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Remittances, Economic Freedom, and Economic Growth in North African Countries

Romanian Economic Journal, 2015
This contribution investigates the causal interactions between foreign direct investment (FDI), economic freedom and economic growth in a panel of 4 countries of North Africa (Tunisia, Morocco, Algeria and Egypt) from 1980 to 2012.
Nahed Zghidi , Zouheir Abida
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THE EFFECTS OF FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT ON THE ECONOMIES OF CENTRAL AND EASTERN EUROPE COUNTRIES [PDF]

Analele Universităţii Constantin Brâncuşi din Târgu Jiu : Seria Economie, 2016
The present study aims to highlight the positive impact that foreign direct investments have on occupancy rate, on government revenue and economic growth of Central and Eastern Europe countries.
CUCOŞ PAULA – ROXANA
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Modeling Progressive Brain Volume Losses in Chronic Moderate Severe Traumatic Brain Injury: Extensive, but Attenuating

Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objective Progressive brain atrophy has now been widely observed in the chronic stages of moderate–severe traumatic brain injury (msTBI), but there is only coarse information regarding its prevalence and magnitude, and whether rate of atrophy accelerates or attenuates across time. We examined these questions in a Canadian inception cohort from
Robin E. A. Green, Brenda Colella, Alana Changoor, David J. Mikulis, Adrienne Li, Kadeen Johns, Georges A. Monette   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Pendidikan dan Karakteristik Pelaku UMKM Serta Kontribusinya Terhadap Perekonomian Nasional

JPBM (Jurnal Pendidikan Bisnis dan Manajemen), 2016
: This research aimed to know the role of education and the characteristics of SMEs on the contributions to the economy. The research type is descriptive, used secondary data. Research result shown that education of SMEs relatively low.
Sirilius Seran
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Misallocation, Access to Finance, and Public Credit: Firm-Level Evidence [PDF]

Asian Development Review, 2016
Using a database of 23,000 firms in 45 economies, we test the quantitative importance of access to finance and access to public and private credit for the determination of misallocation. We first derive measures of factor market and size distortions, and
Miguel A. León-Ledesma, Dimitris Christopoulos   +1 more
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microRNA‐7‐5p and α‐Synuclein SAA Predict Parkinson's Disease Phenoconversion

Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objective Corroborate blood neuron‐derived extracellular vesicle (NDEV) alpha‐synuclein (αSyn), the CSF αSyn seed amplification assay (αSyn‐SAA), and blood microRNA‐7‐5p (miR‐7‐5p) as markers for Parkinson's disease (PD) phenoconversion and determine if combining these markers would help select subjects who would be more likely to phenoconvert.
Shayan Zadegan, Praveen Velammal, Kanmani Muthiah, Madhu Jatty, Christopher Adams   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Making healthy homes? A pilot study of the return on investment from an external wall insulation intervention

BMC Research Notes, 2017
Objectives External Wall Insulation (EWI) insulates and protect homes against damp. The Energy Company Obligation (ECO) scheme incentivised large energy providers in the UK delivering energy efficiency measures such as EWI to fuel impoverished households.
Heather Brown, Gulnar Fattakhova, Clare Bambra, Paul Taylor   +3 more
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Acute Endocrine Alterations After Traumatic Brain Injury and 6‐Month Functional Outcome

Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objective Acute multi‐axis endocrine alterations after traumatic brain injury (TBI) remain incompletely characterized. This study aimed to examine their temporal patterns and explore their associations with 6‐month functional outcome and early inflammatory markers.
Biao Xu, Peng Guo, Rui Pan, Zhenghao Wang, Jingchao Zhou, Pengcheng Zhang, Xingzhe Zhang, Qinghua Zhang, Haibin Ma, Zhanfeng Niu   +9 more
wiley   +1 more source

Pollution and economic growth [PDF]

The Journal of International Trade & Economic Development, 1998
We analyse a model of overlapping generations in which clean air, a pure public good, is used as a private input into production. Although production exhibits constant returns to scale. endogenous growth can occur. In a laissez-faire equilibrium, firms generate rents that are the value of the pollution they create.
Fisher, Eric O'N., Marrewijk, Charles van   +1 more
openaire   +3 more sources

Race and Household Income Are Associated With Disease Outcomes in Pediatric Patients With Antineutrophil Cytoplasmic Antibody–Associated Vasculitis Hospitalized in the United States

Arthritis Care &Research, EarlyView.
Objective Race and household income impact outcomes in patients with rheumatic conditions; however, their role in pediatric antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibody (ANCA)–associated vasculitis (AAV) remains poorly understood. We aimed to evaluate whether race and ethnicity and household income are associated with severe AAV disease and renal outcomes among
Roberto Alejandro Valdovinos, William Daniel Soulsby III, Emily von Scheven   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source