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Showing 1 to 20 of 285 for “"economic performance"”.
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ASSASSINATION AND ECONOMIC PERFORMANCE
… WEI GAO, for the Doctor of Philosophy degree in ECONOMICS, presented on JUNE 28th, 2011, at Southern Illinois University Carbondale. TITLE: ASSASSINATION AND ECONOMIC PERFORMANCE MAJOR PROFESSORS: SCOTT GILBERT AND KEVIN SYLWESTER The goal of this dissertation is to investigate how assassination …
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Environment, energy, and economic performance
Die Dissertation analysiert das Verhältnis zwischen ökonomischem Erfolg, Umweltregulierung und Energiemarktentwicklungen. Es wird aufgezeigt, dass die ökonomischen Folgen der jüngsten Klimapolitik der Europäischen Union gering waren. Ihre Ausgestaltung wird in einen polit-ökonomischen Zusammenhang …
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Financial intermediation and economic performance in Zimbabwe
… financial development has a causal effect on economic growth. Yet there is no consensus on the finance-growth nexus. The direction of causality is still controversial In fact, classical economists argue that financial factors are neutral and hence cannot have real effects. Critics argue the …
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Essays on financial development and economic performance
… relationship between financial development and economic performance using a variety of time series and panel data methods. Also, it extends the previous finance-growth literature by examining the role of democracy in the process. Three inter-related studies form the work undertaken. Chapter 2: …
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Economic performance of product and process firms
This dissertation refines the understanding of economic performance of firms, using data and practical insights from the automotive supplier industry. Firms in this industry are characterized as either product or process firms, reflecting the importance of technological capabilities in …
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Regional economic performance and public infrastructure investment
… public infrastructure investment and regional economic performance. The first study examines the literature on economic development and productivity growth. I show that conflicting results from studies by other analysts are the likely result of poor public capital data spanning to short an …
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Essays on Public Investment and Regional Economic Performance
… has regained central importance in the European economic agenda. The renewed focus on large-scale investment programmes—such as the EU Cohesion Policy and NextGenerationEU—reflects a broader shift toward using public spending not only to stabilise economies, but also to promote structural …
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Essays on elections, economic performance, and ideological contagion
Submission published under a 24 month embargo labeled 'Closed Access', the embargo will last until 2026-08-01
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Optimization of DUPIC cycle environmental and economic performance
… Fuel In CANDU) cycle was made to analyze cycle performance relative to that of PWR and CANDU fuel cycles in terms of uranium utilization and spent fuel production efficiency. The DUPIC cycle was found to be most efficient in terms of minimizing spent fuel production as well as most efficient …
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The relationship between export performance and global economic performance
… progressed, some countries have focussed their economic policies on increasing exports. In many cases, these exports have been the most significant driver behind the economic success of these nations and the resultant improvement in the welfare of their citizens. This research is needed in order …
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The agronomic and economic performance of flax in Iowa
<p>Demand for flax (Linum usitatissimum L.) has increased due to the discovered health benefits of adding flaxseed to human diets. A facility in northwest Iowa that processes organic flaxseed for oil provides a viable market for organic growers in the Midwest. Organic growers are particularly …
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The economic performance of international oil companies in Nigeria
… Alalade Title of the Investigation: THE ECONOMIC PERFORMANCE OF INTERNATIONAL OIL COMPANIES IN NIGERIA: The Effect of Fiscal Taxation and the Separation of Ownership and Control. This research investigates the tax policies of the Nigerian government and the separation of ownership and …
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Skill composition, firm innovation and economic performance: Three essays
… of realising innovation and improve its performance. A firm that is technologically on par with its competitors invests in high-skilled workers to innovate and escape intensifying competition. In contrast, a firm lagging technologically must invest in talent to catch up to the technology …
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Economic performance of architectural firms: an application of production theory
… firms are afforded the means of improving their economic performance. In this dissertation the focus is upon the identification of the n-input single-output production function best suitable for empirical study of architecture firms and subsequent use in minimizing costs and maximizing output as …
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Monetary policy and economic performance - evidence from selected African countries
… in some, but not in all the cases, while economic growth proved mostly insignificant in the transmission of the policy rate to bank lending rates In Chapter Three, we show that contractionary monetary policy of high interest rates is able to correct disequilibrium in the foreign currency …
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Foreign aid and economic performance during crises in Sub-Saharan Africa
… 50 years, but the region is seemingly regressing economically. Some researchers have cited that providing foreign aid to the SSA region is akin to throwing money into a bottomless pit as it only incentivises government inefficiencies, and corruption which adversely affects productivity. Owing to …
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Essays on the economic performance of U.S. freight railroads under deregulation
Thesis (Ph. D.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Civil and Environmental Engineering, 1994.
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Economic performance and corporate structure: an analysis of corporate crime causation
… of this study was to assess the affect of economic performance, relative performance and corporate structure on the frequency of corporate crime. The data utilized in this study were obtained from the Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research and were originally …
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Financial sector development, savings and economic performance : a case study of Libya
… of investment, with the consequence of economicgrowth and improved economic performance. However, in practice, experiencehas shown that a number of developing countries do not demonstrate this kind ofrelationship, and have rather, recorded relatively low growth despite achievinghigh …
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