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Quantitative Techniques used for the Informal Economy Analysis at National and Regional Level [PDF]

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The main issues in the informal economy domain are related to its definition, quantification, its position at the level of national economy and the application of econometric models to quantify its effects on economic and social development, at national ...
Andreea Iluzia IACOB   +3 more
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Entrepreneurial finance in a regional economy

open access: yesVenture Capital, 2010
Geographical considerations generally attract little consideration in studies of entrepreneurial finance. However, financial systems are inherently spatial, characterised by complex institutional geographies that both reflect and influence their functioning (Martin 1999). Three geographical effects can be identified.
openaire   +5 more sources

How do current and past mining activities affect water security, health, and economic opportunities?

open access: yesApplied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.
Abstract This paper investigates the effect of mining activities on health care, income and water deprivations in Africa. By combining household data with mining locations, we conducted an econometric analysis to assess the impact of mining on self‐reported water security, health, and economic opportunities for 142,838 households.
Raymond Boadi Frempong   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Production networks and failure avalanches [PDF]

open access: yesarXiv, 2005
Although standard economics textbooks are seldom interested in production networks, modern economies are more and more based upon suppliers/customers interactions. One can consider entire sectors of the economy as generalised supply chains. We will take this view in the present paper and study under which conditions local failures to produce or simply ...
arxiv  

An alternative regional strategy [PDF]

open access: yes, 2004
Regions, this extract suggests, cannot bring about regional inequality without significant national level action. The key, it is claimed, is a ‘national commitment to decentre the economy’.
Amin, Ash, Massey, Doreen, Thrift, Nigel
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The effects of extreme weather on rural transportation infrastructure and crop prices along the Lower Mississippi River

open access: yesApplied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.
Abstract Extreme weather events are worsening the fragile rural infrastructure in the United States, impacting trade flows of agricultural products. The Mississippi River, vital for transporting agricultural commodities, reached historic lows during the 2022 and 2023 fall harvests, increasing transportation costs and lowering crop prices.
James L. Mitchell, Hunter D. Biram
wiley   +1 more source

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