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Priorities and strategies for health information system development in China : how provincial health information systems support regional health planning
Yang, Hui - 2004
China is moving towards a market economy. The greater use of market forces has made China richer, accelerated … management.The objective of the study is to contribute to the development of China's health information system (HIS) over the … for planning within the macro and historical context of health planning in China, in particular having regard to the …
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Die Bedeutung der hollowing-out Hypothese vor dem Hintergrund einer polit-ökonomischen Analyse der Wechselkursregimewahl
Pfeifer, Günther - 2005
Die hollowing-out Hypothese, auch bekannt unter den Bezeichnungen (two) corner solutions oder bipolar view, besagt, dass für Staaten mit weitgehend ungehindertem Kapitalverkehr nur Ecklösungen, also entweder extrem feste oder sehr flexible Wechselkursregime, langfristig tragbar sind. Mitte der...
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Degree of Openness and the Choice of Exchange Rate Regimes: A Re-Evaluation with Value-Added Based Openness Measures
Wang, Lars - 2005
The concept of trade openness is broadly applied as a potential predictor in numerous empirical studies, despite the fact that no commonly accepted approach of measuring openness has been developed. The most widely applied (‘traditional’) openness indices are not able to accurately calculate...
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Social Models, Growth and the International Monetary System: Implications for Europe and the United States
Costabile, Lilia; Scazzieri, Roberto - 2006
This paper explores the relationship between economic growth and the welfare state. We argue that: (i) the institutional constraints set by the international monetary system may be at least as effective determinants of growth differentials between countries as the different dimensions of their...
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Los swaps de divisas entre bancos centrales
Esteban García-Escudero, Enrique; Sánchez Pérez, Elisa J.
El dólar continúa desempeñando un papel central en el comercio y los mercados financieros internacionales. La dependencia de los mercados mayoristas de corto plazo (repos, papel comercial, certificados de depósito, swaps) para obtener financiación en dólares hace especialmente vulnerables...
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Central bank currency swap lines
Esteban García-Escudero, Enrique; Sánchez Pérez, Elisa J. - 2020
El dólar continúa desempeñando un papel central en el comercio y los mercados financieros internacionales. La dependencia de los mercados mayoristas de corto plazo (repos, papel comercial, certificados de depósito, swaps) para obtener financiación en dólares hace especialmente vulnerables...
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Testing the Integration of U.S.-Canadian Meat and Livestock Markets.
Vollrath, Thomas; Hallahan, Charles - 2006
Price transmission is a critically important issue that affects market enlargement and the unification of Canadian-U.S. agriculture. This study adopts alternative frameworks to examine the nature of cross-border integration in selected meat and livestock markets. The aim is to determine 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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Optimal control for competitive-cooperative systems: Modeling flexible coalitions in tomorrow`s competitive world
Lenhart, S.; Protopopescu, V. - 2008
The last years have witnessed a dramatic shift of the world`s military, political, and economic paradigm from a bi-polar competitive gridlock to a more fluid, multi-player environment. This change has necessarily been followed by a re-evaluation of the strategic thinking and by a reassessment of...
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The Waste Isolation Pilot Plant: A Success Story with International Cooperation
Matthews, M. - 2009
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Carlsbad Field Office (CBFO) administers and operates the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP) site, which hosts a deep geologic repository for safe disposal of U.S. defense-related TRU waste and is located 42 kilometers (km) east of Carlsbad, New Mexico. CBFO...
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