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Financial liberalization, financial development and productivity growth: An overview

Gehringer, Agnieszka - Institut für Weltwirtschaft (IfW) - 2013

The paper surveys the literature on the effects of finance on productivity growth. In both the theoretical and empirical literature, there is no consensus regarding the contribution of financial liberalization and financial development to growth. Focusing on the direct channels of growth, the...

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Cash Transfers and Child Labour

de Hoop, Jacobus; Rosati, Furio C. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2013

Cash transfer programs are widely used in settings where child labour is prevalent. Even if many of these programs are explicitly implemented to improve children's welfare, in theory their impact on child labour is undetermined. This paper systematically reviews the empirical evidence on the...

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Generic operational models in health service operations management: A systematic review

Mahdavi, Mahdi; Malmström, Tomi; van de Klundert, Joris; … - In: Socio-Economic Planning Sciences 47 (2013) 4, pp. 271-280

operations are used. In this paper we review this wide body of literature with the aim of synthesizing evidence on application of … review of the literature which forms the basis of our research synthesis includes peer reviewed publications from business …? Our systematic review reveals that few papers report achievements which qualify as empirical evidence to guide the …

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Methodology for estimating biomass energy potential and its application to Colombia

Gonzalez-Salazar, Miguel Angel; Morini, Mirko; Pinelli, … - In: Applied Energy 136 (2014) C, pp. 781-796

This paper presents a methodology to estimate the biomass energy potential and its associated uncertainty at a country level when quality and availability of data are limited. The current biomass energy potential in Colombia is assessed following the proposed methodology and results are compared...

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Perspectives of physicians practicing in low and middle income countries towards generic medicines: A narrative review

Hassali, Mohamed Azmi; Wong, Zhi Yen; Alrasheedy, Alian A. - In: Health Policy 117 (2014) 3, pp. 297-310

This review was conducted to document published literature related to physicians’ knowledge, attitudes, and perceptions …

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Modeling of biomass gasification: A review

Baruah, Dipal; Baruah, D.C. - In: Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews 39 (2014) C, pp. 806-815

Biomass is being considered seriously as a source of energy generation worldwide. Among the various routes available for biomass based energy generation, biomass gasification is one of the most important routes that are being studied extensively. Biomass gasification is a thermo-chemical...

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Review on solar powered rotary desiccant wheel cooling system

Ge, T.S.; Dai, Y.J.; Wang, R.Z. - In: Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews 39 (2014) C, pp. 476-497

Rotary desiccant wheel cooling system operates on the principle of adsorption dehumidification and evaporative cooling. The system adopts natural substance as working fluid and can be driven by low grade thermal energy such as solar energy. Due to these merits, solar powered rotary desiccant...

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Integrated collector storage solar water heater with compound parabolic concentrator – development and progress

Devanarayanan, K.; Kalidasa Murugavel, K. - In: Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews 39 (2014) C, pp. 51-64

This paper presents up to date developments in integrated collector storage solar water heater (ICSSWH) using compound parabolic concentrator (CPC) collector. Performance of integrated compound parabolic concentrator storage solar water heater (ICPCSSWH) is affected by various parameters such as...

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Reverse logistics and closed-loop supply chain: A comprehensive review to explore the future

Govindan, Kannan; Soleimani, Hamed; Kannan, Devika - In: European Journal of Operational Research 240 (2015) 3, pp. 603-626

scientific journals which have been published in recent years. Hence, a comprehensive literature review of recent and state …-of-the-art papers is vital to draw a framework of the past, and to shed light on future directions. The aim of this paper is to review …

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Federal Government Debt and Interest Rates

Hubbard, R. Glenn; Engen, Eric M. - American Enterprise Institute - 2009

This working paper reconsiders and adds to empirical evidence on the effect of federal government debt and interest rates.

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