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Price gouging in the Katrina aftermath: free markets at work

Culpepper, Dreda; Block, Walter - In: International Journal of Social Economics 35 (2008) July, pp. 512-520

Purpose – The concept of “price gouging” during times of emergency, such as in the aftermath of Katrina, often evokes quite an emotional and reactive response from people who are outraged that stores and companies would increase their prices during a time of emergency. The problem is that...

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Beliefs, bias, and regime uncertainty after Hurricane Katrina

Carden, Art - In: International Journal of Social Economics 35 (2008) July, pp. 531-545

“necessary goods and services” after natural disasters. Originality/value – The paper is of value in offering evidence of anti …

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Market-based “disaster relief”: Katrina and the casino industry

Walker, Douglas M.; Jackson, John D. - In: International Journal of Social Economics 35 (2008) July, pp. 521-530

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to examine the effect the rebuilding of the casino industry has had on the recovery efforts from Katrina. Design/methodology/approach – The paper uses quarterly data from four states affected by Katrina, and a simple OLS model to test the effect the...

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Institutions, incentives, and disaster relief: The case of the Federal Emergency Management Agency following Hurricane Katrina

Westley, Christopher; Murphy, Robert P.; Anderson, … - In: International Journal of Social Economics 35 (2008) July, pp. 501-511

bureaucracy. It discusses private and public sector responses to the situation in New Orleans following Katrina and to disasters … that a large and bureaucratized response to disasters hinders economic calculation, incentive structure, and property … that the role of the price system in allocating resources is especially important following disasters and that in order to …

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The futile fight against (human) nature: A public choice analysis of the US Army Corps of Engineers – special focus on Hurricane Katrina

Dirmeyer, Jennifer - In: International Journal of Social Economics 35 (2008) July, pp. 627-638

Purpose – The paper aims to discuss bureaucratic management, over-confidence in scientific theory, information distortion and lack of coordination with particular focus on the post-Hurricane Katrina situation. Design/methodology/approach – The paper examines efficiency arguments for...

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Taking advantage of disaster: misrepresentation of housing shortage for political gain

Vuk, Vedran - In: International Journal of Social Economics 35 (2008) July, pp. 603-614

Purpose – The purpose of this paper aims to explore the reports of housing shortages in post-Katrina New Orleans especially for low-income residents in the face of a returning working poor population. Despite the availability of housing vouchers by the New Orleans Housing Authority to any...

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The comparative role of banking in binary and Islamic economy

Shakespeare, Rodney; Harahap, Sofyan - In: Humanomics: The International Journal of Systems and Ethics 25 (2009) May, pp. 142-162

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to set out the role of banking in a binary and Islamic economy. Design/methodology/approach – By comparison, the paper shows that the main requirements for such an economy, although superficially similar, differ from the realities of “free market”...

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Past is just a fine reality: redefining the Indo-Pak history through its economics

Mamoon, Dawood - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2007

The paper revisits India Pakistan relationships in its historical context since 1947, and gives a fresh perspective to the political economy of the region by promoting the idea of how embracing free market economic management policies may have benefited both countries to achieve higher economic...

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Criminal protection of trademarks related to the Olympic Games

Dasko, Natalia - In: Ekonomia i Prawo 13 (2014) 2, pp. 321-333

Intellectual property rights, especially trademarks, played an important role in organization and promotion of the Olympic Games and commercial exploitation of sport. In fact, without granting intellectual property rights related to the Olympic Games there would be nothing to be exploited and...

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The Management of Media Organizations – from Theory to Practice

ANDREESCU (MANOLACHE) Cristina - In: Ovidius University Annals, Economic Sciences Series X (2010) 1, pp. 856-862

Media organizations have become a barometer in the development of a society. The way these organizations are managed depends on the context they can be placed in. Media organizations can be assimilated with a social and economic context. I attempted to emphasize the importance of good management...

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