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Internet Policy Review, 2016 This paper discusses self-labelling standards as sharing mediators in pirated versions of movies available online. Piracy has existed since the beginning of the film industry, challenging established rules and regulations.
Roberto Tietzmann, Liana Gross Furini
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Keeping their powder dry: Purity, pollution, and handgun ownership among Jewish women in Israel
Feminist Anthropology, EarlyView.Abstract This article examines the gendered practices through which Jewish women in Israel experience and negotiate personal handgun ownership in everyday life. Drawing on interviews, participant observation in gun‐related spaces, and analysis of women‐only online forums, we explore the expanding participation of Jewish women in civilian gun ownership,
Maya Maor +3 more
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Underground Economy in Croatia [PDF]
Financial Theory and Practice, 2009 The subject of this paper is to estimate the size of underground economy in the period 2001-2007 using labour approach. Two types of data are used: administrative and survey. The main questions are: How did the activity rates move?
Marija Švec
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The solid waste in Colombia analyzed via gross domestic product: towards a sustainable economy
Revista Facultad de Ingeniería Universidad de Antioquia, 2020 The main goal in this research is to study the Colombia’s solid waste in relation to the general trends of the gross domestic product of the country, a more general overview of the situation with respect to other neighbor countries and some leading ...
Henry A. Colorado +1 more
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The Unofficial Economy in Africa
, 2011 We examine the productivity of informal firms (those that are not registered with the government) in 24 African countries using field work and World Bank firm level data. We find that productivity jumps sharply if we compare small formal firms to informal firms, and rises rapidly with the size of formal firms.
Rafael La Porta, Andrei Shleifer
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Full Dollarisation and Economic Performance Revisited
International Journal of Finance &Economics, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This paper examines the economic performance of fully dollarised economies compared to those with alternative monetary regimes. Using an extensive dataset covering 192 countries from 1980 to 2021, we employ a variety of econometric techniques, including joint maximum likelihood and propensity score matching, to address endogeneity and ...
John Thornton, Chrysovalantis Vasilakis
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Active Ageing and Shadow Economy in Romania. An Empirical Causality Analysis
Management Dynamics in the Knowledge Economy, 2015 The paper aims to analyze the unidirectional relationship from active ageing phenomena to the size of the Romanian shadow economy in order to see if the unofficial sector represents a social buffer for older workers who have lower labor market ...
Adriana AnaMaria DAVIDESCU
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Статистика України, 2022 The article contains an analysis of the state, features and effectiveness of foreign trade relations of Ukraine with the Republic of Azerbaijan. It is revealed that the top priority of Ukraine in its approach to the expansion of cooperation with the ...
T. М. Bulakh +2 more
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Public Administration and Development, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This article explores the management adaptation strategies non‐governmental organizations (NGOs) managers employ in order to operate in repressive political environments. It answers the question: how do NGO managers initiate, manage and sustain internal change when the political/regulatory environment changes?
Charles Kaye‐Essien +2 more
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Uma medida do tamanho da economia informal no Brasil
Economia Aplicada, 1999 The work measures the share of the unofficial economy in Brazil, comparing sectorial datas of national accounts and those declared to income tax in 1996. It finds that 40% of total revenue of business sector escapes taxation.
Maria Helena Zockun
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