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Der Konflikt um Georgiens abtrünnige Teilrepubliken galt lange als „eingefroren“, bis die Scharmützel im August 2008 schließlich eskalierten und Georgien eine Offensive gegen Südossetien startete, welche von intervenierenden russischen Truppen zurückgeschlagen wurde. In Folge wurden...
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The state,writes Douglass North, trades a group of services, which we shall callprotection and justice, for revenue … thereforehave an incentive to hide revenues from the state, while differing in their ability todo so. Thus, the state will typically …
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. Trade associations and firms emerged as the central actors driving industry development, with the state playing an … increasingly supporting role. This institutional arrangement represents a departure from the Indian state’s traditional approach to … development and the role of the state in other successful developmental models. A key reason why industry, rather than the state …
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, the factors that led to the crisis in Rhode Island will be unveiled, and possible solutions to the state-specific problem …
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Outsourcing can be defi ned as the delivery of public services by the private sector. The sign of the effect of outsourcing on public spending is ambiguous ex-ante. While outsourcing may reduce public spending through higher competition in the private sector, it may also increase public spending...
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Summary of Banco de España Working Paper no. 1939
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Poverty and homelessness are a rising problem in the United States. For the individuals and families that have fallen under such circumstances, it can be very difficult to overcome poverty. This paper shows areas where low-income persons pay more money and how they are additionally...
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dabei eher passiv. Die Distanz zwischen Gesellschaft und der Fleischwirtschaft ist in den vergangenen Jahren daher größer …
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Over the years, the East-West Center (EWC) has developed considerable expertise in refinery modeling, especially in the area of forecasting product balances for countries, given planned capacity changes, changes in product demand, changes in crude slates, and changes in product specifications....
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This paper is concerned with the determinants of international steam-coal trade. Most work in projecting coal trade has been either qualitative (a consensus of experts) or, if quantitative, has been based on competitive spatial-equilibrium models. Unfortunately, the competitive model of trade...
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