All Outputs (38)

Effective researcher management (2009)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

National Statistical Institutes [NSIs] are increasingly investigating new ways of providing access to confidential microdata for research purposes. These innovations are being driven by the requirement for NSIs to ensure the best possible return for... Read More about Effective researcher management.

An alternative test to check the validity of convergence results (2009)
Journal Article

This article presents a simple method for identifying distributional dynamic properties of economies using the ideas of concordance and discordance. It can be employed to examine the strength and validity of the results of other methods. The method h... Read More about An alternative test to check the validity of convergence results.

The impact of global economic crisis on remittances in the commonwealth of independent states (2009)
Journal Article

Two European geographers and an economist analyze the impact of the 2008-2009 global economic recession on remittances in the Commonwealth of Independent States. Drawing on balance-of-payments data as well as information on money transfers to and fro... Read More about The impact of global economic crisis on remittances in the commonwealth of independent states.

The Creative Class, Bohemians and Local Labor Market performance: A micro-data panel study for Germany 1975–2004 (2009)
Journal Article

The paper aims at testing Florida's concept of the Creative Class using panel data for 323 West German regions for the time period 1975 - 2004. Applying a dynamic system approach based on GMM, we find that the local concentration of the Creative Clas... Read More about The Creative Class, Bohemians and Local Labor Market performance: A micro-data panel study for Germany 1975–2004.

Futures markets and coffee prices (2009)
Thesis

This thesis constitutes an empirical critique of neoclassical economic theory as applied to the study of commodity markets. It is argued that the liberalisation of coffee marketing systems in producing countries, the collapse of the International Cof... Read More about Futures markets and coffee prices.

Financialization and changes in the social relations along commodity chains: The case of coffee (2009)
Journal Article

This article examines distributional implications of the restructuring of international coffee markets that has occurred since the collapse of the International Coffee Agreement in 1989 and market liberalization in coffee producing countries under st... Read More about Financialization and changes in the social relations along commodity chains: The case of coffee.

Experiencing change in German controlling: Management accounting in a globalising world (2009)
Report

Job satisfaction and employment equity in South Africa (2009)
Journal Article

This paper is the first to estimate job satisfaction equations in post-Apartheid South Africa. Absolute earnings contribute to greater job satisfaction. Racial group is also an important predictor of job satisfaction, but, when interacted with a prox... Read More about Job satisfaction and employment equity in South Africa.

Evidence-based practice (2009)
Book Chapter

Modelling issues in the relationship between audit and non-audit fees (2009)
Journal Article

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to examine modelling issues in the research of the relationship between audit and non-audit fees by comparing the outcome of a single-equation model of fees to the results of simultaneous equation model (SEM) of t... Read More about Modelling issues in the relationship between audit and non-audit fees.

Congestion in the Chinese automobile and textile industries revisited (2009)
Journal Article

This paper re-examines a problem of congested inputs in the Chinese automobile and textile industries, which was identified by Cooper et al. [5]. Since these authors employed a single approach in measuring congestion, it is worth exploring whether a... Read More about Congestion in the Chinese automobile and textile industries revisited.

The effects of the economic downturn on migration from the New EU Member States to the United Kingdom (2009)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

The paper studies how the current economic and financial crisis affected migration flows from the new EU Member States (NMS) to the United Kingdom (UK). Using Worker Registration Scheme data, we find a strong correlation between the change in economi... Read More about The effects of the economic downturn on migration from the New EU Member States to the United Kingdom.

What lies ahead? Defence budgets and the financial crisis (2009)
Journal Article

Regional productivity differentials in England: Explaining the gap (2009)
Journal Article

Significant and persistent differences in regional productivity exist across most countries and are the subject of academic and policy concern. We use plant-level data to examine the determinants of regional productivity differentials across regions... Read More about Regional productivity differentials in England: Explaining the gap.

The Foundations of Non-equilibrium Economics (2009)
Book

This book deals with the foundations of non-equilibrium economics.

Developing ‘developing a reflective capacity: Insights from work-based learning: A practitioner report (2009)
Report

Key aspects of teaching and learning in accounting, business and management (2009)
Book Chapter

Student participation in sporting activities (2009)
Journal Article

Given that many universities spend large sum of money supplying sports facilities for student use, comparatively little is known about the factors that influence the quantity of student sporting participation. This article presents evidence which sug... Read More about Student participation in sporting activities.

The relationship between economic and subjective wellbeing indicators in Peru (2009)
Journal Article

Previous studies in Peru have identified apparent mismatches between people's perceptions of their wellbeing and indicators of their material welfare. This paper draws on primary data from relatively poor localities in Central Peru to investigate the... Read More about The relationship between economic and subjective wellbeing indicators in Peru.

The downside of ‘financialisation’ of international commodity markets (2009)
Journal Article

The current global financial crisis has revealed that many economies, both developed and developing, have become increasingly ‘financialised’. This Development Viewpoint focuses on the ‘financialisation’ of the international marketing of coffee (the... Read More about The downside of ‘financialisation’ of international commodity markets.