The use of hierarchical models of educational effectiveness are reviewed. The paper also draws attention to the inedequacy of official performance indicators currently available and in particular the anattention to ressource issues.

China's recent rapid growth has been matched by large increases in exports and foreign direct investment (FDI), but considerable regional disparities in FDI flows exist. We use detailed province level data for China to examine the determinants of intra-country FDI flows. Specifically, we...

We offer a model for the distribution of consumption over categories of expenditure. We developed this model for consumer demand against the background of analysing price-based substitution between imported and domestically produced products.