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Income and time dependence of forest product demand elasticities and implications for forecasting
Silva Fennica, 2015 In view of improving multi-country forest sector models, this study investigated to what extent the price and income elasticity of demand for forest products had changed in the past two decades, and how much they depended on the countries income level ...
Joseph Buongiorno
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Egypt beyond the crisis : medium-term challenges for sustained growth [PDF]
The paper analyzes the impact of the recent global crisis in the context of the previous two decades'growth and capital flows. Growth decomposition exercises show that Egyptian growth is driven mostly by capital accumulation.
Herrera, Santiago +3 more
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The Impact of Monetary and Tax Policy on Income Inequality in Japan [PDF]
, 2018 This paper assesses the effects of the most recent monetary policy behavior of the Bank of Japan (BOJ) (in particular, zero interest rate policy and negative interest rate policy) and Japanese tax policy on income inequality in this country during the ...
Shimizu, Sayoko +2 more
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The Xenocentric Mindset: Cultural and Personality Drivers Behind Consumer Preferences
Journal of Consumer Behaviour, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This study examines the psychological and cultural dimensions that influence consumer xenocentrism in Brazil and Iran, focusing on horizontal–vertical individualism–collectivism and the “Big Five” personality traits—extraversion, agreeableness, conscientiousness, neuroticism, and intellect/imagination.
José I. Rojas‐Méndez +3 more
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Stimulating income generation for the population in Uzbekistan: an econometric analysis [PDF]
The core issue of national anti-crisis programmes in many countries is to stimulate domestic demand. Anti-crisis programme in Uzbekistan also includes such measures as reducing tax burden, expanding access to credit resources for producers and providing ...
Sergey V. Chepel
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Can ISO/IEC 17025 serve as a tool to prevent scientific fraud in chemical research laboratories?
The Canadian Journal of Chemical Engineering, EarlyView.Abstract Scientific fraud has been documented across multiple disciplines, and chemistry is no exception. Recent studies indicate that contamination of materials, methodological errors, and unreliable data, results, or analyses account for over 25% of retracted publications.
Flor Monica Gutierrez‐Alcantara
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Wages Around the World: Pay Across Occupations and Countries [PDF]
This study transforms the October Inquiry' Survey of wages conducted by the International Labour Organization into a consistent data file on pay in 161 occupations in over 150 countries from 1983 to 1998 to examine the pattern of pay across occupations ...
Remco Oostendorp, Richard B. Freeman
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TCFD Compliance and Decarbonization Practices: Evidence From Taiwan's Financial Institutions
Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Using Taiwan's unique Task Force on Climate‐Related Financial Disclosures (TCFD) compliance dataset on 80 financial institutions compiled based on a content analysis methodology, we find that financial firms' extent of decarbonization practices positively affects TCFD compliance, suggesting that firms with more substantive decarbonization ...
Ching‐Yuan Hsiao, Yung‐Ming Shiu
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