aggregate analysis‚ this paper examines the core contentions of the “varieties of capitalism” perspective on comparative capitalism. We construct a coordination index to assess whether the institutional features of liberal and coordinated market economies conform to the predictions of the theory. We test the contention that institutional complementarities occur across sub-spheres of the macroeconomy by
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International Economics - Spain Somebody asked me the other day what happened with my country‚ Spain; why it is known by almost every young European person that it is so hard to find a job in Spain‚ and why is the Spanish economy so weak‚ with so much debt and with such high unemployment? Well‚ there are many reasons to explain the failure of the development of a stable and sustainable economic system of such an industrialised country‚ with so many resources and influences all over the world
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What is Political economy? * No widespread agreement of what; but understood in three ways- those who see PE as an interaction of existing disciplines‚ those who see it as a set of questions‚ and those who see it as a method of analysis: Interaction of existing disciplines: * Starting point is that as capitalism develops politics and econ becoming increasingly interdependent. * Not only interdependence of domestic pol and national econ but also international pol and global econ
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The world’s economies consist of three main economy systems with different economic mechanisms. There are centrally planned economy‚ mixed economy and unplanned economy. Centrally planned economy is one kind of planned economy‚ it is also known as command economy or socialism. The process of implementation of centrally planned economy is called planification. The phrase is originally generated from “Befehlswirtschaft” in German which used to represent Nazi economy (Amadeo‚ 2012). Incan empire in
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Globalization on an Economy: Globalization is a phenomenon‚ which demonstrates a significant growth in the overall international trade of goods‚ services and other financial assets as observed in an economy. Globalization also commonly refers to a situation where in one country highly interacts with other countries or economies via trade‚ competition or investments. In such situations any change taking place in one economy and lead to significant impacts and changes in the economies and financial situations
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Market Economy The free market is an economic system where the state only intervenes to collect taxes‚ enforce contracts and private ownership. This means the government in countries with a free market economy does not set the price for goods and services. Instead‚ suppliers fix prices using the forces of supply and demand from consumers to gauge their worth. The government’s intervention can become necessary in some spheres. For example‚ many developed countries with a free market economy are found
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A transition economy or transitional economy is an economy which is changing from a centrally planned economy to a market economy.[1] Transition economies undergo a set of structural transformations intended to develop market-based institutions. These include economic liberalization‚ where prices are set by market forces rather than by a central planning organization. there is a push to privatize state-owned enterprises and resources‚ state and collectively run enterprises are restructured as businesses
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introduces the various ethnic groups that call Malaysia home—described by anthropologists‚ historians and other specialists—and captures the essence of the traditions and cultural manifestations of these communities. As a mixed economy‚ Malaysia has elements of a free market economy but with government direction. The most influential economic policy to date has been the New Economic Policy‚ introduced by the government in 1971 to reduce ethnic imbalances‚ eliminate poverty and improve the economic status
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as an inherent part of human nature in a constructive way‚ guided by reason. Liberalism considers competition as an advantage for economy and economy activities. That kind of competition is called “the invisible hand” by Adam Smith‚ who describes it as the responsible for promoting the common good within a society‚ and the factor which guide economy to success. Economy activities are motivated by self-interests of consumers‚ and competition regulates these activities in order to prevent catastrophic
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INFORMATION SYSTEMS ROLE IN GREEN ECONOMY. Green Economy: We depend on the earth’s natural resources that have a limited capacity to regenerate and renew itself‚ forcing us to design an economic model which is good in conserving energy‚ natural resources‚ reducing emissions‚ reducing pollution and at the same time providing jobs to people. This kind of a design leads to the Green Economy which is a clean energy economy. It aims in providing: Renewable energy sources such as wind and solar energy
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