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Central Asia — twenty-five years after the breakup of the USSR

Russian Journal of Economics, 2017
Central Asia consists of five culturally and ethnically diverse countries that have followed different paths to political and economic transformation in the past 25 years since achieving independence from the Soviet Union.
Uuriintuya Batsaikhan, Marek Dabrowski
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Effect of labour flexibility on productivity in the andalusian hotel industry [PDF]

, 2013
In this work, we analyze the effect of labour flexibility on productivity in the Andalusian hotel industry. For this purpose, we use the data obtained by the Quality, Productivity and Competitiveness in the Hospitality Industry for Andalusia project (PO7/
García-Pozo, Alejandro, López-Rubio, José, Marchante-Mera, Andrés Jesús, Sanchez-Ollero, Jose Luis   +3 more
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Affiliating versus Subcontracting: the Case of Multinationals [PDF]

An aspect of globalization that has attracted increased attention in recent years is intra-firm trade. Actually, an intra-firm trading relationship indicates that an affiliate is present in the partner country. Hence, distinguishing intra- and extra-firm
P. SILLARD, S. RASPILLER
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Proposal to encode Egyptian Hieroglyphs in the SMP of the UCS [PDF]

, 2007
This is a proposal to encode a subset of the Egyptian Hieroglyphs in the international character encoding standard Unicode. The script was published in Unicode Standard version 5.2 in October 2009.
Everson, Michael, Richmond, Bob
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Exploring the interconnectedness of oil, gold, cryptocurrencies, and economic growth in geopolitical uncertainty: An econometric analysis

Social Sciences and Humanities Open
This study examines the interrelation among gold, oil, and cryptocurrency markets and their implications for economic growth in the context of geopolitical turmoil.
Tarek Sadraoui, Sameh Zarai, Mohamed Ali Azouzi   +2 more
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Building synthetic indicators for aspects of territorial capital [PDF]

, 2011
Empirical analyses highlight local structural features (territorial capital) as constraints on regional growth and interregional convergence processes, but scant attention is devoted to traditional localised resources and specifically the natural and ...
Martinoia, Michela, Pompili, Tomaso
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A new perspective on gold as a risk hedge: Long-term impacts of bilateral political tensions between the U.S. and China

International Review of Economics & Finance
Based on the GARCH-MIDAS model, this study systematically examines the impact of U.S.-China geopolitical tensions on the volatility of the spot gold market.
Shun Li, Yang Liu
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Labour flexibility and productivity in the hotel sector [PDF]

, 2013
In this paper, we analyze the effect of labour flexibility on productivity in the Andalusian hotel industry using raw data of our own database and applying an expanded version of the standard production function by distinguishing between part-time ...
Benavides-Velasco, Carlos Angel, García-Pozo, Alejandro, Sanchez-Ollero, Jose Luis   +2 more
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Prognostic accuracy of eight triage scores in suspected COVID-19 in an Emergency Department low-income setting: An observational cohort study

African Journal of Emergency Medicine
Introduction: Previous studies deriving and validating triage scores for patients with suspected COVID-19 in Emergency Department settings have been conducted in high- or middle-income settings.
Carl Marincowitz, Madina Hasan, Yasein Omer, Peter Hodkinson, David McAlpine, Steve Goodacre, Peter A. Bath, Gordon Fuller, Laura Sbaffi, Lee Wallis   +9 more
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The Impact of Political Relations Between Countries on Economic Relations

PSL Quarterly Review, 2012
In this paper, we assess the implications of changes in bilateral diplomatic relations with the United States for economic relations. We identify countries whose relations with the US changed during two historic and significant milestones in the past ...
Amir Najafi, Hossein Askari
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