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The objective of this study is to identify likely factors driving the 2010 rice price hike and suggest options to manage rice price volatility in the future. Regional trade is likely the main proximate cause for high glutinous rice prices. Trade with Vietnam was likely the main reason for...
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Debate over Growth and Development are quite old in the history of economic thinking. It is argued that development encompasses comprehensive issues like health, education, equality, and liveability while growth is too narrow a concept. This paper analyses the growth and development experience...
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We provide simulation results on the banking sector’s depth levels for the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) States. In this context, several relationships between four banking sector depth ratios and the banking sector determinants in the top quartile countries are considered. The emerging...
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This course, offered by the MIT Center for Real Estate, focuses on developing an understanding of the macroeconomic factors that shape and influence markets for real property. We will develop the theory of land markets and locational choice. The material covered includes studies of changing...
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This study aims to explore the attitudes of prospective customers in China about timeshares, and to identify potential … marketing opportunities for timeshare companies targeting China. This exploratory study is the first of its kind and it intends … to provide valuable information about the consumer potential for the timeshare industry in China. The findings indicate …
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in the past few years has created an unfavourable operating environment for real estate developers in Mainland China …, research into the factors that influence the competitiveness of the real estate market in China has been limited. Therefore, a … survey of 58 real estate actitioners, experts and academics in China was conducted to probe opinion on the factors that …
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Servicification in global value chains (GVCs) in emerging and developing Asian economies has become a trend recently. However, there have been no scientific studies to elucidate the mechanism of servicification in GVCs. To fill this missing gap, this study aims at investigating the involvement...
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We quantify the economic costs of air pollution associated with drug expenditures. First, following a 1% increase in the annual average of PM2.5, the combined expenditures on respiratory, cardiovascular, and antitumor drugs are predicted to rise by an amount equivalent to 1.81% of the annual per...
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This research uses mapped urbanization, PESTEL analysis, Smart City projects, and socioeconomic impacts to analyze the MENA region’s outlook on smart mobility. Countries in the MENA region are implementing large-scale smart mobility projects to combat modern urbanization challenges such as...
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China’s rapid industrialization and urbanization in recent decades have deteriorated its air environmental quality …. Our results indicate that China still has a much policy space to mitigate air pollutions. Particularly, in the Post …-COVID-19 Era when industrial activities are recovered, pollution-control governance would be vital to make China’s economic …
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