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What determines private investment in Iran?
Abbas ValadkhaniIran's third five‐year development (2000/2001‐2004/2005) has been considered a pivotal role for private investment in creating 700,000‐800,000 jobs per annum to stabilise the rate…
Politics of race and poverty in Fiji: A case of Indo‐Fijian community
Sunil Kumar, Biman PrasadThe results of the 1999 and 2001 general election seem to suggest that the Indo‐Fijian community in Fiji voted on the issues of poverty, unemployment and lack of opportunities…
The foundations of marriage: are they crumbling?
Ian SmithWhat is marriage? Existing treatments identify the gains to marriage but say little regarding the foundations of the institution itself. This paper proposes that marriage is…
A reconsideration on the method of economic and social sciences: Procedure, rules, classifications
Angelo FusariThis essay begins with an examination of the differences between natural reality and social reality, but along lines different from those of the traditional Methodenstreit. The…
Edge cities, urban corridors and beyond
David L. McKee, Yosra A. McKeeIn the USA a nationwide grid of metropolitan areas with populations beyond the million mark has emerged. The strength of the national economy appears to be exhibited through those…
Prices and subsidies for Australian psychiatric services: A positive economic analysis
D.P. Doessel, Ruth F.G. WilliamsThe production of specialist psychiatric services in Australia reflects the “mixed” system of public and private production of health services generally. This paper, an exercise…
Motivational needs and interdependent utilities
Katherine B. FreemanThroughout the history of economic thought, various images of human beings have existed although the motivational and behavioral assumptions underlying them and even the images…
The relationship between religion and earnings: recent evidence from the NLS Youth Cohort
Todd P. SteenDoes religious and denominational background affect earnings and human capital investment? This paper examines religious background and human capital formation for a sample of…
Moral considerations in outsourcing to foreign labor
Matthew F. PierlottThis paper argues that the principles of capitalism do not condone the widespread practice of labor exploitation occurring across the globe. Instead, they demand that some…
Factors explaining the choice of an economics major: The role of student characteristics, personality and perceptions of the profession
Andrew Worthington, Helen HiggsA bivariate probit model is used to predict the choice of an economics major in a sample of first‐year, undergraduate business students. The paper examines the statistical…
Business behaviors in Brazil and the USA: Understanding the gaps
Hsu O'Keefe, William M. O'KeefeThe purpose of this paper is to explore the similarities and differences between selected behaviors of USA and Brazilian business people that can lead to unintended and unexpected…
Economic reform and the transmission of growth impulses across Indian states
Kaliappa KalirajanWhile several studies in regional economics and development economics have repeatedly suggested that selected regions are capable of exerting powerful growth impulses on national…
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