Data Description (pdf)
... Documentation for Growth Data Growth contains data on average growth rates over 1960-1995 for 65 countries, along with variables that are potentially related to growth. These data were provided by Professor Ross Levine of Brown University and were used in his paper with, Thorsten Beck and Norman Loa ...
... Documentation for Growth Data Growth contains data on average growth rates over 1960-1995 for 65 countries, along with variables that are potentially related to growth. These data were provided by Professor Ross Levine of Brown University and were used in his paper with, Thorsten Beck and Norman Loa ...
Spring 2012
... (c) Define a recursive competitive equilibrium for this economy. (d) Are equilibrium allocations the same as the ones that solve the social planning problem? If they are the same, provide an example of how the economy could be modified so that equilibrium and planner allocation do not coincide. (e) ...
... (c) Define a recursive competitive equilibrium for this economy. (d) Are equilibrium allocations the same as the ones that solve the social planning problem? If they are the same, provide an example of how the economy could be modified so that equilibrium and planner allocation do not coincide. (e) ...
003. Chapter 2
... Personal autonomy: individual freedom from outside authority Self reliance: responsibility for yourself Individualism: A value held by supporters of a political or economic system that allows the individual goals to be emphasized over the needs of a society. Capitalists and those who believe in ...
... Personal autonomy: individual freedom from outside authority Self reliance: responsibility for yourself Individualism: A value held by supporters of a political or economic system that allows the individual goals to be emphasized over the needs of a society. Capitalists and those who believe in ...
Development Past Paper Questions May
... and the inelasticity of demand of water to charge prices well above marginal costs • profit repatriation resulting from privatisation of water supply and concessions to foreign firms. • Larger gains for foreign firms (such as European banks, business service firms) than for the people in developing ...
... and the inelasticity of demand of water to charge prices well above marginal costs • profit repatriation resulting from privatisation of water supply and concessions to foreign firms. • Larger gains for foreign firms (such as European banks, business service firms) than for the people in developing ...
Chapter 4 Social Structure
... Exchange – Individuals, groups, or social interactions undertaken in an effort to receive a reward in return for actions. Reciprocity – Idea that if you do something for someone, they owe you something in return. Exchange Theory – Theory that holds that people are motivated by self-interests in thei ...
... Exchange – Individuals, groups, or social interactions undertaken in an effort to receive a reward in return for actions. Reciprocity – Idea that if you do something for someone, they owe you something in return. Exchange Theory – Theory that holds that people are motivated by self-interests in thei ...
Slide 1
... • the capital inflow to developing countries has two effects. On the one hand, it expands the potential supply of output by expanding the industrial capacity in the recipient countries. This can be thought of as causing an upward shift in the growth rate schedule for low tech goods. On the other ha ...
... • the capital inflow to developing countries has two effects. On the one hand, it expands the potential supply of output by expanding the industrial capacity in the recipient countries. This can be thought of as causing an upward shift in the growth rate schedule for low tech goods. On the other ha ...
Tales of Increasing Returns: Leaks, Matches, and Traps
... Ch. 3: Solow’s Surprise: Investment is not the key to growth ...
... Ch. 3: Solow’s Surprise: Investment is not the key to growth ...
PPT
... – Creating jobs due to low capital intensivity – Access to (informal) training, and apprenticeships – Creates demand for less- or un- skilled workers – Uses appropriate technologies, local resources – Recycling of waste materials – More benefits to poor, especially women who are concentrated in the ...
... – Creating jobs due to low capital intensivity – Access to (informal) training, and apprenticeships – Creates demand for less- or un- skilled workers – Uses appropriate technologies, local resources – Recycling of waste materials – More benefits to poor, especially women who are concentrated in the ...
Liberalism - R. Allen Bolar
... Realism and power politics may preserve traditional difference and division better Realists see liberalism as misguided, dangerous idealism ...
... Realism and power politics may preserve traditional difference and division better Realists see liberalism as misguided, dangerous idealism ...
Frances Celine J. Tan How do descriptive (empirical) claims and
... some several of ethical relativism seems to slip into inconsistency and even self-contradiction. 5.2) Normative ethical relativists claim is that we ought to follow the rules of our society, then what is being claimed is antithetical to a good deal of human experience with moral heroes. 5.3) Normati ...
... some several of ethical relativism seems to slip into inconsistency and even self-contradiction. 5.2) Normative ethical relativists claim is that we ought to follow the rules of our society, then what is being claimed is antithetical to a good deal of human experience with moral heroes. 5.3) Normati ...
- Session 1: Introduction to IPE - Session 2: Transnational economic
... hegemony, be made to serve the interests of developing countries? (eg whose interests?!) Are regionalism and multilateralism contradictory or complementary? (eg. Is the EU hypocritical?) ...
... hegemony, be made to serve the interests of developing countries? (eg whose interests?!) Are regionalism and multilateralism contradictory or complementary? (eg. Is the EU hypocritical?) ...
Chapter 6 - Systems of Stratification The four general systems of
... resulting from their authority relationships. The most powerful group in the society includes the company owners, managers of the industry, legislators, the judiciary, heads of the government bureaucracy and others. The powerful of today, want society to run smoothly so that they can enjoy their pri ...
... resulting from their authority relationships. The most powerful group in the society includes the company owners, managers of the industry, legislators, the judiciary, heads of the government bureaucracy and others. The powerful of today, want society to run smoothly so that they can enjoy their pri ...
