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Rascher, Daniel - In: International Journal of Sport Finance 1 (2006) 2, pp. 71-76

Randy Vataha is the President of Game Plan LLC, Investment Banking and Consulting Firm. …

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Demography, Financial Openness, National Savings and External Balance

Graff, Michael; Tang, Kam Ki; Zhang, Jie - KOF Swiss Economic Institute, Department of Management, … - 2008

This paper examines the impact of demographic factors on saving, investment, and external balances. We derive a number …-structural equations give much more plausible estimation results for saving and investment than conventional specification …

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Venezuela 2005-2006 ¿Crecimiento Real o Burbuja Fiscal?

Retali, Jose Ignacio Díaz - In: Observatorio de la Economía Latinoamericana (2005) 47

For more than 30 years, venezuelan economy has been characterized for a poor performance in terms of volatility of the real Gross Domestic Product and other variables such as the unemployment and inflation rates, besides, the main issue here is that the real GDP percapita is not improving...

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Efficiency in the provision of public and private capital in 15 OECD countries

Boscá, José E.; Cutanda, Antonio; Escribá, Javier - In: Investigaciones Economicas 30 (2006) 2, pp. 207-237

In this paper we use a sample of 15 OECD countries to examine whether provision of public and private capital satisfies conditions of intertemporal efficiency over the 1970-1995 period. We find robust evidence that private and public capital have followed criteria of efficient resource...

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The Profits of Power: Land Rights and Agricultural Investment in Ghana

Goldstein, Markus; Udry, Christopher - Economic Growth Center, Economics Department - 2005

We examine the impact of ambiguous and contested land rights on investment and productivity in agriculture in Akwapim …

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Causes, consequences, and cures of myopic loss aversion - An experimental investigation

Fellner, Gerlinde; Sutter, Matthias - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2005

paper we address two issues related to the effects of MLA on risky investment decisions. First, we assess the relative … impact of feedback frequency and investment flexibility (via the investment horizon) on risky investments. Second, given that … we observe higher investments with a longer investment horizon, we examine conditions under which investors might …

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Measuring the Economic Impact of Civil War

Imai, Kosuke; Weinstein, Jeremy M. - Center for International Development, Kennedy School of … - 2000

is that civil war negatively impacts private investment through the process of portfolio substitution. <p … driving force behind the negative effects of civil war on economic growth is a decrease in private investment. …

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Balance Sheet Effects in Currency Crises: Evidence from Brazil

Janot, Marcio M.; Garcia, Marcio G. P.; Novaes, Walter - Departamento de Economia, Pontifícia Universidade … - 2008

just before the crisis reduced their investment rates 8.1 percentage points more than other publicly held firms. We also ….5 percentage points more than other exporters. These estimated reductions in investment are economically very significant …

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Outsourcing and Offshoring - Overview from Finland in the Early 21st Century (in Finnish with English abstract and summary)

Ali-Yrkkö, Jyrki - Elinkeinoelämän Tutkimuslaitos (ETLA) - 2006

This study analyses the extent and motives of outsourcing and offshoring. We find that in early 2000, 10, 000 23, 000 jobs were transferred overseas from Finland. Annually this corresponds to approximately 1.0 2.5% of normal job losses and creations in the Finnish labour market. The majority of...

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Temporary Partnerships as an Information Transmission Mechanism: Foreign Investment in Emerging Markets

Møllgaard, H. Peter; Overgaard, Per Baltzer - Centre for Industrial Economics (CIE), Økonomisk Institut - 1998

Asymmetric inforation and fear of acquiring a “lemon” may explain the paucity of foreign investment in emerging market … good and bad investment prospects in equilibrium. However, non-revealing equilibria may exist. Implications for foreign … direct investment are traced and briefly related to the experience of transition economies. …

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