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Effective researcher management (2009)
Presentation / Conference
Desai, T., & Ritchie, F. (2009, December). Effective researcher management. Paper presented at UNECE Worksession on Statistical Data Confidentiality 2009, Bilbao, Spain

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.

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

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.

An alternative test to check the validity of convergence results (2009)
Journal Article
Webber, D. J., & White, P. (2009). An alternative test to check the validity of convergence results. Applied Economics Letters, 16(18), 1825-1829. https://doi.org/10.1080/13504850701719579

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.

Futures markets and coffee prices (2009)
Thesis
Newman, S. Futures markets and coffee prices. (Thesis). The School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London. Retrieved from https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/990178

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.

The impact of global economic crisis on remittances in the commonwealth of independent states (2009)
Journal Article
O'Hara, S., Ivlevs, A., & Gentile, M. (2009). The impact of global economic crisis on remittances in the commonwealth of independent states. Eurasian Geography and Economics, 50(4), 447-463. https://doi.org/10.2747/1539-7216.50.4.447

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.

Financialization and changes in the social relations along commodity chains: The case of coffee (2009)
Journal Article
Newman, S. (2009). Financialization and changes in the social relations along commodity chains: The case of coffee. Review of Radical Political Economics, 41(4), 539-559. https://doi.org/10.1177/0486613409341454

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.

Job satisfaction and employment equity in South Africa (2009)
Journal Article
Hinks, T. (2009). Job satisfaction and employment equity in South Africa. Journal of African Economies, 19(2), 237-255. https://doi.org/10.1093/jae/ejp019

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
Broom, M., & Sellman, D. (2009). Evidence-based practice. In D. Sellman, & P. Snelling (Eds.), Becoming a Nurse: A Textbook for Professional Practice (167-197). Harlow, UK: Pearson Education

Antecedents to new public management reforms in the UK (2009)
Presentation / Conference
Robson, N. (2009, September). Antecedents to new public management reforms in the UK. Paper presented at Accounting Business and Financial History Conference, Cardiff, UK

This paper examines cost and management accounting reforms in the UK central government. It provides a historical context to the subsequent reform fervour associated with New Public Management (NPM) (Hood, 1995) and offers some explanations for the u... Read More about Antecedents to new public management reforms in the UK.

Modelling issues in the relationship between audit and non-audit fees (2009)
Journal Article
Adelopo, I. (2009). Modelling issues in the relationship between audit and non-audit fees. Journal of Applied Accounting Research, 10(2), 96-108. https://doi.org/10.1108/09675420910984664

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.

The effects of the economic downturn on migration from the New EU Member States to the United Kingdom (2009)
Presentation / Conference
Ivlevs, A., Piacentini, M., & Upward, R. (2009, September). The effects of the economic downturn on migration from the New EU Member States to the United Kingdom. Paper presented at COMPAS Annual Conference 2009: New Times? Economic Crisis, Geo-Political Transformation and the Emergent Migration Order, Centre on Migration, Policy and Society, University of Oxford, UK

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.

Congestion in the Chinese automobile and textile industries revisited (2009)
Journal Article
Flegg, A. T., & Allen, D. O. (2009). Congestion in the Chinese automobile and textile industries revisited. Socio-Economic Planning Sciences, 43(3), 177-191

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.

Regional productivity differentials in England: Explaining the gap (2009)
Journal Article
Webber, D. J., Hudson, J., Boddy, M., & Plumridge, A. (2009). Regional productivity differentials in England: Explaining the gap. Papers in Regional Science, 88(3), 609-621. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1435-5957.2008.00209.x

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.

Key aspects of teaching and learning in accounting, business and management (2009)
Book Chapter
Lucas, U., & Milford, P. (2009). Key aspects of teaching and learning in accounting, business and management. In H. Fry, S. Ketteridge, & S. Marshall (Eds.), A Handbook for Teaching and Learning in Higher Education: Enhancing Academic Practice (382-404). Abingdon, Oxon, UK: Routledge

Student participation in sporting activities (2009)
Journal Article
Webber, D. J., & Mearman, A. (2009). Student participation in sporting activities. Applied Economics, 41(9), 1183-1190. https://doi.org/10.1080/00036840601019216

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
Velazco, J., Chou, W. J., Guillen-Royo, M., Copestake, J., & Hinks, T. (2009). The relationship between economic and subjective wellbeing indicators in Peru. Applied Research in Quality of Life, 4(2), 155-177. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11482-009-9070-1

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.