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techniques such as fracking enable the exploitation of unconventional natural gas resources, which could potentially see the US … natural gas. However, in Europe, the potential for additional production of domestic resources by extracting shale gas through …
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Conventional approaches to the measurement of income-poverty require the ability to identify the poor by reference to a specified poverty line. On the face of it, it may appear to be unproblematic to specify such a poverty line. There are, however, analytical and conceptual difficulties entailed...
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of resources; 3. the conceptualisation of value. The authors give insights to a deeper understanding of the two …
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In this paper I survey the recent economics of education literature in order to identify which education policies can effectively improve the quality of primary schooling, as measured by pupil test-based achievements. Particular attention is devoted to the experience of England, a country which...
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This study argues that the ease at which economic agents have access to foreign earnings would influence/increase the level of dollarization in the economy. The three sources of foreign currency earnings are financial integration, trade openness and natural resource rent. As such, we extend the...
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Existing models of open-access resources are applicable to non-storable resources, such as fish. Many open …-access resources, however, are used to produce storable goods. Elephants, rhinos, and tigers are three prominent examples. Anticipated … future scarcity of these resources will increase current prices, and current poaching. This implies that, for given initial …
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Resources and capabilities remain one of the most important factors that influence firms, more especially … conducive firm climate among entrepreneurial ventures can enhance other resources and capabilities factors which, in turn, will …
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The aim of this paper is to determine resources and competitive factors of sport tourism suitable to Croatian tourism … tourism supply. The question is what are the resources and factors that are important for the planning of sport-tourism supply … manifested through the determination of resources and factors important for the planning and development of sport tourism in …
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The events in Ukraine are in the thick of actuality, at the crossroads of East and West. From a buffer zone it has become an acute space of exhibition of Russia’s interests, on one side, and of the European Union’s, on the other side. As the EU does not have a unique army or a strong...
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implication is that, given our limited resources, sustainable development would require a careful balance between investments …
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