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Can Labor Regulation Hinder Economic Performance? Evidence from
- India”, CEPR Discussion Paper 3260
, 2002
"... This paper investigates whether the industrial relations climate in Indian states has affected the pattern of manufacturing growth in the period 1958-92. We show that states which ammended the Industrial Disputes Act in a pro-worker direction experienced lowered output, employment, investment and pr ..."
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This paper investigates whether the industrial relations climate in Indian states has affected the pattern of manufacturing growth in the period 1958-92. We show that states which ammended the Industrial Disputes Act in a pro-worker direction experienced lowered output, employment, investment
2520 JOURNAL OF CLIMATE VOLUME 13 Climate Variability in the Andes of Ecuador and Its Relation to Tropical Pacific and Atlantic Sea Surface Temperature Anomalies
, 1999
"... The main spatiotemporal modes of seasonal precipitation and temperature variability in the Andes of Ecuador (1�N–4�S) and their relation to tropical Pacific and Atlantic sea surface temperature anomalies (SSTAs) between 1963–92 are identified based on rotated principal component analysis and cross-c ..."
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The main spatiotemporal modes of seasonal precipitation and temperature variability in the Andes of Ecuador (1�N–4�S) and their relation to tropical Pacific and Atlantic sea surface temperature anomalies (SSTAs) between 1963–92 are identified based on rotated principal component analysis and cross
The Effect of Attending a Small Class in the Early Grades on College-Test Taking and Middle School Test Results: Evidence from Project STAR
- Economic Journal
, 2001
"... This paper provides a long-term follow-up of students who participated in the Tennessee STAR experiment. The Tennessee STAR experiment randomly assigned 11,600 elementary school students and their teachers to a small class, regular-size class or regular-size class with a teacheraide. The experiment ..."
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, especially among minority students. Most significantly, being assigned to a small class appears to have narrowed the black-white gap in college-test taking by 54 percent. Alan Krueger Diane Whitmore Industrial Relations Section Industrial Relations Section Princeton University Princeton University Princeton
Whom You Know Matters: Venture Capital Networks and Investment Performance,
- Journal of Finance
, 2007
"... Abstract Many financial markets are characterized by strong relationships and networks, rather than arm's-length, spot-market transactions. We examine the performance consequences of this organizational choice in the context of relationships established when VCs syndicate portfolio company inv ..."
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the relation between networking and portfolio company survival. Section V presents additional robustness checks, including an examination of the effects of industry-specific and spatially separated networks. Section VI investigates how a VC becomes influential in the VC network. Section VII concludes. I
Effects of Air Quality Regulations on Polluting Industries
- Journal of Political Economy
, 2000
"... This paper investigates the effects of air quality regulation in the USA on firm decisions concerning plant locations, births, sizes, and investment patterns, in major polluting industries. The intent of the Clean Air Act [CAA] and its Amendments from 1970 on is to induce/coerce plants to limit sour ..."
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This paper investigates the effects of air quality regulation in the USA on firm decisions concerning plant locations, births, sizes, and investment patterns, in major polluting industries. The intent of the Clean Air Act [CAA] and its Amendments from 1970 on is to induce/coerce plants to limit
Materials for an exploratory theory of the network society.
- The British Journal of Sociology
, 2000
"... ABSTRACT This article aims at proposing some elements for a grounded theor y of the network society. The network society is the social structure characteristic of the Information Age, as tentatively identi ed by empirical, cross-cultural investigation. It permeates most societies in the world, in v ..."
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of labour, reversing the process of socialization of production characteristic of the industrial era, still at the roots of our current system of industrial relations. The work process is interconnected between rms, regions, and countries, in a stepped up spatial division of labour, in which networks
Self-concordance at work: Toward understanding the motivational effects of transformational leaders.
- Academy of Management Journal,
, 2003
"... We extend existing theories by linking transformational leadership to "self-concordance" at work. In two studies using diverse samples and methods, leader behaviors were associated with follower tendencies to set self-concordant goals. In general, followers of transformational leaders vie ..."
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of the effects of transforma-2003 555 Bono and Judge tional or charismatic leaders by considering selfconcordance as a motivational mechanism. Self-concordance refers to the extent to which activities such as job-related tasks or goals express individuals' authentic interests and values (Sheldon &
The carbon balance of tropical, temperate and boreal forests.
- Plant Cell and Environment,
, 1999
"... ABSTRACT Forest biomes are major reserves for terrestrial carbon, and major components of global primary productivity. The carbon balance of forests is determined by a number of component processes of carbon acquisition and carbon loss, and a small shift in the magnitude of these processes would ha ..."
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the industrial revolution is among the most significant of human influences on the global environment. The source of this carbon dioxide has been convincingly ascribed to the use of fossil fuels, cement manufacture and deforestation, but considerable mystery remains because only a fraction of the estimated
• Industrial Relations Act 1999 • Income Tax Assessment Act 1936
"... To outline the arrangements for the medical examination of a Queensland Health employee pursuant to sections 174 to 179 of the Public Service Act 2008. 2 APPLICATION This policy applies to all Queensland Health employees. 3 GUIDELINES Guidelines may be developed to facilitate implementation of this ..."
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To outline the arrangements for the medical examination of a Queensland Health employee pursuant to sections 174 to 179 of the Public Service Act 2008. 2 APPLICATION This policy applies to all Queensland Health employees. 3 GUIDELINES Guidelines may be developed to facilitate implementation
Valuing food safety in experimental auction markets
- American Journal of Agricultural Economics
, 1995
"... In this paper, we value food safety in a nonhypothet ica l se t t ing--exper imenta l auction markets. First, subjects underest imate he re lat ively low probabi l i t ies of food-borne i l lness. Second, measures of value are within a re lat ively flat range across a wide range of risks, even with ..."
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the weight the individuals place on the information. Final ly, pathogen-spec i f ic values seem to act as surrogates for general food safety preferences. Key words: exper imenta l auction markets, food safety, nonmarket valuat ion. There is an optimal level of societal expendi-tures on food safety. Industry
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