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Real wages, inflation and labour productivity in Australia (2012)
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Kumar, S., Webber, D. J., & Perry, G. (2012). Real wages, inflation and labour productivity in Australia. Applied Economics, 44(23), 2945-2954. https://doi.org/10.1080/00036846.2011.568405

This article presents an analysis of real wages, inflation and labour productivity interrelationships using cointegration, Granger causality and, most importantly, structural change tests. Applications of tests to Australian data over the 1965 to 200... Read More about Real wages, inflation and labour productivity in Australia.

Does More Schooling Make You Run for the Border? Evidence from Post-Independence Kosovo (2012)
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Ivļevs, A., Ivlevs, A., & King, R. M. (2012). Does More Schooling Make You Run for the Border? Evidence from Post-Independence Kosovo. Journal of Development Studies, 48(8), 1108-1120. https://doi.org/10.1080/00220388.2012.658377

Does an extra year of schooling augment one's propensity to migrate? In a naive regression, which does not account for the potential reverse causality and omitted variables, the coefficient of education is likely to be biased. To deal with the proble... Read More about Does More Schooling Make You Run for the Border? Evidence from Post-Independence Kosovo.

Culture-based development: Empirical evidence for Germany (2012)
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Tubadji, A. (2012). Culture-based development: Empirical evidence for Germany. International Journal of Social Economics, 39(9), 690-703. https://doi.org/10.1108/03068291211245718

Purpose - The purpose of this paper is to provide a comprehensive concept for the role of culture in economic growth. Design/methodology/approach - The paper overviews the culture based development (CBD) concept and its precise definition of culture... Read More about Culture-based development: Empirical evidence for Germany.

Culture, participative decision making and job satisfaction (2012)
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van der Westhuizen, D. W., Pacheco, G., & Webber, D. J. (2012). Culture, participative decision making and job satisfaction. International Journal of Human Resource Management, 23(13), 2661-2679. https://doi.org/10.1080/09585192.2011.625967

This study explores the impact of culture on participatory decision making (PDM) and job satisfaction (JS) using data obtained from the European Values Study (EVS). We parameterise two different cultural variables using principal components analysis:... Read More about Culture, participative decision making and job satisfaction.

Grade surprise and the decision to stay on into post-compulsory education (2012)
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Webber, D. J. (2012). Grade surprise and the decision to stay on into post-compulsory education. Applied Economics Letters, 19(11), 1095-1099. https://doi.org/10.1080/13504851.2011.613765

This article argues that an important influence on boys' decisions to stay on into post-compulsory education is the attainment of maths grades that differ from expectations. © 2012 Taylor & Francis.

Preventing the "Abuses" of Democracy: Hayek, the "Military Usurper" and Transitional Dictatorship in Chile? (2012)
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Farrant, A., Mcphail, E., & Berger, S. (2012). Preventing the "Abuses" of Democracy: Hayek, the "Military Usurper" and Transitional Dictatorship in Chile?. American Journal of Economics and Sociology, 71(3), 513-538. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1536-7150.2012.00824.x

Hayek famously claimed that he would prefer a "liberal" dictator to "democratic government lacking in liberalism." While Hayek's views of the Pinochet regime have generated much controversy, surprisingly little has been written about Hayek's defense... Read More about Preventing the "Abuses" of Democracy: Hayek, the "Military Usurper" and Transitional Dictatorship in Chile?.

Liquidity preference, uncertainty, and recession in a stock-flow consistent model (2012)
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Dafermos, Y. (2012). Liquidity preference, uncertainty, and recession in a stock-flow consistent model. Journal of Post Keynesian Economics, 34(4), 749-776. https://doi.org/10.2753/PKE0160-3477340407

This paper develops a stock-flow consistent model that explicitly integrates the role of liquidity preference and perceived uncertainty into the decision-making process of households, firms, and commercial banks. Emphasis is placed on (1) the link be... Read More about Liquidity preference, uncertainty, and recession in a stock-flow consistent model.

Ageing, Local Birth Rates and Attitudes towards Immigration:Evidence from a Transition Economy (2012)
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Ivlevs, A. (2012). Ageing, Local Birth Rates and Attitudes towards Immigration:Evidence from a Transition Economy. Regional Studies, 46(7), 947-959. https://doi.org/10.1080/00343404.2010.546779

Ivļevs A. Ageing, local birth rates and attitudes towards immigration:evidence from a transition economy, Regional Studies. This paper studies the links between local birth rates and individual attitudes towards immigration, focusing on Latvia - a co... Read More about Ageing, Local Birth Rates and Attitudes towards Immigration:Evidence from a Transition Economy.

Corporate governance disclosure practices by Swaziland public enterprises (2012)
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Adelopo, I. (2012). Corporate governance disclosure practices by Swaziland public enterprises. African Journal of Business Management, 6(24), 7136-7148. https://doi.org/10.5897/AJBM12.118

Financialized corporate strategies and restructuring of global supply chains (2012)
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Newman, S. (2012). Financialized corporate strategies and restructuring of global supply chains

Industrial organization and Inter-firm relations within vertically disintegrated and spatially dispersed production systems emerged as a burgeoning area of research in the 1990s and 2000s across what might be broadly considered as development studies... Read More about Financialized corporate strategies and restructuring of global supply chains.

Agency, identity, and the great crisis: A veblenian perspective (2012)
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Wrenn, M. (2012). Agency, identity, and the great crisis: A veblenian perspective. Journal of Economic Issues, 46(2), 403-410. https://doi.org/10.2753/JEI0021-3624460215

Within neoliberalism, an individual's agency and identity are fundamentally different than at any other stage in human development. The argument set forth is that within neoliberalism, agency and identity are, respectively, falsified and fluid, which... Read More about Agency, identity, and the great crisis: A veblenian perspective.

Liquidity risk and performance of banking system (2012)
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Arif, A., & Nauman Anees, A. (2012). Liquidity risk and performance of banking system. Journal of Financial Regulation and Compliance, 20(2), 182-195. https://doi.org/10.1108/13581981211218342

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to examine liquidity risk in Pakistani banks and evaluate the effect on banks' profitability. Design/methodology/approach – Data are retrieved from the balance sheets, income statements and notes of 22 Pakistani... Read More about Liquidity risk and performance of banking system.

A consistent approach for the treatment of Fermi acceleration in time-dependent billiards (2012)
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Karlis, A. K., Diakonos, F. K., & Constantoudis, V. (2012). A consistent approach for the treatment of Fermi acceleration in time-dependent billiards. Chaos, 22(2), 026120. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3697399

The standard description of Fermi acceleration, developing in a class of time-dependent billiards, is given in terms of a diffusion process taking place in momentum space. Within this framework, the evolution of the probability density function (PDF)... Read More about A consistent approach for the treatment of Fermi acceleration in time-dependent billiards.

The UK’s external balance sheet – The international investment position (2012)
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Whittard, D. (2012). The UK’s external balance sheet – The international investment position

The paper describes the path of the UK's international investment position (IIP) with the rest of the world. The paper shows that both UK assets and liabilities grew considerably during the past decade. Liabilities always outstripped assets during th... Read More about The UK’s external balance sheet – The international investment position.

Smoking ban and life satisfaction: Evidence from the UK (2012)
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from the UK. Economic Issues, 17(1), 23-48

This paper contributes to the literature on happiness economics by testing whether a national smoking ban contributes to changes in smoking behaviour amongst smokers in England, Wales and Northern Ireland. Based on 'set-point' theory and the idea of... Read More about Smoking ban and life satisfaction: Evidence from the UK.

Family migration capital and migration intentions (2012)
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Ivlevs, A., & King, R. M. (2012). Family migration capital and migration intentions. Journal of Family and Economic Issues, 33(1), 118-129. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10834-011-9269-9

Does a history of migration in the family influence one's decision to move abroad? This paper argues that intergenerational transmission of 'migration capital' accumulated in the family is a significant determinant of current decisions to migrate. Us... Read More about Family migration capital and migration intentions.

Students' perceptions of economics: Identifying demand for further study (2012)
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Webber, D. J., & Mearman, A. (2012). Students' perceptions of economics: Identifying demand for further study. Applied Economics, 44(9), 1121-1132. https://doi.org/10.1080/00036846.2010.537640

Most university departments aspire to increase their quantity of students. The objective of this empirical study is to ascertain whether it is possible to identify students who would demand more economics study. Using data on student perceptions of e... Read More about Students' perceptions of economics: Identifying demand for further study.

Economic performance in rural England (2012)
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Webber, D. J., & Curry, N. (2012). Economic performance in rural England. Regional Studies, 46(3), 279-291. https://doi.org/10.1080/00343404.2010.505914

Curry N. and Webber D.J. Economic performance in rural England, Regional Studies. Measuring rural economic performance is obscured by the simultaneous use of two spatial platforms: the 'city-region' and the 'rural definition'. The characteristics of... Read More about Economic performance in rural England.

Credit risk and shareholders' value in a developing economy: Evidence from Pakistani banking system (2012)
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Arif, A., & ., M. A. (2012). Credit risk and shareholders' value in a developing economy: Evidence from Pakistani banking system. Journal of Economics and Behavioral Studies, 4(2), 87-95. https://doi.org/10.22610/jebs.v4i2.306

The present study examines the role of credit risk in value creation process in banking system of Pakistan. This study here develops a conceptual model with three antecedents to credit risk. These antecedents are loan loss provision, advances, and ca... Read More about Credit risk and shareholders' value in a developing economy: Evidence from Pakistani banking system.

Rating or no rating: That is the question: An empirical examination of UK companies (2012)
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Gonis, E., Tucker, J., & Paul, S. (2012). Rating or no rating: That is the question: An empirical examination of UK companies. European Journal of Finance, 18(8), 709-735

The aim of this paper is to examine the main determinants of the rating likelihood of UK companies. We use a binary probit specification to model the main drivers of a firm’s propensity to be rated. Using a sample of 245 non-financial UK companies ov... Read More about Rating or no rating: That is the question: An empirical examination of UK companies.