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Why do students study economics? (2014)
Journal Article
Understanding official data sources: Final report for the low pay commission (2014)
Report
The paper is split into three main sections: a review of existing data sources; an analysis of characteristics of the main reference datasets used for the production of research and official statistics; and an investigation into the imputation code u... Read More about Understanding official data sources: Final report for the low pay commission.
2004 Minority Education Reform and pupil performance in Latvia (2014)
Journal Article
One quarter of all schoolchildren in Latvia go to the publicly funded minority (predominantly Russian) schools. In 2004, the language of instruction in minority schools was changed from essentially minority language to a composite of 60% Latvian and... Read More about 2004 Minority Education Reform and pupil performance in Latvia.
Macroprudential regulations as counter-cyclical tools: The case of Turkey (2014)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
This paper analyzes the effectiveness of macroprudential regulations adopted by the Central Bank of Turkey in the aftermath of the global financial crisis. In particular, we examine the effects of the domestic policy rate and the reserve requirements... Read More about Macroprudential regulations as counter-cyclical tools: The case of Turkey.
Informal credit institutions in transition countries: A study of urban money lenders in post-communist Uzbekistan (2014)
Journal Article
Research on informal financial institutions in transition economies is scant. This study investigates behaviour of urban money lenders in Uzbekistan. Money lending in Uzbekistan is a relatively new business which emerged mostly in response to targete... Read More about Informal credit institutions in transition countries: A study of urban money lenders in post-communist Uzbekistan.
A universal mechanism for long-range cross-correlations (2014)
Journal Article
Cross-correlations are thought to emerge through interaction between particles. Here we present a universal dynamical mechanism capable of generating power-law cross-correlations between non-interacting particles exposed to an external potential. Thi... Read More about A universal mechanism for long-range cross-correlations.
Attracting convention and exhibition attendance to complex MICE venues: Emerging data from Macao (2014)
Journal Article
This study presents an importance-performance analysis of multi-level attributes (event, facility and destination) evaluated by delegates attending an exhibition event in a 'complex meetings, incentive, convention or exhibition (MICE) venue' in great... Read More about Attracting convention and exhibition attendance to complex MICE venues: Emerging data from Macao.
Altruism to strangers for our own sake: Domestic effects from immigration: A comparative analysis for EU15 (2014)
Journal Article
Purpose: Theoretical and empirical research on the impact of immigrants for local development is rather inconclusive regarding the direction of said impact. The purpose of this paper is to identify relationships between human capital and cultural cap... Read More about Altruism to strangers for our own sake: Domestic effects from immigration: A comparative analysis for EU15.
Introduction to cultural research approaches: Applications to culture and labour analysis (2014)
Journal Article
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to provide a brief introduction to the topic of cultural research approaches that are applicable for investigating the interdependence of culture and labour. The "Introduction" notes two main constraints and four... Read More about Introduction to cultural research approaches: Applications to culture and labour analysis.