Author: Daniel Lederman
Publisher: World Bank Publications
Keywords: industrial, policies, guidance, empirical, matter, search, export
Number of Pages: 130
Published: 2012-06-18
ISBN-10: 0821384910
ISBN-13: 9780821384916

Does what economies export matter for development? If so, can industrial policies improve on the export basket generated by the market? This book approaches these questions from a variety of conceptual and policy viewpoints. Reviewing the theoretical arguments in favor of industrial policies, the authors first ask whether existing indicators allow policy makers to identify growth-promoting sectors with confidence. To this end, they assess, and ultimately cast doubt upon, the reliability of many popular indicators advocated by proponents of industrial policy. Second, and central to their critiq

Author: Daniel Lederman
Publisher: World Bank Publications
Keywords: industrial, policies, guidance, empirical, matter, search, export
Number of Pages: 144
Published: 2012-06-18
ISBN-10: 0821395467
ISBN-13: 9780821395462

Does what economies export matter for development? If so, can industrial policies improve on the export basket generated by the market? This book approaches these questions from a variety of conceptual and policy viewpoints. Reviewing the theoretical arguments in favor of industrial policies, the authors first ask whether existing indicators allow policy makers to identify growth-promoting sectors with confidence. To this end, they assess, and ultimately cast doubt upon, the reliability of many popular indicators advocated by proponents of industrial policy. Second, and central to their critiq

Author: Anna L. Paulson
Publisher: DIANE Publishing
Keywords: financial, reprint, economic, perspectives, crisis, thai, constraints, entrepreneurship, evidence
Number of Pages: 15
Published: 2008-08
ISBN-10: 1437902863
ISBN-13: 9781437902860

Using their own data gathered in Thailand from 1997 to 2001, the authors show that ignoring labor market conditions in empirical studies of financial constraints and entrepreneurial activity can lead researchers to conclude that financial constraints are not important when in fact they are. Tables and graphs.

Author: Lloyd Dixon
Publisher: RAND Corporation
Keywords: alternatives, uncertain, world, evaluating, insurance, role, terrorism, federal
Number of Pages: 150
Published: 2007-11-25
ISBN-10: 0833042351
ISBN-13: 9780833042354

What are the Terrorism Risk Insurance Act1s effects on the market for terrorism insurance? What would be the effect of enhancing provisions for nuclear, biological, chemical, and radiological (NBCR) attacks? The authors conclude that the program yields positive outcomes in a number of dimensions for conventional attacks and identify specific reforms that can improve results for NBCR attacks.

Authors: David A. Shlapak, David T. Orletsky, Barry Wilson
Publisher: RAND
Keywords: confrontation, options, policy, taiwan, china, strait, military, aspects, dire
Number of Pages: 100
Published: 2000
ISBN-10: 0833028979
ISBN-13: 9780833028976

Among the hottest flashpoints in the world today, the Taiwan Strait cannot be ignored by U.S. policymakers and diplomats. China regularly rattles its saber to intimidate Taiwan and influence U.S. policy but has thus far stopped short of overt military action. This report analyzes the steps Taiwan should take to bolster the odds in its favor should a conflict with the mainland occur and describes how the United States can most effectivelycontribute in both peace and crisis. The authors conclude that the United States and Taiwan can take a number of fairly simple and relatively inexpensive measu

Authors: Marcia Meyers, Henry Brady, Eva Y. Seto,
Publisher: Public Policy Institute of California
Keywords: childhood, disabilities, welfare, intersection, families, children, poor, expensive
Number of Pages: 138
Published: 2000-10-01
ISBN-10: 1582130558
ISBN-13: 9781582130552

Although disabilities affect children of all income groups, poor children are far more likely to suffer from them. In this study, Marcia K. Meyers, Henry E. Brady, and Eva Y. Seto provide important new estimates of the private costs and public effects of childhood disabilities among welfare recipients. Based on over 2,000 interviews with household heads in Los Angeles, Alameda, San Joaquin, and San Bernardino Counties, their estimates cover direct expenditures by families and indirect costs due to employment reductions. They also examine participation rates in public assistance programs and es

Author: Pierfranco Galliani
Publisher: Gangemi Editore spa
Keywords: piva, antonio
Number of Pages: 13
Published: 2011-10-13
ISBN-10: 8849270992
ISBN-13: 9788849270990

Compongono la struttura portante del libro due sezioni di saggi: la prima che inquadra e ripercorre l'itinerario metodologico di Antonio Piva e che si conclude con una selezione di progetti e opere relative al decennio 1998-2008; la seconda che offre un insieme articolato di approfondimenti critici sul suo apporto progettuale e culturale. Scritti di Pier Carlo Palermo,Maria Antonietta Crippa, Pierfranco Galliani, Vittorio Prina, Emilio Faroldi e Maria Pilar Vettori,Alberto Vignolo, Antonio Vélez Catrain, Francesca Bonicalzi.