Natural Catastrophes: A Canadian Economic Perspective
... becoming more common in Canada, with storms that used to occur once every forty years now occurring once every six, in some regions of the country1. Changes in weather patterns are not fully responsible for the increased incidence of natural catastrophes in Canada, as socioeconomic factors have also ...
... becoming more common in Canada, with storms that used to occur once every forty years now occurring once every six, in some regions of the country1. Changes in weather patterns are not fully responsible for the increased incidence of natural catastrophes in Canada, as socioeconomic factors have also ...
State and Regional Economic Developments in California An LAO
... federal government employment (including civilian employees working on military bases) and state and local government employment (which includes teachers, and employees of city, county, and state government within California). ...
... federal government employment (including civilian employees working on military bases) and state and local government employment (which includes teachers, and employees of city, county, and state government within California). ...
10-1-9.CHP:Corel VENTURA - Erasmus Universiteit Rotterdam
... What’s New about the New Economy? all three policy instruments. While the particular instrument may have varied across countries, they were, in fact, manifestations of a singular policy approach—how to restrict and restrain the power of the large corporation. What may have been perceived as a dispa ...
... What’s New about the New Economy? all three policy instruments. While the particular instrument may have varied across countries, they were, in fact, manifestations of a singular policy approach—how to restrict and restrain the power of the large corporation. What may have been perceived as a dispa ...
Institutional Persistence or Reform
... Research suggests that political outcomes right after the collapse of post-communist regimes determine the fortunes of these countries for a very long time. Countries that did not take the opportunity to establish free institutions at the very beginning of the transition phase may not be able to sub ...
... Research suggests that political outcomes right after the collapse of post-communist regimes determine the fortunes of these countries for a very long time. Countries that did not take the opportunity to establish free institutions at the very beginning of the transition phase may not be able to sub ...
Work, well-being, and a new calling for
... night to meet a deadline, individuals are probably not factoring in the external social costs of recklessness. Traffic deaths would then be suboptimally high. Researchers have studied these kinds of externalities in great detail, and there is a wide array of traditional solutions available, such as ...
... night to meet a deadline, individuals are probably not factoring in the external social costs of recklessness. Traffic deaths would then be suboptimally high. Researchers have studied these kinds of externalities in great detail, and there is a wide array of traditional solutions available, such as ...
Get - Wiley Online Library
... Mexico increased by 144 per cent, and US imports from Mexico increased by 229 per cent (US National Trade Commission, 2003).12 However, not all changes in trade patterns can be attributed to NAFTA as far as trade was also affected by other (unrelated) economic factors, e.g., economic growth and curr ...
... Mexico increased by 144 per cent, and US imports from Mexico increased by 229 per cent (US National Trade Commission, 2003).12 However, not all changes in trade patterns can be attributed to NAFTA as far as trade was also affected by other (unrelated) economic factors, e.g., economic growth and curr ...
The Cyclically Adjusted Budget: History and Exegesis of a Fateful
... budget, Myrdal, in the 1930s, saw public investments simply as a line of defense against cyclical fluctuations, to be activated only when the circumstances required them. In fact, he thought that the government had to “[...] take precautions in order to avoid delay in setting the spending program i ...
... budget, Myrdal, in the 1930s, saw public investments simply as a line of defense against cyclical fluctuations, to be activated only when the circumstances required them. In fact, he thought that the government had to “[...] take precautions in order to avoid delay in setting the spending program i ...
The Political Economy of Reform in Egypt
... Egyptian pounds was liberalized; and in February 1991, the government decided to liberalize the foreign exchange market and to establish primary and secondary markets. In October 1991, these two markets were merged into one market. In 1991, foreign currency exchange became no longer limited to comme ...
... Egyptian pounds was liberalized; and in February 1991, the government decided to liberalize the foreign exchange market and to establish primary and secondary markets. In October 1991, these two markets were merged into one market. In 1991, foreign currency exchange became no longer limited to comme ...
Ghana`s Development: Miracle or Mirage?
... decline and chaos. Finally, on December 31, 1981, Jerry Rawlings seized control of Ghana through a military coup and established the PNDC, committed to long-term economic growth and democracy (BBC). With his charismatic appeal to the workers and rural populations of Ghana and his connections to Lib ...
... decline and chaos. Finally, on December 31, 1981, Jerry Rawlings seized control of Ghana through a military coup and established the PNDC, committed to long-term economic growth and democracy (BBC). With his charismatic appeal to the workers and rural populations of Ghana and his connections to Lib ...
brochure - College of Arts and Sciences
... extension of economic theory beyond its traditional boundaries in order to consider the various political processes through which economic processes are either altered or transformed. ECON-170 Intermediate Microeconomic Theory: 3 credits Microeconomics course that views the price system in a market- ...
... extension of economic theory beyond its traditional boundaries in order to consider the various political processes through which economic processes are either altered or transformed. ECON-170 Intermediate Microeconomic Theory: 3 credits Microeconomics course that views the price system in a market- ...
CHALLENGING MERCANTILISM: THE IMPACT OF DAVID HUME ON THE EVOLUTION OF A
... holds, but is simply ‘the oil which renders the motion of the wheels more smooth and easy’ (ibid: 33). Hume does not suggest, however, that money is irrelevant. In an open economy, the inflationary effects of money give it significance. The logic is as follows: when a country grows rich through trad ...
... holds, but is simply ‘the oil which renders the motion of the wheels more smooth and easy’ (ibid: 33). Hume does not suggest, however, that money is irrelevant. In an open economy, the inflationary effects of money give it significance. The logic is as follows: when a country grows rich through trad ...
Endogenous Business Cycles and the Economic Response to
... than the expansions, the inflation and production are well correlated and the phase relations between variables are generally correct. Another interesting feature of the model’s business cycles, to which we will return later on, is that the expansion phases exhibit shorter-period perturbations, wher ...
... than the expansions, the inflation and production are well correlated and the phase relations between variables are generally correct. Another interesting feature of the model’s business cycles, to which we will return later on, is that the expansion phases exhibit shorter-period perturbations, wher ...
Endogenous Business Cycles and the Economic Response to
... (e.g., sudden changes in technology, consumer preferences, oil prices or fiscal shocks), while the economic system can be modeled as a stable system that returns back to its steady state after having been perturbed by these exogenous shocks. Among the numerous papers that followed this approach, Kyd ...
... (e.g., sudden changes in technology, consumer preferences, oil prices or fiscal shocks), while the economic system can be modeled as a stable system that returns back to its steady state after having been perturbed by these exogenous shocks. Among the numerous papers that followed this approach, Kyd ...
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... (e.g., sudden changes in technology, consumer preferences, oil prices or fiscal shocks), while the economic system can be modeled as a stable system that returns back to its steady state after having been perturbed by these exogenous shocks. Among the numerous papers that followed this approach, Kyd ...
... (e.g., sudden changes in technology, consumer preferences, oil prices or fiscal shocks), while the economic system can be modeled as a stable system that returns back to its steady state after having been perturbed by these exogenous shocks. Among the numerous papers that followed this approach, Kyd ...
Aggregate Demand
... In the short-‐run, fiscal policy primarily affects the aggregate demand. When policy makers change taxes or increases transfers to households, the effect on aggregate demand is indirect – th ...
... In the short-‐run, fiscal policy primarily affects the aggregate demand. When policy makers change taxes or increases transfers to households, the effect on aggregate demand is indirect – th ...
Revival of Aggregate Demand Policies – Introduction
... monotonic, but takes place in cycles. Translating the results into unconditional standard deviations for inflation and output, it is found that, in the case of supply shocks, adding fiscal policy reduces output volatility at the cost of increased inflation volatility. Hence, fiscal policy reveals th ...
... monotonic, but takes place in cycles. Translating the results into unconditional standard deviations for inflation and output, it is found that, in the case of supply shocks, adding fiscal policy reduces output volatility at the cost of increased inflation volatility. Hence, fiscal policy reveals th ...
Contemporary Capitalism
... Development in capitalist societies takes the general form of accumulated money-capital being continually reinvested in expanding means of production and the purchase of labour power for the purpose of increasing the amount of value accumulated as money. The unending search for profits leads to spec ...
... Development in capitalist societies takes the general form of accumulated money-capital being continually reinvested in expanding means of production and the purchase of labour power for the purpose of increasing the amount of value accumulated as money. The unending search for profits leads to spec ...
Make Your Publication Visible
... in the public sector, the country has experienced in the past and even in the recent time several industrial unrests as a result of continuing agitation for increase in wages. Government has responded on several occasions by increasing the minimum wage from existing level to another level after due ...
... in the public sector, the country has experienced in the past and even in the recent time several industrial unrests as a result of continuing agitation for increase in wages. Government has responded on several occasions by increasing the minimum wage from existing level to another level after due ...
The Necessity and Policy Options of Finance in the Development... Low-carbon Economy in China
... As the rapid growth of the global population and economy, environmental pollution problem that caused by energy use is getting much more attention. As an economic development initiative, the call of “low-carbon economy,” first appeared in the 2003 UK Energy White Paper “The future of our energy: Cre ...
... As the rapid growth of the global population and economy, environmental pollution problem that caused by energy use is getting much more attention. As an economic development initiative, the call of “low-carbon economy,” first appeared in the 2003 UK Energy White Paper “The future of our energy: Cre ...
... Clarifying the theoretical framework as we have just done is important for an accurate interpretation of the results. It is also necessary to assess whether econometric estimates may suffer from endogeneity biases. Typically, Ordinary Least Squares (OLS) estimates assume that no explanatory variable ...
Shifting Economic Power
... retaliatory power exercised in tariff games. This is associated with Bickerdike (1906), Scitovsky (1940), Johnson (1953), Gorman (1957), Hamilton & Whalley (1983) and others. In this literature, non-small economies can influence the terms at which they trade by restricting trade volumes through an i ...
... retaliatory power exercised in tariff games. This is associated with Bickerdike (1906), Scitovsky (1940), Johnson (1953), Gorman (1957), Hamilton & Whalley (1983) and others. In this literature, non-small economies can influence the terms at which they trade by restricting trade volumes through an i ...
Rationale Aim Teaching and Learning Strategy Learning Outcomes
... Economics is the cornerstone subject in any financial, commerce or business related study. All businesses operate within an economic environment and an economic, social, legal and political framework. Understanding the business environment and the framework is vital to sound strategic business decis ...
... Economics is the cornerstone subject in any financial, commerce or business related study. All businesses operate within an economic environment and an economic, social, legal and political framework. Understanding the business environment and the framework is vital to sound strategic business decis ...
Sea Level Rise in the Italian Regions: a macro
... On one hand biophysical models have been used to assess the direct economic impact of SLR. The direct effect is usually the computation at a very high geographical resolution of lost land and destroyed (or damaged) capital multiplied for a unitary price. Biophysical models are Bottom-Up (BU) and ver ...
... On one hand biophysical models have been used to assess the direct economic impact of SLR. The direct effect is usually the computation at a very high geographical resolution of lost land and destroyed (or damaged) capital multiplied for a unitary price. Biophysical models are Bottom-Up (BU) and ver ...
chapter three literature review
... system. In the authoritarian state, the environmental policy-making is controlled by government elites. If economic growth is national development goal under economic liberalism, environmental protection will get less emphasis by government elites and will not impede economic growth. In the early st ...
... system. In the authoritarian state, the environmental policy-making is controlled by government elites. If economic growth is national development goal under economic liberalism, environmental protection will get less emphasis by government elites and will not impede economic growth. In the early st ...
A minimum set of early warning economic
... • Response to the global crisis started in late 2007 • International community– renewing call for establishment of an effective early warning system to prevent or temper other global downturns • Statistical community- improving monitoring and evaluation of the rapid changes in the national and globa ...
... • Response to the global crisis started in late 2007 • International community– renewing call for establishment of an effective early warning system to prevent or temper other global downturns • Statistical community- improving monitoring and evaluation of the rapid changes in the national and globa ...