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Economic Convergence and Economic Policies [PDF]
SSRN Electronic Journal, 1995 Many of the crucial debates in development economics are encapsulated in the question of economic convergence. Is there a tendency for the poorer countries to grow more rapidly than the richer countries, and thereby to converge in living standards? Some recent research on endogenous growth has emphasized increasing returns as a possible reason not to ...
Andrew M. Warner +2 more
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Energy Economics and Policy [PDF]
The Scientific World Journal, 2013 There are emerging concerns worldwide on management of energy resources and its development, such as control of the environmental impact of energy use, regulation and expedition of the commercialization of renewable energy, and reevaluation of the safety issue of nuclear power.
Zhan-Ming Chen, Bin Chen, Han-Song Tang
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Networks and economic policy [PDF]
Oxford Review of Economic Policy, 2019 Abstract Over the past two decades, economists have made significant advances in understanding how networks affect individual behaviour and shape aggregate outcomes. We argue that insights from network economics can play an important role in the design of economic policy. Focusing on six policy domains, we show that network economics not
Elliott, Matthew L +2 more
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Constitutions and Economic Policy [PDF]
Journal of Economic Perspectives, 2004 This paper discusses theoretical and empirical research on how two constitutional features, electoral rules and forms of government, affect economic policymaking. The authors begin by outlining some key objectives of democratic political constitutions and by pointing out the inertia and systematic selection that characterize real-world constitutions ...
PERSSON T., TABELLINI, GUIDO
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Water Economics and Policy [PDF]
Water, 2017 Economics plays a double role in the field of water management, firstly as a powerful analytical tool supporting water allocation and policy decisions, and secondly in the form of policy instruments (water pricing, markets, etc.). This Special Issue presents a platform for sharing results connecting excellent interdisciplinary research applied to ...
Julio Berbel +2 more
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Policy Evaluation and Economic Policy Advice [PDF]
SSRN Electronic Journal, 2007 Arguably, one of the most important developments in the field of applied economics during the last few decades has been the emergence of systematic policy evaluation, with its distinct focus on the establishment of causality. By contrast to the natural sciences, the objects of our scientific interest typically exert some influence on their treatment ...
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Drugs: Drugs, economics and policy [PDF]
Economic Policy, 1997 There is no necessary link between drug consumption, addiction and social disintegration. Empirical evidence suggests that a considerable share of the population has consumed illegal drugs during some period of their lives. A substantial proportion of drug users have a job and home. Many 'mature out' of drug consumption in their thirties.
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Economic Theory, Economic Reality and Economic Policy
R-economy, 2015 This paper analyzes the opposition between the «liberals» and «statists» in the Russian political and economic thought. It demonstrates that the economic liberalization is an absolute prerequisite for the transition to sustainable socio-economic development.
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Remittances and economic policy [PDF]
, 2012 Remittances can have a contractive net impact on the recipient economy. In this case the effect of the sterilized intervention of the central bank in the foreign exchange market and/or the impact of stimulus policies on the autonomous demand prevent the contraction of GNP and foments the desired composition of the aggregate demand.
Luis Alberto Alonso González +1 more
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Health and economic policy [PDF]
BMJ, 1995 The health sector should be contributing to the development of economic policy The idea that the health sector should collaborate in the development of policies in other sectors, such as transport, housing, or energy, is nowadays widely accepted in principle, if insufficiently in practice.
Hugo Crombie, Peter Draper
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