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The political economy of reciprocity. A comment

ROTHSCHILD, K.W. - In: Banca Nazionale del Lavoro Quarterly Review 48 (1995) 192, pp. 109-113

H.W. Arndt's argument that reciprocity clauses in tariff reductions should be abolished is founded on the assumption that perfect competitive and frictionless markets exist. In actuality, however, inefficiencies in real market economies are inevitable and this makes reciprocity clauses...

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The first stage of the transition in the economies of the former USSR: asymmetric shocks, macroeconomic imbalances and seigniorage

CARUSO, M. - In: Banca Nazionale del Lavoro Quarterly Review 48 (1995) 192, pp. 85-108

The transition from a planned to a decentralised market economy amongst the new independent republics of the former Soviet Union has often been accompanied by harsh political competition to obtain the responsibility for implementing the required institutional reforms. A brief overview is...

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Monetary policy goals and central bank independence

AKHTAR, M.A. - In: Banca Nazionale del Lavoro Quarterly Review 48 (1995) 195, pp. 423-439

During recent years a strong body of academic literature has argued that central bank independence (CBI) is necessary in order to achieve and maintain low inflation. This appears to support the view of central bankers that they should have the autonomy to pursue policy objectives without being...

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Estimating welfare effects of congestion charges in real world settings

Börjesson, Maria; Kristoffersson, Ida - CTS - Centre for Transport Studies Stockholm (KTH and VTI) - 2012

According to the standard textbook analysis, drivers as a group will be worse off with congestion charging if not compensated by revenues. This result is confirmed by an analysis of the Stockholm congestion charging scheme using a static model with homogeneous users. However, both this static...

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The Impact of the Reputation of Bio-Life Science and Engineering Doctoral Programs on Regional Economic Development

Edward W. (Ned) Hill; Lendel, Iryna - In: Economic Development Quarterly 21 (2007) 3, pp. 223-243

Retrospective data on the academic reputation of PhD programs in the biological and life sciences and engineering are used in regression models to measure the influence of academic quality on the growth in employment and in per capita income for metropolitan areas in the United States over the...

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ASPECTS CONCERNING ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL FACTORS DEVELOPMENTS - AN ASSESSMENT AT THE EUROPEAN UNION LEVEL

AILINCĂ, Alina Georgeta; IORDACHE, Floarea - In: Studii Financiare (Financial Studies) 17 (2013) 4, pp. 48-55

Global financial and economic crisis has dramatically changed the economic and social landscape of all world countries. In this context, economic factors and social variables have deteriorated even more and the interconditionality between them became increasingly stronger in the sense that the...

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Sheltered Employment Centres and Labour Market Integration of People with Disabilities: A Quasi-Experimental Evaluation Using Spanish Data

Cueto, Begoña; Rodriguez, Vanesa - In: Disadvantaged Workers

In this paper, we apply propensity score matching in order to evaluate whether sheltered employment centres improve integration of people with disabilities into ordinary firms or not. We define as a control group those disabled workers never enrolled in these centres before the last employment...

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Reflections on a Decade of Evaluation of Micro-finance and Livelihood Projects from a Gender and Equity Lens

Murthy, Ranjani Kamala - In: Indian Journal of Gender Studies 19 (2012) 2, pp. 279-301

gender perspective. It suggests a framework for gendered evaluation design and offers tools that have been useful in that … type of evaluation. The article also reflects on gender tensions in the evaluation process and suggests the need to place … issues of justice at the centre of evaluation design, tools and process. …

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Evaluating Gender and Equity in Elementary Education: Reflections on Methodologies, Processes and Outcomes

Ramachandran, Vimala - In: Indian Journal of Gender Studies 19 (2012) 2, pp. 233-258

This article traces the path taken in India towards more rigorous and nuanced analyses of gender and equity issues in elementary education. It argues for the need to go beyond counting numbers of girls and boys enrolled or completing school and delve into the in-school, family and community...

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Why Are State Policy Makers Still Proponents of Enterprise Zones? What Explains Their Action in the Face of a Preponderance of the Research?

Greenbaum, Robert T.; Landers, Jim - In: International Regional Science Review 32 (2009) 4, pp. 466-479

The vast majority of states have implemented some version of enterprise zone (EZ) programs, which geographically target economic development efforts to revitalize distressed areas. While EZs have been studied extensively, there is little evidence that they have succeeded. Despite this, the...

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