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Showing 1 to 20 of 2280 for “"Economic Development"”.
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Institutions and economic development
… institutions as key determinant of cross-country development. We have unbundled the different facets of institutions, including the security of property rights, democracy, regulation and stability of monetary policy. In Chapter 2, we investigate the direct impact of institutions on economic growth …
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Transportation Costs And Economic Development
… contributes to a growing literature using microeconomic data to explore questions in macroeconomic development, with particular focus on the importance of transportation costs. Specifically, I study the importance of idiosyncratic transportation costs and economic development via three different …
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Local Food and Economic Development
… examines the potential of local food as an economic development strategy in the United States. Using an interdisciplinary approach it traces the development of the local food movement within the broader historical context of U.S. agriculture, assesses the empirical evidence for local food …
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Environmental Quality and Economic Development
… relationship between environmental quality and economic development. In pursue of this goal, I specialize to dynamic growth models in which pollution is treated as an externality generated in the production sector and affecting the consumption sector. I consider the transitional dynamics and the …
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Export cartels and economic development
… they restrain competition and, thus, holds back economic development. It also proposes the conditions under which export cartels promote economic development. In contrast to the myth, this research argues that, when it comes to economic development, competition is not always desirable and, …
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Labor in Turkey's economic development
… Institute of Technology, Department of Economics and Engineering, 1959
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Aquaponics : community and economic development
… is not profitable, if the community and economic development benefits of the system outweigh the costs. Keywords: aquaponics, fish, tilapia, perch, lettuce, farming, closed-loop systems, community development, economic development, cash flow analysis, sustainability, economic viability, …
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Three essays on regional economic development
… explores factors that contribute to regional economic growth. The first two chapters focus on one of the key drivers of regional economic growth: entrepreneurship. In the first two chapters I examine how the Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) contributes to entrepreneurship. Chapter 1 focuses on …
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Economic development through entrepreneurship in India
… is one of the best means of triggering economic and social development in developing countries like India. There are several staple and mandatory ingredients necessary for the nourishment of entrepreneurship such as capital, labor, management, and several others; and several milestones …
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Strategies for technology-based economic development
Thesis (M.S.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Sloan School of Management, 1993.
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Strategic planning for community economic development
Thesis (M.C.P.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Urban Studies and Planning; and, (M.S.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Alfred P. Sloan School of Management, 1981.
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Essays in economic development and education
… with Erica Field and Rohini Pande) examines the economic returns to social interaction. For this research, microfinance clients were randomly assigned to repayment groups that met either weekly or monthly during their first loan cycle and then graduated to identical meeting frequency for their …
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Essays on institutions and economic development
… analyze the interplay between institutions and economic development. In Chapter 1, I examine the relationship between wealth inequality and institutions. I present a model of regulated entry where entrepreneurs form coalitions of potentially varying size to bribe the regulator. The prevalence of …
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Capitalist economic development in Appalachian Kentucky.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Dept. of Urban Studies and Planning. Thesis. 1973. M.C.P.
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Megacities : sustainability, transport, and economic development
… between sustainability, transport, and economic development are and will remain essential in the governance of cities. Sustainability concepts include valuing and preserving the earth's resources so that future generations can enjoy their benefits. It requires changing human behavior and …
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Transportation and economic development evaluation model
… of four sectors: 1. population sector 2. economic sector 3. university sector 4. transportation sector The model applies to the area of Blacksburg, Christiansburg and Roanoke (city and county). with special treatment to Virginia Tech through the university model. The simulation results of …
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THREE ESSAYS ON FIRST NATIONS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
… contains three essays on topics in First Nations economic development in Canada. The first essay explores the issue of underdevelopment through the lens of economic leakage and multiplier effects of spending. The second essay explores the issue of food insecurity as an implication of …
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Economic Development and Child Nutrition in Nepal
… the time required to attain the Millennium Development Goals. This dissertation includes three essays that use a range of data, including nationally representative data on the growth of children nutrition below five years of age, to identify potential pathways for improving child nutrition …
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