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Cover of Risk and Return in Transportation and Other US and Global Industries
by Manolis G. Kavussanos, Stelios Marcoulis
Language: English
Release Date: March 9, 2013

The type of research methodologies used in analysing stock returns in the book is outlined in this technical chapter. The chapter begins with definitions of useful summary statistics, such as the mean, standard deviation, coefficient of variation, and their interpretation. Tests statistics for inferences...
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Capital and the Debt Trap

Learning from cooperatives in the global crisis

by Claudia Sanchez Bajo, Bruno Roelants, Claudia Sanchez Bajo
Language: English
Release Date: August 30, 2011

The financial crisis is destroying wealth but is also a remarkable opportunity to uncover the ways by which debt can be used to regulate the economic system. This book uses four case studies of cooperatives to give an in-depth analysis on how they have braved the crisis and continued to generate wealth.
Cover of Impact of restructuring and privatization on the performance of the electricity sector in Nigeria
by Eshi Agbadua
Language: English
Release Date: February 22, 2017

Master's Thesis from the year 2015 in the subject Economics - Case Scenarios, grade: 65, Aston University, language: English, abstract: The slow and deteriorating performance of the electricity power sector over the last few decades triggered the Federal Government of Nigeria to embark on a power...
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Language: English
Release Date: July 25, 2016

This contributed volume applies spatial and space-time econometric methods to spatial interaction modeling. The first part of the book addresses general cutting-edge methodological questions in spatial econometric interaction modeling, which concern aspects such as coefficient interpretation, constrained...
Cover of Economics of the Indian Steel Industry
by Susmita Dasgupta
Language: English
Release Date: July 14, 2017

Steel is the foundational material of modern civilization and constitutes the core of industry, and yet, it is overproduced across the world. This supply glut is reducing margins and turning steel into a sunset industry. Steel consumes as much as four times the amount of raw materials as its produced...
Cover of Investitionen am russischen Kapitalmarkt
by Irina Markova
Language: German
Release Date: August 31, 2009

Projektarbeit aus dem Jahr 2008 im Fachbereich VWL - Fallstudien, Länderstudien, Note: 1,3, Bergische Universität Wuppertal, Veranstaltung: Investmentbanking/Finanzmarktanalyse, Sprache: Deutsch, Abstract: Mitte 1986 hat Michail Gorbatschow ein Prozess zur Umbau und Modernisierung der sowjetischen...
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Governing Metropolitan Transport

Institutional Solutions for Policy Problems

by Simone Busetti
Language: English
Release Date: February 4, 2015

This book investigates the link between institutions and public policies with specific reference to transport. It opens by examining the main arguments for the establishment of metropolitan transport authorities. The potential impacts of institutional change on the policy efficiency of institutions...
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Income Contingent Loans

Theory, Practice and Prospects

by Timothy Higgins
Language: English
Release Date: May 28, 2014

This study explores the prospect of the application of the basic principles of ICL into many other potential areas of social and economic policy. Using case studies it evaluates previously implemented ICL schemes where interest rate subsidies are usually the norm, and questions the merits of this approach.
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Controversies in Local Economic Development

Stories, Strategies, Solutions

by Martin Perry
Language: English
Release Date: July 2, 2010

Efforts to promote the economic development of individual localities engage the attention of academics, students and professionals. Many such analysts argue that competitive advantage can be fostered within local economies, complimenting the advent of a more globalised economy. Intensified efforts...
Cover of What About Us —the Earth’s People?
by Charles Turner, Hildegarde Hannum
Language: English
Release Date: January 11, 2016

The collection of lectures and publications from the Schumacher Center for a New Economics represents some of the foremost voices on a new economics. As the old paradigm of materialism that is causing social, ecological, and economic injustices crumbles, it is essential to consciously participate...
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What is a Work of Art in the Age of $120,000 Art Degrees?

“Entrepreneurs of the Self” in the New Economy

by Caroline Woolard, Hildegarde Hannum
Language: English
Release Date: December 3, 2015

The collection of lectures and publications from the Schumacher Center for a New Economics represents some of the foremost voices on a new economics. Caroline Woolard’s story begins with the decision that she would not put any money into paying rent but rather put every dollar she made into...
Cover of Decentralization and Reform in Africa
by Sylvain H. Boko
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012

I woke up at 3:30 on a steamy December morning at my hotel at McCarthy Hill, Accra, to prepare to take the early morning Vanef-STC bus operating on the Accra-Kumasi line. At 4am, the front desk called to inform me that I had requested a 3:45am wake-up time the night before. I figured a IS-minute tardiness...
Cover of Economical situation of Thuringia - Representation and reality
by Anonymous
Language: English
Release Date: April 24, 2003

Seminar paper from the year 2002 in the subject Economics - Case Scenarios, grade: 2,3 (B), University of Kassel (FB Business english), 6 entries in the bibliography, language: English, abstract: Introduction Free state Thuringia - mentioned the strong middle of Germany or also the green heart of...
Cover of Developing and understanding of Australia's economy over the last two years
by John Mutunga
Language: English
Release Date: February 28, 2014

Research Paper (postgraduate) from the year 2012 in the subject Economics - Case Scenarios, grade: B, University of Leeds, language: English, abstract: The economic condition of a country is determined by both the factors that are out of the managing capacity of its governing body and directly implemented...
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