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Bank competition, institution and economic development: Evidence from Asia during 1999-2007 [PDF]

From a sample of Asian countries over the period 1999-2007, this paper investigates the link between bank competition and economic development. In general, although banking market power has a U-shaped relationship with economic growth, banking market ...
Wahyoe Soedarmono
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An Economic Analysis of the Religious Freedom Restoration Act [PDF]

, 2000
As an attempt by Congress to overturn a Supreme Court ruling by statute, the Religious Freedom Restoration Act (RFRA), although passed by a congressional landslide, was one of the most controversial pieces of legislation passed during Bill Clinton\u27s ...
Wheeler, Travis C.
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Pakistan's progress towards economic freedom

Contemporary South Asia, 1997
Contemporary South Asia, 1997, vol. 6, no. 1. Refereed Journal Article Pakistan has been gradually liberalizing its economy. Like many less developed countries in the 1980s Pakistan had a large government sector, measured both in terms of its direct involvement in the productive structure (government enterprises), also through its interference (price ...
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How Does Cultural and Colonial Heritage Affect Optimal Branding Strategies? Evidence From the Rice Sector in Senegal

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Africa's cultural and colonial heritage has profoundly segmented rice markets. Whereas in ancient centers of rice domestication, consumers maintained preferences for local rice consistent with their cultural heritage, preferences have shifted toward imported Asian rice in coastal areas around seaports, due to prior exposure to colonial import ...
Kofi Britwum, Matty Demont
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Social responsibility of green microfinance institutions: A tool for promoting women’s economic empowerment in China

Technological and Economic Development of Economy
Economic freedom has central importance among the nations, however, Chinese economic freedom index declining continuously, leading to the several issues. Particularly, economic freedom is low among the Chinese female population.
Jiuzheng Pei
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Economic freedom, pandemics, and robust political economy. [PDF]

South Econ J, 2021
Candela RA, Geloso V.
europepmc   +1 more source

Entrepreneurship and State Public Policy [PDF]

Many state and local governments have focused on enacting policies to promote entrepreneurship in an effort to enhance economic growth. This paper will test the relationship between entrepreneurial activity and state economic freedom in a Granger ...
Elham Mafi-Kreft, Steven F. Kreft
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The Relationship Between Interest Rates and Agricultural Commodity Price Dynamics

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The U.S. Federal Reserve has undertaken several interest rate interventions in the past decade. This study explores the relationship between U.S. corn and soybean prices and Federal Reserve monetary policy interventions, in the short and long run.
Zhining Sun, Ani L. Katchova
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Impact of Economic Freedom and Educational Attainment on Life Expectancy: Evidence From the New EU Member States. [PDF]

Front Public Health, 2022
Moga Rogoz AT, Sart G, Bayar Y, Gavriletea MD.   +3 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Estimating the size of the trade sector in the Economic Freedom of the World index [PDF]

The Economic Freedom of the World (EFW) index measures the extent to which nations allow their citizens economic freedom. The freedom of people to trade internationally is a featured area within the index.
Chuck Skipton, Joshua C Hall, Robert Lawson   +2 more
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