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An investigation on the shuttle trade dynamics of a small-open-economy

Sahin, Afsin; Akdi, Yilmaz; Atakan, Cemal - In: International journal of economic sciences and applied … 1 (2008) 2, pp. 1-12

In this article we have tried to assess the possible relationships between shuttle trade and the expletory variables and the expletory variables, export (f.o.b.), import (c.i.f.) and CPI based real effective US dollar exchange rate. We employed monthly data of Turkey covering the years from...

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Impact of foreign direct investment on economic growth of Pakistan

Saqib, Najia; Masnoon, Maryam; Rafique, Nabeel - In: Advances in management & applied economics 3 (2013) 1, pp. 35-45

’s economy, we take the case of Pakistan and test the said association for this nation. The data used for this study has spanned … variables on Pakistan’s economy has been limited to the least squares method. The co-integration of the variables has been … Pakistan’s economic performance is negatively affected by foreign investment while its domestic investment has benefitted its …

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Risk attitudes and informal employment in a developing economy

Bennett, John; Gould, Matthew; Rablen, Matthew D. - In: IZA Journal of Labor & Development 1 (2012), pp. 1-17

We model an urban labour market in a developing economy, incorporating workers’ risk attitudes. Trade-offs between risk aversion and ability determine worker allocation across formal and informal wage employment, and voluntary and involuntary self employment. Greater risk of informal wage...

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Corruption and firm performance : evidence from Greek firms

Athanasouli, Daphne; Goujard, Antoine; Sklias, Pantelis - In: International journal of economic sciences and applied … 5 (2012) 2, pp. 43-67

This article investigates the relationship between corruption and firm performance in Greece using firm level data. Corruption is overall negatively associated with firm size and growth at the firm level. We focus on the effect of ‘administrative corruption’, whereby firms engage in corrupt...

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The Portuguese non-observed economy

Afonso, Oscar; Gonçalves, Nuno - In: Advances in management & applied economics 1 (2011) 2, pp. 23-57

This paper aims to contribute to a better understanding of the volume of the Non-Observed Economy (NOE) in Portugal, by estimating, based on MIMIC models (multiple indicators multiple causes), its path in the period 1977-2008. On the one hand, given the influence of the tax burden, the burden of...

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