IMPACTS OF SEAPORT INVESTMENT ON THE ECONOMIC
... show that seaport investment serves more the services and manufacturing sectors than the agricultural sector, which has not benefited from this investment. This result confirmed that there is inequality in the economic effect of seaport investments among Tunisia’s economic sectors. The policy-implic ...
... show that seaport investment serves more the services and manufacturing sectors than the agricultural sector, which has not benefited from this investment. This result confirmed that there is inequality in the economic effect of seaport investments among Tunisia’s economic sectors. The policy-implic ...
Explaining Differences in Economic
... (Commonwealth Secretariat/World Bank, 1999). Vulnerability with its multidimensional aspects has been proposed as a factor, which explains a particular weakness of small states. On this basis the case is being made in international trade fora for the special treatment of small states. For our purpos ...
... (Commonwealth Secretariat/World Bank, 1999). Vulnerability with its multidimensional aspects has been proposed as a factor, which explains a particular weakness of small states. On this basis the case is being made in international trade fora for the special treatment of small states. For our purpos ...
Explaining Differences in Economic Performance in the Caribbean
... (Commonwealth Secretariat/World Bank, 1999). Vulnerability with its multidimensional aspects has been proposed as a factor, which explains a particular weakness of small states. On this basis the case is being made in international trade fora for the special treatment of small states. For our purpos ...
... (Commonwealth Secretariat/World Bank, 1999). Vulnerability with its multidimensional aspects has been proposed as a factor, which explains a particular weakness of small states. On this basis the case is being made in international trade fora for the special treatment of small states. For our purpos ...
Dynamic General-Equilibrium Models and Why the Bank of Canada
... disappointing performance was one of the factors that led to change in thinking among many academic economists and to the birth of real-business-cycle models. The other line of thinking was more philosophical. Many economists had serious misgivings about some of the basic features of the models and ...
... disappointing performance was one of the factors that led to change in thinking among many academic economists and to the birth of real-business-cycle models. The other line of thinking was more philosophical. Many economists had serious misgivings about some of the basic features of the models and ...
Crisis and Recovery in the German Economy
... The Eurozone entered a recession in the first quarter of 2008, and quarterly growth rates collapsed in the first quarter of 2009, when, as Figure 1 illustrates, the financial crisis hit Europe full-force. Export-dependent Germany was hit hard: its GDP fell by a cumulative 6.6 percentage points over ...
... The Eurozone entered a recession in the first quarter of 2008, and quarterly growth rates collapsed in the first quarter of 2009, when, as Figure 1 illustrates, the financial crisis hit Europe full-force. Export-dependent Germany was hit hard: its GDP fell by a cumulative 6.6 percentage points over ...
Macroeconomic Fluctuations in the UK Economy
... they are meant to explain. Following Prescott (1986), advocates of real business cycle models have defined the explanandum of business cycles. Business cycle theory has traditionally tried to explain what causes output to fall and then rise again. To be sure when output declines one expects employme ...
... they are meant to explain. Following Prescott (1986), advocates of real business cycle models have defined the explanandum of business cycles. Business cycle theory has traditionally tried to explain what causes output to fall and then rise again. To be sure when output declines one expects employme ...
How Political Economies Change: The Evolution of Growth Regimes
... in which the influence of the state over flows of funds in the financial system was used to funnel investment into industrial sectors deemed the most dynamic. By 1987, French financial markets had been liberalized and the government was implementing a strategy of competitive deflation designed to ma ...
... in which the influence of the state over flows of funds in the financial system was used to funnel investment into industrial sectors deemed the most dynamic. By 1987, French financial markets had been liberalized and the government was implementing a strategy of competitive deflation designed to ma ...
Economic Conversion in Perspective
... unemployment rates rose from between 2.4 to 10.3 percentage points, and industrial commodity prices generally fell sharply.4 To date, economic growth has allowed the United States to avoid this fate, although there is some evidence that former defense workers are finding new jobs at greatly reduced ...
... unemployment rates rose from between 2.4 to 10.3 percentage points, and industrial commodity prices generally fell sharply.4 To date, economic growth has allowed the United States to avoid this fate, although there is some evidence that former defense workers are finding new jobs at greatly reduced ...
The “Orthodoxy” of Leon H. Keyserling: Advisor to the President.
... demand. The inflation was caused by administered pricing of oligopoly, possible restrictions of output in order to maintain said prices, and bottlenecks in the economy. Thus, a supply-type shortage, not excess demand. The correct policy was, therefore, to stimulate supply. This could be done not by ...
... demand. The inflation was caused by administered pricing of oligopoly, possible restrictions of output in order to maintain said prices, and bottlenecks in the economy. Thus, a supply-type shortage, not excess demand. The correct policy was, therefore, to stimulate supply. This could be done not by ...
Module20
... An investment tax credit is a tax break given to firms based on their investment spending. This increases the incentive for investment spending. Investment tax credits are often temporary, applying only to investment spending within a specific period. Like department store sales that encourage shopp ...
... An investment tax credit is a tax break given to firms based on their investment spending. This increases the incentive for investment spending. Investment tax credits are often temporary, applying only to investment spending within a specific period. Like department store sales that encourage shopp ...
Scientific Economics: new vs old economics, or neoclassical
... coherence, their explanatory power, their plausibility and, ultimately, their ability to predict”. Science should produce falsifiable theories, which yield empirical predictions of real-world variables. Mark Blaug (1997), “Ugly currents in modern economics”. Policy Options, September , pp. 3-8. ...
... coherence, their explanatory power, their plausibility and, ultimately, their ability to predict”. Science should produce falsifiable theories, which yield empirical predictions of real-world variables. Mark Blaug (1997), “Ugly currents in modern economics”. Policy Options, September , pp. 3-8. ...
social studies - Georgia Standards
... a. Compare traditional, command, market, and mixed economic systems with regard to private ownership, profit motive, consumer sovereignty, competition, and government regulation. b. Analyze how each type of system answers the three economic questions and meets the broad social and economic goals of ...
... a. Compare traditional, command, market, and mixed economic systems with regard to private ownership, profit motive, consumer sovereignty, competition, and government regulation. b. Analyze how each type of system answers the three economic questions and meets the broad social and economic goals of ...
The Rise and Fall of Radical Political Economy in the United States
... ideologically dominated by a (vague) New Left (NL) social critique of (US) capitalism, notwithstanding that many radicals rejected such critiques as inadequate. US Radical Political Economy and the New Left Since the term NL was created to refer to everyone with a radical critique of the system othe ...
... ideologically dominated by a (vague) New Left (NL) social critique of (US) capitalism, notwithstanding that many radicals rejected such critiques as inadequate. US Radical Political Economy and the New Left Since the term NL was created to refer to everyone with a radical critique of the system othe ...
Growth in the Economic System (cont`d)
... How does a trade deficit affect economic growth? • The deficit exists because the amount of money spent on foreign products has not been paid in full. In effect, therefore, it is borrowed money, and borrowed money costs more money in the form of interest. • The money that flows out of the country to ...
... How does a trade deficit affect economic growth? • The deficit exists because the amount of money spent on foreign products has not been paid in full. In effect, therefore, it is borrowed money, and borrowed money costs more money in the form of interest. • The money that flows out of the country to ...
Sources for the Euro Crisis: Bad Regulation and Weak
... unemployment, fall in wellbeing and reduction of production. We consider the institutions as a collection of rules, norms, practices and customs that regulate the life in common and the behaviors of citizens (March and Olsen, 2006). As in Acemoglu (2005) and Acemoglu and Robinson (2008, 2012), close ...
... unemployment, fall in wellbeing and reduction of production. We consider the institutions as a collection of rules, norms, practices and customs that regulate the life in common and the behaviors of citizens (March and Olsen, 2006). As in Acemoglu (2005) and Acemoglu and Robinson (2008, 2012), close ...
The Wages of Containment - The International Studies Association
... control and the reconstruction of industry. The patron supports the concentration of political authority in a strong state because a client that enjoys a high degree of state capacity is better able to resist attack and root out internal subversion. This is most evident in the case of South Korea, i ...
... control and the reconstruction of industry. The patron supports the concentration of political authority in a strong state because a client that enjoys a high degree of state capacity is better able to resist attack and root out internal subversion. This is most evident in the case of South Korea, i ...
Prospects for reconciling the conflict between economic growth and
... petroleum stocks. Other service sectors such as banking, insurance, and computational services, appear less directly involved in natural capital draw-down, especially after the required infrastructure and equipment are in place. When such services become prominent, the economy may be referred to as ...
... petroleum stocks. Other service sectors such as banking, insurance, and computational services, appear less directly involved in natural capital draw-down, especially after the required infrastructure and equipment are in place. When such services become prominent, the economy may be referred to as ...
Is Globalisation Good for Africa
... After nearly two decades of stagnation and decline sparked by the global oil-shock of 1973 and 1979/1980, many SSA countries failed to take appropriate adjustments at the time exacerbating the crisis. Few countries were prepared to face the series of external shock that started buffeting their econ ...
... After nearly two decades of stagnation and decline sparked by the global oil-shock of 1973 and 1979/1980, many SSA countries failed to take appropriate adjustments at the time exacerbating the crisis. Few countries were prepared to face the series of external shock that started buffeting their econ ...
DEFLATION – A PROBLEM OF THE SOCIO
... conventional manner. The problem may further be complicated, for example, following a collapse in asset prices, the result of which as a rule is the need to make structural reforms. In a deflationary situation irrevocable receivables of the central bank grow and probably strengthen their aversion to ...
... conventional manner. The problem may further be complicated, for example, following a collapse in asset prices, the result of which as a rule is the need to make structural reforms. In a deflationary situation irrevocable receivables of the central bank grow and probably strengthen their aversion to ...
"Presidebilismo" In South America - Illinois State University Websites
... that (they believe) are corrupt, while exhibiting strong “antiestablishment sentiments.” Mass mobilizations then are the last visual reaction of economic crises. Leaving out political scandals, street protests seem unlikely to appear under good economic conditions. Thus, an economic crisis becomes a ...
... that (they believe) are corrupt, while exhibiting strong “antiestablishment sentiments.” Mass mobilizations then are the last visual reaction of economic crises. Leaving out political scandals, street protests seem unlikely to appear under good economic conditions. Thus, an economic crisis becomes a ...
PROBLEMS OF SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
... development of technology is compounded by the fact that a significant level of our brain power is enticed to the metropolis to assist in perfecting systems whLch we Ln turn must pay dearly to hire. Thus, the lack of facilities coupled with the death of technologically skilled manpower serve to furt ...
... development of technology is compounded by the fact that a significant level of our brain power is enticed to the metropolis to assist in perfecting systems whLch we Ln turn must pay dearly to hire. Thus, the lack of facilities coupled with the death of technologically skilled manpower serve to furt ...
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... Demand-reducing policies include Cuts in government expenditure Rises in taxation Reductions in real wages and credit restraint ...
... Demand-reducing policies include Cuts in government expenditure Rises in taxation Reductions in real wages and credit restraint ...
Economics 120: Principles of Macroeconomics Spring 2009
... The course begins by introducing basic concepts such as gross domestic product and inflation that are useful for measuring what is happening in the economy, and which are necessary for understanding the issues addressed in the rest of the course. We next address the question of how economic growth ...
... The course begins by introducing basic concepts such as gross domestic product and inflation that are useful for measuring what is happening in the economy, and which are necessary for understanding the issues addressed in the rest of the course. We next address the question of how economic growth ...