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The Declining Share of Agricultural Employment in the People\u27s Republic of China: How Fast? [PDF]
, 2014 From 1962 to 2013, the People’s Republic of China’s (PRC’s) agricultural employment share declined from 82% to 31%. The transfer of workers out of low-productivity agriculture is a fundamental pillar of the PRC’s aspirations to progress and eventually ...
Dacuycuy, Connie +2 more
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Business Ethics, the Environment &Responsibility, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Multinational enterprises (MNEs) leverage strategies of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) at the parent and subsidiary levels to build a reputation overseas. Nevertheless, institutional distance can weaken this connection in developing host countries, where MNEs face significant institutional voids.
Francisco Javier Forcadell +3 more
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Linkage Between Electoral Cycle and the Discouragement of African Firms in the Credit Market
International Finance, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This article analyzes the linkage between the electoral cycle and the discouragement of SMEs in the credit market of 14 African countries. It focuses on 12,145 firms over the period 2006–2020. The results obtained from Probit estimates show elections are negatively linked with the discouragement of firms in the credit market.
Cherif Abdramane, Simplice A. Asongu
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Economic growth and environmental degradation : an analysis on GDPpc and CO2pc emissions
, 2021 The continuous growth in GHG emissions derived from human activity has stirred the debate on if it is possible to combine an ever-growing economy with sustainability values, environmental equality and justice. Whether climate change should be tackled from an eco-modernist perspective, or an economic de-growth perspective is important to help define ...
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Kyklos, EarlyView.ABSTRACT We study the effect of royal status—a historically rooted legal privilege enjoyed by hereditary monarchs and their families—on human longevity, a proxy of individuals' health capital. We disentangle the effect of royal status that encompassed serving as heads of state from that of other royal family members and compare it to their contemporary
Alberto Batinti +2 more
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Cost-effectiveness of bortezomib for multiple myeloma: a systematic review
ClinicoEconomics and Outcomes Research, 2016 Wendong Chen,1 Yicheng Yang,2 Yi Chen,3 Fen Du,3 Huan Zhan3 1Normin Health, Toronto, ON, Canada; 2Xian Janssen, Beijing, People's Republic of China; 3Normin Health Changsha Representative Office, Changsha, People's Republic of China Objectives ...
Chen W, Yang Y, Chen Y, Du F, Zhan H
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Evidence of Monetary Policy and Economic Growth Nexus from Pakistan
Sustainable Business and Society in Emerging EconomiesPurpose: To analyze the relationship between monetary policy and economic growth in Pakistan, study had used time-series data from 1975 to 2023. Design/Methodology/Approach: Employing an empirical approach, the study applies the Error Correction ...
Ghulam Yahya Khan +3 more
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Better VAT for Both Explicit and Implicit Financial Fees
Public Budgeting &Finance, EarlyView.Abstract Recently, several countries have initiated reforms on their VAT regimes to include financial services, following the emergence of various methods for taxing both implicit and explicit fees. This article provides a theoretical and empirical analysis of these reforms.
Guillermo Peña
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Bureaucratic Politics and Aid Allocation: Evidence From the US Agency for International Development
Regulation &Governance, EarlyView.ABSTRACT We examine the impact of bureaucratic politics within the US Agency for International Development on the allocation of its development assistance. Existing studies of aid allocation have focused on donor interests, recipient needs, and recipient merit without accounting for the bureaucratic decision‐making process that helps determine these ...
Gus Greenstein, Mirko Heinzel
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Review of Development Economics, EarlyView.ABSTRACT In the present study, we examined the impact of the net effects of foreign direct investment (FDI) on biodiversity and ecological footprint productivity in 21 Latin American countries over a 32‐year period from 1990 to 2022. Additionally, we propose the hypothesis of ecological transition (ETH), which conceptualizes the asymmetric impact on ...
Gonzalo H. Soto +2 more
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