NBER WORKING PAPER SERIES GROWTH IN REGIONS Nicola Gennaioli Rafael La Porta Florencio Lopez de Silanes Andrei Shleifer Working Paper 18937 http://www.nber.org/papers/w18937 NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH 1050 Massachusetts Avenue Cambridge‚ MA 02138 April 2013 We are grateful to Jan Luksic for outstanding research assistance‚ to Antonio Spilimbergo for sharing the structural reform data set‚ and to Robert Barro‚ Peter Ganong‚ and Simon Jaeger for extremely helpful comments. Shleifer
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Construction Engineering and Management A Thesis Submitted in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for Degree of Master of Science in Construction Management The Islamic University of Gaza – Palestine April‚ 2008 Abstract Construction industry has complexity in its nature because it contains large number of parties as clients‚ contractors‚ consultants‚ stakeholders‚ shareholders‚ regulators and others. Construction projects in the Gaza Strip suffer from many problems and complex issues
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Philippine Regions of Luzon Area The Philippines consists of 17 regions. The following are in the northern part of the country: Region Regional center Towns and Cities National Capital Region (NCR; Metro Manila) Manila Caloocan City Las Piñas City Makati City Malabon City Mandaluyong City Manila Marikina City Muntinlupa City Navotas City Parañaque City Pasay City Pasig City Pateros Quezon City San Juan City Taguig City Valenzuela City Cordillera Administrative
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Special Features of marketing theory 6. Which is better? Why? 1. micromarketing Micro refers to the marketing activities of individual units‚ normally individual organizations (firms) and consumers or households. (Hunt‚ 1976) 2. macromarketing Macro suggests a higher level of aggregation‚ usually marketing systems or group of consumers. (Hunt‚ 1976) “---Macromarketing should connote an aspect of marketing which is ‘larger’ than what is otherwise considered” Bartels and Jenkins (1977) argue
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from one another and who ever joins that culture must get accustomed to their way of life. For example‚ today there are many people immigrating to the United States to start a new and better life. What they soon begin to realize is that it’s a whole new world out there and in order to survive they have to get accustomed to the new way of life which is much different from their lives before. Background and Significance of the Problem According to Dewiel (2005)‚ the idea of culture has changed over the
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Executive Overview: Lufthansa is the largest airline in Europe in terms of passengers carried. By 2002‚ Lufthansa had become of the strongest airlines and top aviations groups in the world. Lufthansa had undergone a decade of fundamental change. Lufthansa was transformed from a state-owned‚ unprofitable national airline into one of the most profitable‚ privately owned aviation groups in the industry. The group turned a record loss of €350 million in 1992 into a pre-tax profit of €952 million in
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The Intermountain Region aka Irrigation By Junita and Gursharan The Intermountain Region is a region that is located in parts of Canada and America‚ while lying between the Rocky and Coast Mountains‚ the Cascades and the Sierra Nevada. The high plateaus and isolated mountains with the only deserts in the US of A are very sparsely populated (excluding major cities). In Canada‚ this region is consisted of the interior plateau valleys of BC and the Yukon. The economic
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Written Macro Assignment True/False Questions. Read each statement carefully‚ and neatly write the word TRUE on the line next to the statement if you believe the statement is true‚ or neatly write the word FALSE on the line next to the statement if you believe the statement is false. ______T____ 1. Do…Loops are used in macros to repeat lines of code until or while a specified condition is met. _______F___ 2. The area where macro code is displayed in Visual Basic is
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Like many other global cuisines‚ Asian cuisine is as varied as the countries on the continent. Asian cuisine is very much a part of the culture and history of the Asian countries but there are some food commonalities between the various cultures. In Asian cooking‚ the emphasis is on smaller portions‚ smaller amounts of meats and plenty of fresh fruits and vegetables. Unlike the Asian-hybrid cooking that can be found elsewhere‚ traditional Asian food preparation involves very little fat‚ and very
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Introduction Emirates Airlines started its journey in 1985 with very few resources to carry out its operation but as a result of continuously improving efforts and fast growth‚ Emirates Airlines has been in the sky for more than 24 years. Being the largest carrier in the UAE‚ also extending its hands into KSA the Emirates Airlines has been ranked as the largest carrier in Middle East and was reported in 2008 to be the 7th largest in the world on the basis of International passenger traffic. It has
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