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The Coming Regional Crisis (And How To Avoid It)
Lovering, John - In: Regional Studies 35 (2001) 4, pp. 349-354
the assumption that globalization represents the overriding causal influence and policy imperative. This bias seems to …
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Globalization and the Death of the Local Firm? The Automobile Components Sector in South Africa
Barnes, Justin; Kaplinsky, Raphael - In: Regional Studies 34 (2000) 9, pp. 797-812
BARNES J. and KAPLINSKY R. (2000) Globalization and the death of the local firm? The automobile components sector in …. und KAPLINSKY R. (2000) Globalisierung und das Ende der einheimischen Firma? Der Automobilkomponentensektor in Sudafrika …
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Globalization and the World of Finance
Volcker, Paul - In: Eastern Economic Journal 28 (2002) 1, pp. 13-20
Paul Volcker addresses issues of global finance--particularly fluctuations of the value of emerging-country currencies. Full participation in the world of global finance simply isn't consistent with independent monetary policies by independent nations. Countries should work toward greater...
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Resilience through Restructuring: Swedish Policy-Making Style and the Consensus on Liberalizations 1980–2000
Bergh, Andreas; Erlingsson, Gissur - Ratioinstitutet - 2006
In 1980, Sweden was a highly regulated economy with several state monopolies and low levels of economic freedom. Less than 20 years later, liberal reforms have turned Sweden into one of the worlds most open economies with a remarkable increase in economic freedom. While taxes and expenditure...
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Government Size and Growth: Accounting for Economic Freedom and Globalization
Bergh, Andreas; Karlsson, Martin - Ratioinstitutet - 2009
KOF globalization index, we argue that existing studies suffer from an omitted variable problem. Using Bayesian Averaging … by Fölster and Henrekson (2001), covering the period 1970-1995. We find clear evidence that globalization has a positive … idea that countries with big government can use institutional quality such as economic freedom and globalization to …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005642458
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Welfare State Regress in Western Europe: Politics, Institutions, Globalization and Europeanization
Korpi, Walter - Institutet för Social Forskning (SOFI), Stockholms … - 2003
of retrenchment. Causal debates have concerned the role of globalization, post-industrialism, European integration, and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005644765
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THE JAPANESE CITIZENS INCREASING PARTICIPATION IN “CIVIL SOCIETY”; IMPLICATIONS FOR FOREIGN AID
Söderberg, Marie - The European Institute of Japanese Studies, … - 2002
driving changes in Japan’s civil society. The opening up of the Japanese market and the globalization of the world economy …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005644842
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The Rise of the Mega-Region
Florida, Richard; Gulden, Tim; Mellander, Charlotta - Centre of Excellence for Science and Innovation … - 2008
This paper uses a global dataset of nighttime light emissions to produce an objectively consistent set of mega-regions for the globe. We draw on high resolution population data to estimate the population of each of these regions. We then process the light data in combination with published...
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Entrepreneurship and Development - local processes and global patterns
Karlsson, Charlie; Johansson, Börje; Stough, Roger - Centre of Excellence for Science and Innovation … - 2009
The general motivation for this paper is the current interest in globalization as a phenomenon that strongly affects … particular those that foster the evolution of entrepreneurs in local-global processes. We present four eras of globalization, in … recent decades and which have been described as different aspects of globalization are not new at all. In conclusion, we …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005644948
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Do economic liberalization and globalization increase income inequality?
Bergh, Andreas; Nilsson, Therese - Nationalekonomiska Institutionen, Ekonomihögskolan - 2008
Using the newly developed KOF-index of globalization, as well as the economic freedom index from the Fraser institute …, we examine if globalization and economic liberalizations are linked to increases in income inequality within countries … reforms: Trade liberalizations, deregulation of product and labor markets and economic globalization. The Scandinavian welfare …
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