Journal of International Economics 56 (2002) 299–327 www.elsevier.com / locate / econbase Explaining business cycles in small open economies ‘How much do world prices matter?’ M. Ayhan Kose* Graduate School of International Economics and Finance‚ MS-021‚ Brandeis University‚ Waltham‚ MA 02454‚ USA Received 27 May 1998; received in revised form 20 October 2000; accepted 7 April 2001 Abstract This paper analyzes the role of world price shocks – fluctuations in the prices of capital‚ intermediate
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Open Carry: A Law to Scare and Protect The new Open Carry law in Texas has created a lot of heat recently. This law allows previses owners of the concealed handgun license (CHL) to now freely display their weapon at the side of their hip or shoulder as long as it is inside a holster. In order to actually be able to openly carry a handgun in Texas you must: be at least twenty-one years of age‚ have a clean criminal and psychological record‚ and also complete the classroom training; while passing
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Ribeau President Howard University 2400 Sixth Street NW Washington‚ DC 20059 Introduction The massive open online course is the new modern day classroom for high education learning. Also known as MOOCs these courses are taking education into the twenty-first century. Technology is all around us‚ in the car and in the home. Why not bring it into the classroom as well? The massive open online course gives researchers the chance “[it gives us the chance] to study the present and future of online
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The Effectiveness of an Open Office Layout A poor arrangement of office space wastes time and energy by failing to provide the means for effective work habits. When conditions are such that there is no place to put needed documents or publications‚ the telephone is on the wrong desk or on the wrong side of the desk‚ lighting is inadequate‚ personnel are seated beneath a ceiling vent or facing a window or wall‚ the flow of work is uneven. Again‚ when personnel who do detailed or repetitious
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School Foundation of Monterrey‚ open campus isn’t allowed. Making ASFM an open campus‚ students will develop organization skills‚ independency‚ responsibility‚ social abilities‚ that would help them throughout their lives not only that but also the stress from the school would be decreased by doing ‘Open Campus’. By having an Open Campus at ASFM‚ it would bring a lot of benefits to the students in the long run. Based on research‚ they have proven that by having an Open Campus‚ students will develop
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Open Pit Mining Open-pit mining is a kind of surface mining. Mining companies choose this way to get rocks and minerals out of the ground because it is the easiest and cheapest way to do it. Open-pit mining is only used if the rocks or minerals are close to the surface of the land or if a normal tunnel-type of mine isn’t possible. The top layers of the land are removed. After that‚ layer after layer is taken away until the rock or mineral is visible. This is taken out‚ processed when it
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Organizations and the System Concept (Katz + Kahn) -To understand human organizations it is best to describe what is important in their form‚ aspects‚ and functions by looking for the cycles of growth + decline and predicting their effectiveness. -Common sense approaches to understand organizations rely on two key assumptions which can be misleading: 1. Nature of an organization of organization are indicated by name of organization 2. Organization has inherent goals a. Decided by managers
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Many Americans today openly carry their guns with them in public. There are different reasons why some people do open-carry‚ but one of the main reasons is for self protection. America has had many gun laws passed in the past years‚ making it more strict. With all of the shootings going on‚ and terroristic threats‚ more people have been buying guns for their own protection. People never know when a shooting could happen‚ and that is a scary thought to many Americans across the nation. Twenty-nine
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there are less advantages to an open campus policy than there are disadvantages. Therefore‚ Cy-Fair High School should continue enforcing the current closed campus policy. The principal considerations raised by those who argue in favor of an open campus—they are cost effective‚ a solution to an over-crowded environment‚ and having enough lunch time to purchase a decent meal. Food prices should not be overpriced‚ nor should the price of bottled water. An open campus inspires students to work
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at 10 p.m. and are open also on Sunday‚ so also people that work all week can go there. The bad things are that in shopping malls there is always air conditioning‚ which is something that really annoys me‚ and there are no places where people can meet and have a conversation. The best thing about going shopping downtown is surely the fact that we can walk in the open air and that we can see monuments while going from one shop to another. On the other hand‚ being in the open air has negative aspects
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