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Essays on business cycle analysis and demography

Sarferaz, Samad - 2010

Diese Arbeit besteht aus vier Essays, die empirische und methodische Beiträge zur Messung von Konjunkturzyklen und deren Zusammenhänge zu demographischen Variablen liefern. Der erste Essay analysiert unter Zuhilfenahme eines Bayesianischen Dynamischen Faktormodelles die Volatilität des...

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OIL, POLITICS OF THE BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT AND THE PERSIAN GULF

Parks, Jacob - 2008

This study investigated the effect the price of oil has on enabling political establishments to maintain their presence within the business environment. The study consists of three different case studies with each of the states (Saudi Arabia, Iran and the United Arab Emirates) being chosen based...

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The economic organization of winemaking: French cooperatives and California corporations in historical context

Knox, Trevor McTaggart - 2000

Winemaking firms in California and southern France are organized quite differently. In this dissertation, I describe … southern France but not in California. I apply recent scholarship in the economics of organization to the different histories … empirical support from my field research in Southern France and the San Francisco Bay area, two wine regions which, early in …

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Essays on financial disintegration in post-unification Italy and experimental tests of Ricardian equivalence

Di Girolamo, Pia - 2004

This thesis includes three essays. The first two essays show that after the unification in Italy there was a great degree of monetary, economic and financial disintegration. Essay 1 concentrates on one aspect of monetary disintegration: the persistence of local pre-unification currencies. The...

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Paul Volcker talks about the economic crisis

Volcker, Paul A. - 2009

Includes descriptive metadata provided by producer in QuickTime movie file: "Politics, Economics and Social Issues - Video - Paul Volcker talks about the economic crisis." By Vanderbilt University. Paul A. Volcker, senior economic advisor to President Obama and former chairman of the Federal...

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Stature, Nutrition, Health, and Economic Growth

Treme, Julianne - 2006

Historically, scholars of economic growth have focused almost exclusively on aggregate output or income as a way to assess the standard of living in a society. The purpose of this dissertation is to supplement and challenge this methodology by using evidence of the biological standard of living...

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A TALE OF TWO ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENTS: TUNISIA AND MOROCCO

Friedman, Steven J - 2010

Morocco and Tunisia have both achieved robust economic growth over the last 30 years by utilizing prudent economic planning and implementation. The World Bank heralds both countries as prime examples of how market-friendly capitalist systems can be implemented over a short period of time with...

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The analysis of policies to promote economic growth and alleviate poverty [FAST version]

Wilson, Edgar James - 2009

A collection of eighteen articles have been purposely chosen to demonstrate the development of the original and significant contributions of my research over the period 1990 to 2008. Despite the relatively large number of articles, which cover a range of related issues, there is a surprisingly...

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A comparative analysis of corporate finance in the United States and Japan from 1880 to 1930

Morii, Yumiko - 2008

This study explained the diversity of corporate financial practices in two nations. Existing studies have emphasized the reliance on equity finance in U.S. firms and bank loans in Japanese firms. In fact, patterns of corporate finance were much more complex. Financial institutions, which were...

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Transaction costs, trust, and the structuring of markets

Robertson, PL - 2007

This paper examines the institutional arrangements that develop when the risks of opportunism and other contributors to transaction costs are high but transactions are nevertheless necessary for economic efficiency. Williamson's famous distinction between markets and hierarchies is inadequate...

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