US Domestic Barter: an Empirical Investigation
... management aspects, and are based on questionnaire surveys of large companies involved in at least a barter deal either domestic or international, or on direct interviews with representatives of the industry (Neale et al. 1992; Healey 1996). Besides relying only on the managers’ perceptions and esti ...
... management aspects, and are based on questionnaire surveys of large companies involved in at least a barter deal either domestic or international, or on direct interviews with representatives of the industry (Neale et al. 1992; Healey 1996). Besides relying only on the managers’ perceptions and esti ...
nunavut economic outlook
... This unemployment picture worsens when one looks at the discrepancy between Inuit and non-Inuit of Nunavut. Including the ‘no jobs available’ criteria, Inuit unemployment was 35.8 per cent compared to non-Inuit at 3.3 per cent in 1999. Inuit between the ages of 15 and 24 averaged 48.1 per cent unemp ...
... This unemployment picture worsens when one looks at the discrepancy between Inuit and non-Inuit of Nunavut. Including the ‘no jobs available’ criteria, Inuit unemployment was 35.8 per cent compared to non-Inuit at 3.3 per cent in 1999. Inuit between the ages of 15 and 24 averaged 48.1 per cent unemp ...
Growing the non-oil economy: A private sector assessment for Timor
... private sector in developing alternative investment options to attract business to the country is commendable. Yet, the country also faces significant challenges in rebuilding institutions and infrastructure, and implementing good governance principles to ensure that those institutions are managed e ...
... private sector in developing alternative investment options to attract business to the country is commendable. Yet, the country also faces significant challenges in rebuilding institutions and infrastructure, and implementing good governance principles to ensure that those institutions are managed e ...
Rents to riches - Open Knowledge Repository
... mitigating some of the worst economic outcomes. A consensus is emerging that policies will be effective in leveraging natural resource–led development only when they are compatible with the level of institutional quality and the political economy context of the country in question. Consequently, the ...
... mitigating some of the worst economic outcomes. A consensus is emerging that policies will be effective in leveraging natural resource–led development only when they are compatible with the level of institutional quality and the political economy context of the country in question. Consequently, the ...
Rents to Riches? The Political Economy of Natural Resource-Led Development
... mitigating some of the worst economic outcomes. A consensus is emerging that policies will be effective in leveraging natural resource–led development only when they are compatible with the level of institutional quality and the political economy context of the country in question. Consequently, the ...
... mitigating some of the worst economic outcomes. A consensus is emerging that policies will be effective in leveraging natural resource–led development only when they are compatible with the level of institutional quality and the political economy context of the country in question. Consequently, the ...
Workers` Remittances and Borrowing Constraints in Recipient
... An issue of globalization and migratory flows is the development of workers’ remittances. These currency transfers sent by migrants to their family stayed in the home country are exponentially growing and have reached significant levels, particularly at the scale of GDP in developing countries. Acco ...
... An issue of globalization and migratory flows is the development of workers’ remittances. These currency transfers sent by migrants to their family stayed in the home country are exponentially growing and have reached significant levels, particularly at the scale of GDP in developing countries. Acco ...
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... explains the migration from A to B. The fact that migration entails a change not only of earnings or labor markets but also of social groupings has received scant attention. This is somewhat surprising because it is well recognized that people care about their social standing and consequently are in ...
... explains the migration from A to B. The fact that migration entails a change not only of earnings or labor markets but also of social groupings has received scant attention. This is somewhat surprising because it is well recognized that people care about their social standing and consequently are in ...
Technology and Innovation Report of 2015
... leader and main author), Donatus Ayitey and Mesut Saygili under the direction of Anne Miroux, Director of Division on Technology and Logistics, UNCTAD. This report would not have been possible without the support of national agencies that helped collect primary data in Nigeria, Tanzania and Ethiopia ...
... leader and main author), Donatus Ayitey and Mesut Saygili under the direction of Anne Miroux, Director of Division on Technology and Logistics, UNCTAD. This report would not have been possible without the support of national agencies that helped collect primary data in Nigeria, Tanzania and Ethiopia ...
- TestbankU
... a. has just begun to move in that direction after years of central planning. b. has gone further in that direction than almost any other country. c. is becoming more "free," but is not as capitalistic as many others. d. is considering a major change to "free up" its economy as many others have. e. i ...
... a. has just begun to move in that direction after years of central planning. b. has gone further in that direction than almost any other country. c. is becoming more "free," but is not as capitalistic as many others. d. is considering a major change to "free up" its economy as many others have. e. i ...
Chapter 2—The Economy: Myth and Reality
... a. has just begun to move in that direction after years of central planning. b. has gone further in that direction than almost any other country. c. is becoming more “free,” but is not as capitalistic as many others. d. is considering a major change to “free up” its economy as many others have. e. i ...
... a. has just begun to move in that direction after years of central planning. b. has gone further in that direction than almost any other country. c. is becoming more “free,” but is not as capitalistic as many others. d. is considering a major change to “free up” its economy as many others have. e. i ...
Informal Economy Literature Review
... Some people engage in legal but informal work in the United States in a system of cash-only exchanges. These individuals are operating unregistered businesses or engaging in under-thetable work. This type of economic activity is often called “informal work” or referred to as “the informal economy.” ...
... Some people engage in legal but informal work in the United States in a system of cash-only exchanges. These individuals are operating unregistered businesses or engaging in under-thetable work. This type of economic activity is often called “informal work” or referred to as “the informal economy.” ...
Growing like Spain: 1995-2007
... The 1994-2007 expansion was the longest in Spanish history. GDP grew at an average of 3.5% per year, which compares favourably to the EU average of 2.2% over the same period. However, Spanish growth during this expansion was based on factor accumulation rather than productivity gains. In particular, ...
... The 1994-2007 expansion was the longest in Spanish history. GDP grew at an average of 3.5% per year, which compares favourably to the EU average of 2.2% over the same period. However, Spanish growth during this expansion was based on factor accumulation rather than productivity gains. In particular, ...
Structural Transformation and Economic Development. Can
... interacted with relative productivity in manufacturing. ......................................................... 254 Table C. 2. Determinants of growth: manufacturing value added exports by technology intensity groups interacted with relative productivity in manufacturing. ......................... ...
... interacted with relative productivity in manufacturing. ......................................................... 254 Table C. 2. Determinants of growth: manufacturing value added exports by technology intensity groups interacted with relative productivity in manufacturing. ......................... ...
supporting workers in the informal economy: a policy
... notion that the informal economy was marginal or peripheral and not linked to the formal economy. Largely due to such perspectives, the so-called “informal sector” failed to capture the attention of mainstream development economists in any significant way.3 During the 1980s, the informal economy con ...
... notion that the informal economy was marginal or peripheral and not linked to the formal economy. Largely due to such perspectives, the so-called “informal sector” failed to capture the attention of mainstream development economists in any significant way.3 During the 1980s, the informal economy con ...
Business Cycle Accounting - Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis
... We begin our demonstration of our proposed method by establishing equivalence results that link the four wedges to detailed models. We start with detailed model economies in which technologies and preferences are similar to those in a benchmark prototype economy and show that frictions in the detail ...
... We begin our demonstration of our proposed method by establishing equivalence results that link the four wedges to detailed models. We start with detailed model economies in which technologies and preferences are similar to those in a benchmark prototype economy and show that frictions in the detail ...
Business Cycle Accounting
... We extend our analysis to the entire postwar period by developing some summary statistics for 1959–2004. The statistics we focus on are the output fluctuations induced by each wedge alone and the correlations between those fluctuations and those actually in the data. Our findings from these statisti ...
... We extend our analysis to the entire postwar period by developing some summary statistics for 1959–2004. The statistics we focus on are the output fluctuations induced by each wedge alone and the correlations between those fluctuations and those actually in the data. Our findings from these statisti ...
NBER WORKING PAPER SERIES BUSINESS CYCLE ACCOUNTING V.V. Chari Patrick J. Kehoe
... We begin our demonstration of our proposed method by establishing equivalence results that link the four wedges to detailed models. We start with detailed model economies in which technologies and preferences are similar to those in a benchmark prototype economy and show that frictions in the detail ...
... We begin our demonstration of our proposed method by establishing equivalence results that link the four wedges to detailed models. We start with detailed model economies in which technologies and preferences are similar to those in a benchmark prototype economy and show that frictions in the detail ...
The National Informal Economy Policy 2011-2015
... Since 1975, the Preamble to our national Constitution has acknowledged informal economic activity as being one of the 'Papua New Guinean ways' of achieving development. However, until the passing of the Informal Sector Development and Control Act 2004 there was no further legislative expression of t ...
... Since 1975, the Preamble to our national Constitution has acknowledged informal economic activity as being one of the 'Papua New Guinean ways' of achieving development. However, until the passing of the Informal Sector Development and Control Act 2004 there was no further legislative expression of t ...
Markup Cycles, Dynamic Misallocation, and Amplification
... a general equilibrium framework with multiple industries, thereby endogenizing aggregate consumption and the pricing of risk. Our general equilibrium framework is built on the seminal paper by Rotemberg and Woodford [44] although the analysis focuses on different effects of markups. In their model, ...
... a general equilibrium framework with multiple industries, thereby endogenizing aggregate consumption and the pricing of risk. Our general equilibrium framework is built on the seminal paper by Rotemberg and Woodford [44] although the analysis focuses on different effects of markups. In their model, ...
NBER WORKING PAPER SERIES LIQUIDITY TRAPS AND EXPECTATION DYNAMICS:
... in the US and Europe since the 2007-9 …nancial crisis, as well as in the US during 2001-3 and in Japan since the mid 1990s.1 Recently Bullard (2010) has stressed the risk of extended periods of de‡ation. These events have led to extensive policy debates on the e¤ectiveness of both …scal policy and q ...
... in the US and Europe since the 2007-9 …nancial crisis, as well as in the US during 2001-3 and in Japan since the mid 1990s.1 Recently Bullard (2010) has stressed the risk of extended periods of de‡ation. These events have led to extensive policy debates on the e¤ectiveness of both …scal policy and q ...
ECONOMIC INDICATORS REVIEW – WORKFORCE AND SECTORS
... framework, is centred on the concepts of well-being and sustainable development. The new framework organizes research efforts into four “pillars” – society, culture, the environment, and the economy—each of which have several defined sub-themes (figure 2). ...
... framework, is centred on the concepts of well-being and sustainable development. The new framework organizes research efforts into four “pillars” – society, culture, the environment, and the economy—each of which have several defined sub-themes (figure 2). ...
Fiscal Stimulus in a Monetary Union: Evidence from U.S. Regions
... Relative to other forms of federal government spending, the geographical distribution of military spending is remarkably well documented, perhaps because of the intense political scrutiny surrounding these purchases. Our main source for military spending data is the electronic database of DD-350 mil ...
... Relative to other forms of federal government spending, the geographical distribution of military spending is remarkably well documented, perhaps because of the intense political scrutiny surrounding these purchases. Our main source for military spending data is the electronic database of DD-350 mil ...
New Structural Economics
... by 1970 and became the world’s second-largest economy. Japan’s rise was the result of an impressive annual growth performance of 9.6 percent during the 1950s and 1960s, driven by the transformation from an agrarian to an industrial economy and continuous upgrading in key manufacturing sectors. Using ...
... by 1970 and became the world’s second-largest economy. Japan’s rise was the result of an impressive annual growth performance of 9.6 percent during the 1950s and 1960s, driven by the transformation from an agrarian to an industrial economy and continuous upgrading in key manufacturing sectors. Using ...
The new structural economics. A framework for rethinking
... by 1970 and became the world’s second-largest economy. Japan’s rise was the result of an impressive annual growth performance of 9.6 percent during the 1950s and 1960s, driven by the transformation from an agrarian to an industrial economy and continuous upgrading in key manufacturing sectors. Using ...
... by 1970 and became the world’s second-largest economy. Japan’s rise was the result of an impressive annual growth performance of 9.6 percent during the 1950s and 1960s, driven by the transformation from an agrarian to an industrial economy and continuous upgrading in key manufacturing sectors. Using ...
"Fiscal Stimulus in a Monetary Union: Evidence from U.S. Regions"
... multiplier is thus akin to a closed economy aggregate multiplier for a more accommodative monetary policy than the one seen in the United States under Volcker and Greenspan. This implies that our estimate of 1.5 for the open economy relative multiplier is perfectly consistent with much lower existin ...
... multiplier is thus akin to a closed economy aggregate multiplier for a more accommodative monetary policy than the one seen in the United States under Volcker and Greenspan. This implies that our estimate of 1.5 for the open economy relative multiplier is perfectly consistent with much lower existin ...