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City age and city size : conference paper
Giesen, Kristian; Südekum, Jens - 2013
There has been vast interest in the distribution of city sizes in an economy, but this research has largely neglected that cities also differ along another fundamental dimension: age. Using novel data on the foundation dates of almost 8,000 American cities, we find that older cities in the US...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010338384
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Profiles of local growth and industrial change : facts and an explanation ; conference paper
Dauth, Wolfgang; Südekum, Jens - 2014
In this paper we take a detailed look at the sectoral anatomy of regional growth in German regions over the period 1978-2008. In the aggregate, the German economy is characterized by a secular decline of the manufacturing sector and a rise of the modern service economy. This trend of structural...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010487251
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The roots of Islamist armed struggle, 1968 - 2007 : conference paper
Meierrieks, Daniel; Krieger, Tim - 2014
This contribution studies the influence of poor politico-economic factors, unfavorable demographic conditions, state failure, modernization, secularization, globalization and the perceived dependency of the Islamic world from the West on the onset of armed Islamist activity for 155 countries...
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Countering the financing of terrorism
Biersteker, Thomas J. (ed.); Eckert, Sue E. (ed.);  … - 2008
organization of terror in Southeast Asia : the case of Jemaah Islamiyah / Zachary Abuza -- Terrorism, charities and diasporas … Newcomb -- International initiatives to combat the financing of terrorism / Thomas J. Biersteker, Sue E. Eckert, and Peter … : taking stock of efforts to counter the financing of terrorism and recommendations for the way forward / Thomas J. Biersteker …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003247875
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Netzwerke des Terrors - Netzwerke gegen den Terror : Vorträge anlässlich der Herbsttagung des Bundeskriminalamtes vom 2. bis 4. November 2004
Schielke, Heinrich (contributor) - 2005
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10002913546
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SKFO: potencial razvitija juga Rossii : problemy i perspektivy rosta ; materialy mežregionalʹnoj naučno-praktičeskoj konferencii
Grigorʹeva, K. S. (contributor) - 2012
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Challenges of the Muslim world : present, future and past
Yue, Piyu (contributor) - 2008
behaviour that range from prices of gasoline to terrorism and related activities. In the context of the rich histories of Muslim … such as terrorism and oil-prices …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012049706
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Contemporary Syria : liberalization between cold war and cold peace
Kienle, Eberhard (ed.) - 1994
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