Search Results - subject:"Evaluation Methods"

Alternative Approaches to Evaluation in Empirical Microeconomics

Blundell, Richard; Costa Dias, Monica - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2008

This paper reviews some of the most popular policy evaluation methods in empirical microeconomics: social experiments … policy evaluation methods in empirical microeconomics: social experiments, natural experiments, matching, instrumental … Classification: C52, J24 Keywords: evaluation methods Corresponding author: Richard Blundell Institute for Fiscal …

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Financial valuation methods in a world under political control: the case of the Canal du Midi (1897-1901)

Degos, Jean-Guy - In: International Journal of Economics and Accounting 5 (2014) 2, pp. 165-189

The French canal du Midi, built by Pierre-Paul Riquet in the 17th century was the greatest construction project of its time. It enjoyed a natural monopoly and was protected because the other transport competitors were not able to challenge it for many years. The vagaries of three centuries of...

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Maritime clusters productivity and competitiveness evaluation methods : systematic approach

Viederytė, Rasa; Dikšaitė, Loreta - In: Megatrend revija 11 (2014) 3, pp. 215-227

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Relatia dintre agentia de publicitate si client: cooperare si interes

Nichifor, Bogdan; Zait, Luminita - In: Revista de Marketing Online (Journal of Online Marketing) 1 (2007) 3, pp. 48-53

Fiind purtatorii cererii si ai ofertei de servicii de publicitate, intre anuntatori si agentiile de publicitate se stabilesc relatii care contureaza in final dimensiunile pietei publicitatii. Aceste relatii implica o serie de aspecte care sunt legate de: modul in care agentiile isi atrag...

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The country risk for Romania

Fratostiteanu, Cosmin; Tanasie, Anca - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2007

The administration of a financial activities portfolio usually generates two categories of risks: the risk exposure and the market risk. The purpose is to present the evolution of the country risk of Romania through using the specific statistic indicators with the granted classification by the...

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Matching estimators of average treatment effects: a review applied to the evaluation of health care programmes

Moreno-Serra, Rodrigo - Department of Economics and Related Studies, University … - 2007

The general aim of this paper is to review how matching methods try to solve the evaluation problem – with a particular focus on propensity score matching – and their usefulness for the particular case of health programme evaluation. The “classical” case of matching estimation with a...

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Re-Orienting Compagnies's Hiring Behaviour : An Innovative 'Back-To-Work' Method in France

Salognon, Marie - HAL - 2007

Current ‘back-to-work' programmes, particularly in France, tend to be built on a concept of personal responsibility for (long-term) unemployment and follow an ‘adaptive' approach: improving the ‘employability' of the unemployed, which is seen as an individual capacity, independent of the...

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Sporto renginių ekonominio poveikio vertinimas

Mėlynienė, Šarūnė - 2006

SUMMARYKey words: sporting event, economic impact and evaluation methods.The object of the work: sporting event …’s economic impact’s evaluation methods analysis.Problem (research) question: Is cost – benefit analysis more effective than … impact by accomplishing sporting event’s economic impact’s evaluation methods analysis.Tasks of the work: a. To analyze the …

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Evaluating The Impact of Labour Market Regulation on the Size Growth of Italian Firms

Massimo, Mancini; Carmine, Pappalardo - In: Politica economica - Journal of Economic Policy (PEJEP) (2006) 3, pp. 399-399

The Italian law on "unfair firing" (art. 18 of "Statuto dei Lavoratori") discriminates according to whether the firm is below or above the threshold of 15 employees. In this paper, we investigate the effects of this setting on average growth rates of small firms using a Regression Discontinuity...

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Estimating the social costs of firearms: application to the Portuguese case

Dias, Joana Matos; Godinho, Pedro - In: International Journal of Economics and Business Research 5 (2013) 1, pp. 17-32

In this paper, we present a methodology for estimating social costs associated with firearm incidents and present some results regarding the application of the methodology to Portugal. We consider social costs associated with such incidents, including medical care costs, losses in productivity...

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