Finance‚ Firm Size‚ and Growth Thorsten Beck‚ Asli Demirguc-Kunt‚ Luc Laeven and Ross Levine* June 7‚ 2006 Abstract: This paper provides empirical evidence that financial development boosts the growth of small firms more than large firms and hence provides information on conflicting theoretical predictions about the distributional effects of financial development. Using cross-industry‚ cross-country data‚ the results are consistent with the view that financial development exerts a disproportionately
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Stephen. “The Strategic Implications of the Turkmenistan-China Pipeline Project‚” China Brief‚ 10.3‚ 2010‚ 13-17‚ The Jamestown Foundation Eurasianet Freedom House‚ Nations in Transit 2011: Turkmenistan. Freedom House‚ 2011 Hanks‚ Reuel R Kazantsev‚ Andrei. “Russian Policy in Central Asia and the Caspian Region‚” Europe-Asia Studies‚ 60.6‚ 2008‚ 1073-1088‚ Moscow State Institute for International Affairs LeVine‚ Steve Luong‚ Pauline. Oil is Not a Curse: Ownership Structure and Institutions in Soviet
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Russia Listeni/ˈrʌʃə/ or /ˈrʊʃə/ (Russian: Россия‚ tr. Rossiya‚ IPA: [rɐˈsʲijə] ( listen))‚ also officially known as the Russian Federation[7] (Russian: Российская Федерация‚ tr. Rossiyskaya Federatsiya‚ IPA: [rɐˈsʲijskəjə fʲɪdʲɪˈrat͡sɨjə] ( listen))‚ is a country situated in northern Eurasia.[8] It is a federal semi-presidential republic‚ comprising 83 federal subjects. From northwest to southeast‚ Russia shares land borders with Norway‚ Finland‚ Estonia‚ Latvia‚ Lithuania and Poland (both with
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American Economic Review 90 (4)‚ 806-828. [13] Galor‚ O.‚ Moav‚ O. (2002). “Natural selection and the origin of economic growth.”‚ Quarterly Journal of Economics 117‚ 1133-1192. [14] Glaeser‚ Edward L.‚ Rafael La Porta‚ Florencio Lopez-de-Silanes and‚ Andrei Shleifer‚ (2004). “Do Institutions Cause Growth?”‚ National Bureau of Economic Research Working Paper 10568. [15] Goodfriend‚ M.‚ McDermott‚ J. (1995). “Early Development”‚ American Economic Review 85‚ 116-133. [16] Grier‚ Robin‚ (1999). “Colonial
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ISSN: 2278-3369 International Journal of Advances in Management and Economics Available online at www.managementjournal.info RESEARCH ARTICLE An Empirical Analysis of Capital Structure on Firms’ Performance in Nigeria Taiwo Adewale Muritala* Department of Economics and Financial Studies‚ Fountain University Osogbo‚ Osun State‚ Nigeria. *Correspondence E-mail: muritaiwo@yahoo.com Abstract This paper examines the optimum level of capital structure through which a firm can increase its
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Agency Costs and Corporate Governance I Introduction Before analysing problems that occur when institutional ownership and control are separated‚ it should be outlined why institutions exist at all. Therefore‚ chapter two examines why organizations occur in economy. Chapter three addresses the agency problem‚ based on this organization. Chapter four addresses the common ways to solve the agency problem and chapter five gives a comparison over the three most important corporate governance systems
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Strategic planning in the environmental non-profit sector: Naturas et Civitas Cluj-Napoca Ofelia Zaha Babeş Bolyai University Executive summary The case study aims to build a strategy for a new actor in the environmental NGO department in Cluj-Napoca‚ namely the association Naturas et Civitas which is in the process of being founded. A short description of the present situation in Romania is used to acquaint the reader with the issues faced in the environmental field
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Privatization of Public Enterprises in Bangladesh: Problems and Prospects By Tanweer Akram* *Academic Address: Department of Economics Columbia University New York‚ NY 10027 United States of America E-mail: ta63@columbia.edu JEL: L33 Dated: October 7‚ 1999 This paper can be downloaded from the Social Science Research Network Electronic Paper Collection: http://papers.ssrn.com/paper.taf?abstract_id=272605 2 Privatization of Public Enterprises in Bangladesh: Problems and Prospects
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Andrew C. Kuchins and Igor A. Zevelev Russian Foreign Policy: Continuity in Change he imminent return of Vladimir Putin to the presidency of the Russian Federation in 2012 raises many questions about the future of Russian foreign and security policy as well as U.S. —Russia relations. To what extent will Putin seek to continue and implement the goals of current President Dmitri Medvedev’s modernization program? Will Putin reform the political system in the direction of decentralization of power
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Genetically Modified Organisms Course Project Table of Contents Abstract-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------3 Introduction to Genetically Modified Foods/The History behind the Technology--------------4-7 Political and Legal Influences/Economics and GM Foods------------------------------------------7-11 Psychological/Sociological Effects of GMOs/Cultural Context and media Influence---------11-15 Genetically
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