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trends in output, consumption and investment) to provide new evidence on this question(using subsaharan africa as a case …
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consumption and investment expenditures, as well as their broadly defined components, are examined. We also test for effects of … money on long run reallocations of consumption expenditures among durables, nondurables, and services. The time series …
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equipment -- capital stock $K$ and 'consumption' of labour L and capital services S. It is shown that the production function …
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The article aims at suggesting possible conjectures on Al-Qaeda's logic and structure. Even if the organization's secrecy makes any empirical evidence difficult to find, some insight can be provided by economic theory of contests: in this terms, Al-Qaeda can be acknowledged like an agent...
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Recent surveys in the United States and the Muslim world show widespread misinformation about the events of September …
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, the opportunity cost of engaging in suicide terrorism decreases. An alternative explanation is that suicide bombings are …
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In this paper, I present and discuss a method for modelling an important trade-off faced by terrorism prevention … policies: the trade-off between, on the one hand, trying to reduce people's inclination towards terrorism, and, on the other … terrorism (first goal), involving measures such as raising the standard of living, and symptom-related policies reduce the power …
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favor. An increased external threat of terrorism--either an increase in the likelihood of a successful terrorist attack or a … thus lessen the severity of the conflict at home. However, unless the marginal return from guarding against terrorism is …
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On 31 July 1998 the Commission received a request from the Treasurer to undertake, on behalf of the Government of the Australian Capital Territory, a study into whether it is in the public interest for the ACT to: . ban the sale of eggs from battery caged hens in the ACT (whether produced in the...
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The consumer has been on a tightrope since the bursting of the "new economy" bubble, as losses in equity markets have been partly offset by gains in real estate and fiscal support and mortgage refinancing have partly offset increased consumer cautiousness. The consumer will remain on a tightrope...
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