Comparative advantage - Faccarello Gilbert
... is supposed to take place between these two countries: a units of Portuguese wine are exchanged for b units of English cloth. It is also stated that, had each country to produce these very quantities of both commodities, Portugal would employ 80 and 90 units of labour respectively to produce a units ...
... is supposed to take place between these two countries: a units of Portuguese wine are exchanged for b units of English cloth. It is also stated that, had each country to produce these very quantities of both commodities, Portugal would employ 80 and 90 units of labour respectively to produce a units ...
Human Geography By James Rubenstein
... and high productivity occur in a limited number of economic activities. Other sectors of the economy remain dominated by traditional practices. May 23, 2017 ...
... and high productivity occur in a limited number of economic activities. Other sectors of the economy remain dominated by traditional practices. May 23, 2017 ...
In Search of a Cultural Interpretation of Power: The
... The Brazilian Landless Movement (MST), famous in its efforts to enlarge the scope of land reform in that country, has developed a series of actions that has become typical of its repertoire. After invading private land and forming a new rural settlement, if legal expropriation is later formalised, ...
... The Brazilian Landless Movement (MST), famous in its efforts to enlarge the scope of land reform in that country, has developed a series of actions that has become typical of its repertoire. After invading private land and forming a new rural settlement, if legal expropriation is later formalised, ...
Alvin W. Gouldner:Studies on Bureaucracy and the
... being based upon knowledge and expertise, the authority is also dependent on nonrational elements (discipline). This leads Gouldner to point out that Weber’s theory of bureaucracy contains two rather heterogeneous sources of authority which are left unclarified: Weber thought of bureaucracy as a Jan ...
... being based upon knowledge and expertise, the authority is also dependent on nonrational elements (discipline). This leads Gouldner to point out that Weber’s theory of bureaucracy contains two rather heterogeneous sources of authority which are left unclarified: Weber thought of bureaucracy as a Jan ...
Tamás Szentes
... The “demand-side competitiveness” of a firm is often identified with, and measured by, a relatively higher growth of the unit value of exports, exceeding that of the partners. The latter may reflect, indeed, a success in marketing, such as following from the appropriate quality of products, i.e. mee ...
... The “demand-side competitiveness” of a firm is often identified with, and measured by, a relatively higher growth of the unit value of exports, exceeding that of the partners. The latter may reflect, indeed, a success in marketing, such as following from the appropriate quality of products, i.e. mee ...
The Uses of Neoliberalism
... historic failure of the left to develop an “autonomous governmentality” comparable to liberalism. Stated as starkly as this, the point is no doubt debatable. Various forms of democratic socialism and social democracy (including but not limited to the German case treated in the lectures) may perhaps ...
... historic failure of the left to develop an “autonomous governmentality” comparable to liberalism. Stated as starkly as this, the point is no doubt debatable. Various forms of democratic socialism and social democracy (including but not limited to the German case treated in the lectures) may perhaps ...
Towards a New Approach in Social Simulations
... everyday practices become embedded in emergent patterns of interaction. We have not yet referred to how social actors decode and feedback knowledge from macro structures. According Goldspink and Kay [24] human capacity for language is the key to model fuzzy and complex relations between the componen ...
... everyday practices become embedded in emergent patterns of interaction. We have not yet referred to how social actors decode and feedback knowledge from macro structures. According Goldspink and Kay [24] human capacity for language is the key to model fuzzy and complex relations between the componen ...
NBER WORKING PAPER SERIES INTEREST RATE DETERMINATION IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES: A CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK
... those developing countries that are in the process of removing controls on the financial sector and restrictions on capital flows. The approach suggested here combines elements of the closed—economy and open—economy models, and thus is able to incorporate the influences of foreign interest rates, ex ...
... those developing countries that are in the process of removing controls on the financial sector and restrictions on capital flows. The approach suggested here combines elements of the closed—economy and open—economy models, and thus is able to incorporate the influences of foreign interest rates, ex ...
Gerhard Lenski, some false oppositions, and the religious factor Article
... One of the many features to appreciate in the work of Gerhard Lenski is that he did not work by binary oppositions. To be sure, Lenski’s greatest book (Lenski 1966) identified two dimensions of stratification: power and privilege. But far from opposing these, he studied their interrelationship. Much ...
... One of the many features to appreciate in the work of Gerhard Lenski is that he did not work by binary oppositions. To be sure, Lenski’s greatest book (Lenski 1966) identified two dimensions of stratification: power and privilege. But far from opposing these, he studied their interrelationship. Much ...
Critical Political Economy of Communication and
... considered questions of “philosophy,” but I do not argue that all critical political economists of culture must also be philosophers; rather, it is simply necessary to engage with the work of those who have considered what specifically makes for a “critical” method. Discussions of dialectical method ...
... considered questions of “philosophy,” but I do not argue that all critical political economists of culture must also be philosophers; rather, it is simply necessary to engage with the work of those who have considered what specifically makes for a “critical” method. Discussions of dialectical method ...
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... reflection of policy differences across countries. Pargal and Wheeler (1996) in their study of Indonesia find that the effectiveness of informal approaches in influencing environmental quality (such as community pressure) are positively correlated with income. This suggests that the income effect ne ...
... reflection of policy differences across countries. Pargal and Wheeler (1996) in their study of Indonesia find that the effectiveness of informal approaches in influencing environmental quality (such as community pressure) are positively correlated with income. This suggests that the income effect ne ...
Energy Prices, Growth, and the Channels in Between: Theory and
... energy and climate policies. Building on the empirical results of the present paper, Peretto (2009) argues that (higher) energy taxes are predicted to increase welfare. The present paper also suggests that the estimation of single substitution elasticities4 is not useful in the energy-growth context ...
... energy and climate policies. Building on the empirical results of the present paper, Peretto (2009) argues that (higher) energy taxes are predicted to increase welfare. The present paper also suggests that the estimation of single substitution elasticities4 is not useful in the energy-growth context ...
The Political Economy of Discrimination: Modelling the Spread of
... panding GATT/WTO membership, ongoing multilateral negotiations and, most importantly, involvement in trade disputes especially with negative outcomes motivate states to seek PTAs, a form of insurance policy against the loss of important markets. By explicitly integrating the relative importance of ...
... panding GATT/WTO membership, ongoing multilateral negotiations and, most importantly, involvement in trade disputes especially with negative outcomes motivate states to seek PTAs, a form of insurance policy against the loss of important markets. By explicitly integrating the relative importance of ...