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Casting a Wider Tax Net: Experimental Evidence from Costa Rica
American Economic Journal: Economic Policy, 2019 The majority of firms in developing countries are informal, yet even among registered firms, tax filing rates are low. We argue that non-filing of taxes among registered firms constitutes an important intermediate form of informality, which can be ...
Anne Brockmeyer +3 more
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Biodiversity on the Rocks: Macrofauna Inhabiting Authigenic Carbonate at Costa Rica Methane Seeps
PLoS ONE, 2015 Carbonate communities: The activity of anaerobic methane oxidizing microbes facilitates precipitation of vast quantities of authigenic carbonate at methane seeps.
L. Levin +7 more
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Environmental Education in Costa Rica: Building a Framework for Sustainable Development? [PDF]
, 2008 Environmental education is commonly claimed to be at the centre of efforts to achieve sustainable development. Since the 1980s, Costa Rica has been one of the acknowledged leaders in efforts to promote environmental learning, and national policy includes
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Geomorphology of the Caribbean coast of Costa Rica
Journal of maps, 2019 Costa Rica’s Caribbean coastline is the result of a complex tectonic setting coupled with dynamic geological, climatological, hydrological and ecological processes.
Adolfo Quesada-Román +1 more
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The ephemerality of secondary forests in southern Costa Rica
Conservation Letters, 2018 Secondary forests are increasingly recognized for conserving biodiversity and mitigating global climate change, but these and other desired outcomes can only be achieved after decades of regeneration, and secondary forests are frequently recleared before
J. L. Reid +4 more
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New species of Desmiphorini (Coleoptera, Cerambycidae, Lamiinae) from Costa Rica and Ecuador [PDF]
, 2009 Novas espécies são descritas: Eupogonius lateralis sp. nov., Estola nigrodorsalis sp. nov., Pseudestoloides rubiginosa sp. nov de Heredia (Costa Rica); Pseudestoloides affinis sp. nov.
GALILEO, Maria Helena M. +1 more
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Glacial geomorphology of the Chirripó National Park, Costa Rica
Journal of maps, 2019 Several regions of tropical America show imprints of past glacial activity. These relict landforms can support the understanding of past climate conditions, such as during the Last Glacial Maximum (LGM), and the implications that these paleoclimatic ...
Adolfo Quesada-Román +3 more
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Winter 2019 BUCK-I-SERV to Costa Rica [PDF]
, 2020 STEP Category: Service-Learning and Community ServiceThe Buck-I-Serv and Outdoor Adventure Center service trip to Costa Rica was a 10-day fully immersive experience into Costa Rica's rich culture through providing meaningful service to the town of Brujo,
Rouse, Taylor
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The Effects of Fair Trade Certification: Evidence From Coffee Producers in Costa Rica
Journal of the European Economic Association, 2018 We study the effects of Fair Trade (FT) certification of coffee on producers and households in Costa Rica. Examining the production dynamics of all Costa Rican coffee mills from 1999–2014, we find that when global coffee prices are lower and the FT ...
R. Dragusanu, Nathan Nunn
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Transnational Corporations, 2019 Costa Rica has sought to improve its position in the global economy by prioritizing export growth in two high-tech manufacturing industries led by foreign direct investment (FDI): electronics and medical devices.
G. Gereffi, S. Frederick, P. Bamber
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