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Effects of Cultural Diversity on Economic Performance in Russian Regions
Limonov, Leonid; Nesena, Marina - 2015
, sometimes historically rooted in the distant past, and, second, by migration. Given the spatial characteristics of Russia …, cultural diversity of cities and regions is driven not only by international, but also by internal migration. When studying the … correlation is only observed between growth of income, wages and share of international migration. Econometric estimation of the …
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Decomposition of labor earnings: an analysis between metropolitan regions and non-metropolitan regions in Brazil
Staduto, Jefferson Andronio Ramundo; Hersen, Amarildo - 2010
This paper aim at examining the dispersion of intra and inter-regional of principal labor earnings of the Metropolitan Regions (MR) and Non-Metropolitan Regions (NMR) of the States of Bahia, Ceará, Minas Gerais, Pará, Paraná, Pernambuco, Rio de Janeiro, Rio Grande do Sul and São Paulo,...
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Off-Grid Renewable Energy As A Chance For Sustainable Development Of The South Of Russia
Ratner, Svetlana - 2013
Russian economy at present time the problem of lack of investment and unemployment is not as important as the problem of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011397327
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Structural changes and external vulnerabilities in the Brazilian economy within the period 1995-2009
Rodrigues, Rossana; Lopes, João Carlos; Dias, João; … - 2013
From the 1990s, the Brazilian development model went from protector of the industrial sector to the trade liberalization process, which brought the need for extensive restructuring of the productive sectors of the economy must, henceforth to confront openly the global competitors within the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011397545
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Pro-environmental Behaviors, Energy Efficiency and Sustainable Development in Russia
Ratner, Svetlana - 2014
The studies of environmental awareness or the so-called people's pro-environmental behaviors (PEBs) became a popular topic in Europe, North America and Asia, but not yet in Russia. Many studies investigated PEBs revealed that monetary saving and health concern are considered to be the most...
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One approach to the assessment of the financial situation of SME in regions
Vostokov, Evgeny - 2014
The assessment of a financial position of SME has very much importance as for the analysis of current situation in a regional economy, as for modeling of their development by drawing up medium-term forecasts. Definition of SMEsituationsshall be done for separate sectors (from 15 to 45) of...
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Bioenergy production in Finland and its effects on regional growth and employment
Simola, Antti; Kinnunen, Jouko; Törmä, Hannu; Kola, Jukka - 2010
Finnish national climate and energy strategy sets the share of renewables in energy use to 38%, and a significant amount of this should be covered by biomass based energy. In 2020 forestry is set to contribute 24 TWh and agriculture 4-5 TWh to energy production. In particular, bioenergy...
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A THEORETICAL AND METHODOLOGICAL APPROACH OF 'FRAGILE' AREAS: THE CASES OF GREEK REGIONS CROSSED BY THE EGNATIA ROAD
Duquenne, Marie-Noelle; Hadjou, Lamara - 2010
study area, the northern region of Greece which has recently benefited from a great highway infrastructure (Via Egnatia), we … of northern Greece. The use of factor analysis methods and classification confer us the possibility to make a typology of …
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Regional Economic Convergence in Greece: A Stochastic Dominance Approach
Liontakis, Angelos; Papadas, Christos T.; Tzouramani, Irene - 2010
Traditionally, the analysis of regional economic convergence is based on the notions of β-convergence and σ-convergence. However, both of these approaches have several drawbacks and limitations. To overcome these difficulties, we apply a more recent non-parametric approach in the convergence...
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TERRITORIAL UNITS¢ COMPETITIVENESS: A SELF-RELIANT CONCEPT OR A DERIVATIVE CONCEPT OF FIRMS¢ COMPETITION?
Kapitsinis, Nikolaos; Metaxas, Theodore; Duquenne, … - 2011
context the cases of Greece and Dubai present remarkable interest regarding their behaviour after their bad economic …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011336386