A Contribution to the Theory of Economic Growth Robert M ...

A Contribution to the Theory of Economic Growth Robert M. Solow The Quarterly Journal of Economics, Vol. 70, No. 1. (Feb., 1956), pp. 65-94. Stable URL:

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Economic Development: Overview

May 15, 1993 · estimates for all countries. Using the yardstick of gross national income, the world produced approximately $59.2 trillion of it in 2009. A bit under $9.3 trillion of this came from all low-income and lower middle-income developing countries5 Simply put, close to 70% of the world’s population haveaccesstounder16%ofworldincome. Norway,withper ...

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Greed and grievance in civil war - New York University

1 On the analysis of the duration of civil war see Collier et al. (2004) and Fearon (2004). ... We now consider quantitative indicators of opportunity, starting with opportuni- ... Zimbabwe 12/72 12/79 * * Note: Previous wars include war starts 1945–1994.

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Notes for a Course in Development Economics

important to refer to a venerable tradition in economics that has convergence as its very core prediction. The idea is based — roughly — on the argument that countries which are poor will have higher marginal products of capital, and consequently a higher rate of return to capital.

  Economic, Development, Course, Venerable, A course in development economics

Gendered Media: The Influence of Media on Views of Gender

May 25, 1992 · From Gendered Lives: Communication, Gender, and Culture by Julie Chapter 9, pp. 231-244.1994. Reprinted with 3 1 permission of Wadsworth Publishing, a division of Thomson Learning. Fax Gendered Media:

Benevolent Sexism - New York University

tional gender norms, which place men in positions . 62 Ambivalent Sexism of authority in the home, the community, and gov-ernment. In the majority of cultures, women are ... that women exposed to benevolent sexist instruc-tions prior to taking a test of job skills as part of .

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New Public Management Approach and Accountability

lower costs and better standards. The sixth principle: Emphasis on private sector ... for this is the difficulty in calculating the efficiency of public services and controls according to ... approach limits the responsibilities of public

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Billing Coding & Calculating Fees: Finding Success

• Market-driven approach: Known as UCR (usual, customary, reasonable) ties medical pricing to industry trends in local communities; assumes patients are price-sensitive. • Relative value approach: Fees are tied to “worth” of a procedure and considers skill, time, risk. Medicare Physician Fee Schedule uses the relative value method.

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Chapter 14. Experimental Designs: Single-Subject Designs ...

However, the lack of control severely limits any conclusions that can be drawn. There are two serious problems with the case-study approach: (1) lack of experimental control, and (2) obtaining precise measures of behavior. Neither of these …

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Basel Committee on Banking Supervision

limits the benefit a bank can gain from using internal models to 27.5%. The output floor at work 0 20 40 60 80 100 With standardised approach RWAs Output floor With internal models 72.5% Example of additional RWAs needed under output floor 7

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CHAPTER III. POVERTY MEASURES

measure, the axiomatic approach pushes discussions forward in useful ways, and the central ideas are worth reviewing. Building blocks include concepts such as fiscale invariance.fl This is the idea that poverty measures should be unchanged if, for example, a population doubles in size while everything else is maintained in the same proportions.

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