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The financial distress of public sector entities. Evidence from Italian public universities

Bisogno, Marco; Citro, Francesca; Tommasetti, Aurelio - In: International Journal of Accounting, Auditing and … 10 (2014) 2, pp. 203-227

The paper investigates the financial condition of Italian universities, focusing on cash- and budget-level solvency as …), organisational factors (which refer to the performance evaluation of the strategic mission of universities, such as research and … evaluating the financial viability of Italian universities, characterised by high flexibility and feasibility. We found that …

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The financial distress of public sector entities : evidence from Italian public universities

Bisogno, Marco; Citro, Francesca; Tommasetti, Aurelio - In: International journal of accounting, auditing and … 10 (2014) 2, pp. 203-227

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010351470

Regional Price Differences in Urban China 1986-2001: Estimation and Implication

Gong, Cathy Honge; Meng, Xin - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2008

Despite the intensive efforts made by economists to examine regional income inequality in China, limited attention has been paid to disentangle the contribution of regional price differentials. This paper examines regional price differential in urban China over the period 1986 to 2001. Spatial...

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China’s Lesser Known Migrants

Quheng, Deng; Gustafsson, Bjorn - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2006

In China hukou (the household registration system) imposes barriers on permanent migration from rural to urban areas. Using large surveys for 2002, we find that permanent migrants number about 100 million persons and constitute approximately 20 percent of all urban residents. Receiving a long...

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The Effect of Economic Crises on Nutritional Status: Evidence from Russia

Stillman, Steven; Thomas, Duncan - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2004

This paper uses data from the Russian Longitudinal Monitoring Survey (RLMS) to examine the relationship between nutritional status and both longer-run household resources and short-run fluctuations in household resources. We evaluate six measures of nutrition – gross energy intake, two...

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Autopsy on an Empire: Understanding Mortality in Russia and the Former Soviet Union

Brainerd, Elizabeth; Cutler, David M. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2005

Male life expectancy at birth fell by over six years in Russia between 1989 and 1994. Many other countries of the former Soviet Union saw similar declines, and female life expectancy fell as well. Using cross-country and Russian household survey data, we assess six possible explanations for this...

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Rural People’s Perception of Poverty in China

Gustafsson, Bjorn; Yue, Ximing - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2006

Subjective Poverty Line methodology is applied to rural China 2002 using a sample from 22 provinces. Respondents were asked two questions: one on amount of food necessary and another on amount of cash necessary for their households. The respondent’s perception of how much cash is needed varies...

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Dominant strategic archetype of the Russian industrial firm

Gurkov, Igor - In: Journal for East European Management Studies 12 (2007) 1, pp. 35-35

Based on the results of the large-scale survey in Russian industrial enterprises we made an attempt to describe the dominant archetype of the Russian industrial firm in terms of strategic patterns, prevailing corporate trajectories and resulting competitive positioning. We have seen that the...

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Home Production and the Macro Economy-Some Lessons from Pollak and Wachter and from Transition Russia

Gronau, Reuben - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2006

Recent years witnessed a flourishing of literature on the implication of shifts from home- production to market production on the macro economy, and in particular, the real business cycle. This literature employs calibration techniques to emulate the fluctuations in market output, labor and...

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Außenpolitische Hintergründe des gesellschaftspolitischen Umbruchs in Guinea-Bissau

Kohnert, Dirk - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2000

The present transition in Guinea-Bissau is often described as an internal affair, triggered off by “bad government”, i. e. decades of corruption, violent repression of opposition, and other human rights violations, which led to increasing conflicts among the power elite of the deposed...

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