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My philosophical case study concerns textbook presentations of the theory of demand. Does this theory contain anything more than just a collection of tautologies? In order to determine its empirical content, it must be viewed holistically. But then, the theory implies false factual claims. We...
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Vor dem Hintergrund der bisherigen theoretischen und empirischen Studien untersucht diese Arbeit vornehmlich die kausale Beziehung zwischen ausländischen Direktinvestitionen (DI) und Wirtschaftswachstum in 6 lateinamerikanischen Ländern.Die wachsenden Zuflüsse ausländischer...
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In recent years, reducing poverty has been a core objective of social policy in Latin America. In2008, the incidence of … poverty reached almost a third of the population, of which 13 percent areclassified as extremely poor. Most Latin American … issues fromaccess to education and health services, consumption patterns, to the impact on poverty,inequality, and labor …
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tremendous increase in poverty and income inequality in Central and Eastern Europe (CEE). Much of the literature argues that the …’s economic empowerment: the labour market, education and poverty. Large and complex data sets on peoples’ attitudes and … greater in transition than in OECD countries.On the other hand, once the feminisation of poverty is concerned data on …
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information, nor are differences between the methods clearly definable. Examples of previous studies using each methodology are …
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samples requires a measurement of the quadratic mean diameter (QMD). Published information regarding appropriate QMDs by FWD …
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The United States Department of Agriculture has issued statistics on prices received by farmers since 1866. Beginning in 1924, prices received were collected as of the middle of the month instead of the first of the month. In this research analysis both univariate and transfer function...
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While the growing importance of off-farm earnings suggests large benefits accrue to farmers from efforts to expand off-farm income opportunities, economic well being also depends on greater efficiency. To comprehensively gauge the economic health of farm operator households' off-farm income is...
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