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Showing 1 to 6 of 6 for “"growth economics"”.
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From Mission to Megacity: The Changing Concentration of the Los Angeles City-system
… settle in an area is crucial in explaining the growth course of a city. However, this cannot be done by looking at a city in isolation. Its surrounding region has a tremendous impact on its development. The purpose of this thesis is to examine the growth of Los Angeles from a regional …
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The effect of liberalisation of foreign direct investment on the economic development of Thailand: an empirical and political economy approach
… policies, particularly FDI and export-led growth strategy, for nearly forty years but her economic performance is far from being excellent. The need for assessing these policies is critical because it is observed that Transnational Corporations (TNCs) have increasingly benefited from the …
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Essays on financial development and economic performance
… 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: In the first of these the impact of financial development on growth is investigated for the case of China using a …
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Wachstumseffekte von Naturkatastrophen
Eine geschlossene ökonomische Theorie der Naturkatastrophen existiert bislang nicht. Arbeiten, die sich dieses Themas aus volkswirtschaftlicher Sicht annehmen und dabei vor allem die langfristig wirksam werdenden ökonomischen Prozesse betrachten, besitzen folglich Pioniercharakter. Denn die …
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Africa’s March Towards Prosperity Understanding the role of gender equality, human capital and fertility in securing Africa’s promising future
… of falling into a poverty trap, whereby economic growth and prosperity is thwarted due to both endogenous and exogenous factors, including limited access to capital, poor infrastructure, low education levels, corruption, and many others. This is particularly true for many African nations that are …