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Task Force: Wie lässt sich die Zusammenarbeit des Landes Nordrhein-Westfalen mit China und den NRW-Partnerprovinzen vertiefen?
Heberer, Thomas; Senz, Anja - Fachbereich Wirtschaftswissenschaften, Universität … - 2013
Die vorliegende Publikation untersucht die bestehende Zusammenarbeit des Landes Nordrhein-Westfalen mit China bzw. den chinesischen Partnerprovinzen und gibt darauf basierend Handlungsempfehlungen zur Verbesserung bestehender Kontakte in den Bereichen Hochschule und Wissenschaft, Wirtschaft,...
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Embracing the dragon: can the EU and China be friends?
Barysch, Katinka; Grant, Charles; Leonard, Mark - In: CESifo Forum 6 (2005) 3, pp. 08-15
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005013202
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Land and Property Taxation in 25 Countries: A Comparative Review
Bird, Richard M.; Slack, Enid - In: CESifo DICE Report 3 (2005) 3, pp. 34-42
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005056410
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Integrating Economic and Social Policy: Good practices from high achieving countries
Mehrotra, Santosh - 2000
This paper examines the successes of ten 'high-achievers' - countries with social indicators far higher than might be expected given their national wealth. Their progress in such fields as education and health offers lessons for social policy elsewhere in the developing world. Based on...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005430344
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‘Young, gifted and back’: second-generation transnational return migrants to the Caribbean
Potter, Robert B. - In: Progress in Development Studies 5 (2005) 3, pp. 213-236
This paper presents the findings of an exploratory study of a relatively new group of Caribbean migrants, namely second-generation overseas-born Barbadians who have decided to migrate to the country of birth of at least one of their parents, paying particular attention to the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011138841
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Is the Magnitude of Household Debt in Barbados a Concern?
Carter, Justin; Moore, Winston; Jackman, Mahalia - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2012
This paper provides an assessment of the size and composition of household debt in Barbados over the period 1990 to … household debt in Barbados (Craigwell & Kaidou-Jeffery, 2010; Moore & Williams, 2008), this paper does not constrain the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011108096
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Money demand and economic uncertainty in Barbados
Jackman, Mahalia - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2010
relationship between economic uncertainty and money demand in Barbados. Results suggest that in the short run, agents tend to …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011108315
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Financial Development and Economic Growth: New Lessons from Small Open Economies
Morgan, Horatio M. - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2013
is shown that this theoretical framework can explain growth disparities between Jamaica and Barbados since the 1960s. In …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011108758
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Investigating the business cycle properties of tourist flows to Barbados
Mayers, Sherry-Ann; Jackman, Mahalia - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2011
This paper evaluates whether the tourism cycles of Barbados can be regarded as a direct consequence of business cycles … of the UK, US, Canada and Barbados. The cyclical components of the series are extracted using the structural time series … respective home countries, rather than those of Barbados. Finally, Granger-causality tests indicate that past values of the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011110843
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Microfinance and the commercial banking system
Knight, Tonya; Hossain, Farhad; Rees, Christopher J. - In: Progress in Development Studies 9 (2009) 2, pp. 115-125
systems. Focusing on the case of Barbados, the article examines the importance of microfinance for commercial banks. It is …
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