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Can producer currency pricing models generate volatile real exchange rates? (2012)
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Povoledo, L. (2012). Can producer currency pricing models generate volatile real exchange rates?. Economics Letters, 116(3), 436-439. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.econlet.2012.04.033

If the elasticities of substitution between traded and nontraded and between Home and Foreign traded goods are sufficiently low, then the real exchange rate generated by a model with full producer currency pricing is as volatile as in the data. © 201... Read More about Can producer currency pricing models generate volatile real exchange rates?.

"Push" versus "pull" entrepreneurship: An ambiguous distinction? (2012)
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Dawson, C., & Henley, A. (2012). "Push" versus "pull" entrepreneurship: An ambiguous distinction?. International Journal of Entrepreneurial Behavior and Research, 18(6), 697-719. https://doi.org/10.1108/13552551211268139

Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to reassess whether individuals choose to become self-employed for "pull" or "push" reasons, to discuss and describe ambiguities in this distinction, with focus on differences between men and women, and draw conc... Read More about "Push" versus "pull" entrepreneurship: An ambiguous distinction?.

Rating or no rating? That is the question: An empirical examination of UK companies (2012)
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Tucker, J., Gonis, E., & 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. https://doi.org/10.1080/1351847X.2011.649215

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.

Measuring the perceived importance of ethics and social responsibility in financial services: A narrative-inductive approach (2012)
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Adelopo, I., Obalola, M., & Adelopo, I. (2012). Measuring the perceived importance of ethics and social responsibility in financial services: A narrative-inductive approach. Social Responsibility Journal, 8(3), 418-432. https://doi.org/10.1108/17471111211247992

Purpose - This paper aims to reflect the argument that the impetus to engage in socially responsible actions is ultimately reinforced by the perceived belief that doing so will be beneficial to the corporation in the long run. Design/methodology/appr... Read More about Measuring the perceived importance of ethics and social responsibility in financial services: A narrative-inductive approach.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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?.

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.

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.

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.