FIELD EXPERIMENTS IN ECONOMICS By: Ravisha Sodha INTRODUCTION: Field experiments occupy an important middle ground between laboratory experiments and naturally occurring field data. The underlying idea behind most field experiments is to make use of randomization in an environment that captures important characteristics of the real world. Distinct from traditional empirical economics‚ field experiments provide an advantage by permitting the researcher to create exogenous variation in the variables
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POLITICAL ECONOMY THEORY: DOES THE STRUCTURE OF THE MEDIA INDUSTRY INFLUENCE ITS CONTENT? The political economy in mass media theory argues that "the structure of the industry influences content." _(Andrejevic M‚ 2007)._ This theory will be demonstrated by analysing an article entitled _ ’"Sky ’s the limit" for MySpace ’_‚ published on _News.com.au_ on August 10th 2007. The presumption of the theory is that media content is influenced by a combination of the media owners (individuals or corporations)
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Capital Structure and Debt Structure* Joshua D. Rauh Kellogg School of Management and NBER Amir Sufi University of Chicago Booth School of Business and NBER February 2010 *We thank Doug Diamond‚ Anil Kashyap‚ Gordon Phillips‚ Michael Roberts‚ Toni Whited‚ Luigi Zingales‚ and seminar participants at Emory University‚ Georgetown University‚ Maastricht University‚ Rice University‚ Tilburg University‚ the University of California-Berkeley‚ the University of Chicago‚ the University of Colorado
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as America were incapable of being introduced to this remedy if they were incompetent in affording health care. Patients felt defeated‚ restless‚ isolated‚ and accepted that there is a social disorder accommodated with this disease. There was a political conflict in subordinating the expenses of this medicine in countries such as Brazil where health care is guaranteed for all its citizens. South African government further encountered a tragic failure in battling with this epidemic that was overwhelming
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The main forms of corruption are bribery‚ fraud‚ embezzlement and extortion. These concepts do sometimes overlap‚ but through them‚ some of the basic characteristics of corruption can be identified. The reason why young people should fight corruption has to do with the fact that it destroys the system of values in society. Youth is part of civil society and carries the future in its hand and the fact that you are able to look at society in a refreshing way allows you to find alternative solutions
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different conception of civil society. It will then end with a conclusion. According to Van Rooy (1998:30)‚ civil society is a population of groups formed for collective purposes primarily outside the state and the market place. The London School of Economics defines civil society as the arena of uncoerced action around shared interests‚ purposes and values. As for Mumba (2004) civil society is a collective term used to refer to an association of individuals who organize themselves outside the state
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LEGAL EMPOWERMENT OF THE POOR: EMPOWERING INFORMAL BUSINESSES IN ZAMBIA By Silane K Mwenechanya (Dr)1 An Issue Paper prepared for the UNDP – Commission on Legal Empowerment of the Poor October‚ 2007 1 All comments should be addressed to Dr SK Mwenechanya at skmwene@zamnet.zm. The author is a business consultant with a special interest in private sector development. He is based in Lusaka‚ Zambia. 1 TABLE OF CONTENTS LIST OF TABLES AND FIGURES.............................
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Mohamed Waheed Does Political Corruption affect Economic Growth in Transitional Democracies? The call for democracy in the name of economic growth and prosperity has never been louder than it is today. Recent movements such as the “Arab Spring” are attempts to establish a democratic system of government in countries where authoritarians‚ bribery‚ and abject poverty are widespread. According Nye (2009)‚ a professor of economics at Washington University in St. Louis‚ economic growth has a direct
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In this essay I will consider the social‚ economic and political factors of Macbeth compared to Adolf Hitler . I find my self constantly drawn back to the subject of Macbeth compared to Adolf Hitler . Cited by many as the single most important influence on post modern micro eco compartmentalism‚ its influence on western cinema has not been given proper recognition. Inevitably Macbeth compared to Adolf Hitler is often misunderstood by socialists‚ many of whom blame the influence of television. Hold
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Such included‚ parents (family causal factors)‚ teachers (academic causal factors)‚ and students (personal causal factors) (Diaz‚ 2003). However‚ this study investigated the main factors that affect students’ academic performance at The University of Zambia main campus. Broadly speaking‚ factors influencing academic performance of students vary from one academic environment to another‚ from one set of students to the next‚ and indeed from one cultural setting to another. It however appears that students
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