of RE and EE deployment, analyzes the results of these studies in light of economic theory and other research, reviews …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009435841
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Restoring Equilibrium to Natural Gas Markets: Can Renewable Energy Help?
Wiser, Ryan; Bolinger, Mark - 2009
growing number of voices are calling for increased diversification of energy supplies. Proponents of renewable energy … prices, reviews the reasonableness of the results of these studies in light of economic theory and other research, and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009436212
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Workforce diversity in a research and development environment -- a model that works
McDavid, S. - 2008
The Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) Engineering Directorate is in the third year of a diversity process that has changed the culture of the organization in many ways. This work outlines progress toward realizing the LLNL Engineering Diversity Model. Currently recommendations are...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009437206
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The domestic natural gas and oil initiative. Energy leadership in the world economy
2008
Two key overarching goals of this Initiative are enhancing the efficiency and competitiveness of U.S. industry and reducing the trends toward higher imports. These goals take into account new Federal policies that reflect economic needs, including economic growth, deficit reduction, job creation...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009437378
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Bank risk and return: The impact of bank non-interest income
Williams, Barry; Prather, Laurie - 2010
Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to consider the impact on bank risk of portfolio diversification between … performance variables, this analysis compares the benefits of diversification across different bank types relative to margin … documents that fee-based income is riskier than margin income but offers diversification benefits to bank shareholders. While …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009441628