Applied Economic Research

Edited by Gregory T. Papanikos

ISBN: 978-960-6672-31-6, 550 pages, Hardback

First published in 2008 by ATINER

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1.	Applied Economic Research: An Introduction Papanikos, G.T.	1
Part 1: Empirical Econometric Studies
2.	Economic Fundamentals and Euro’s Overvaluation Kallianiotis, I.	17
3.	Financial Sector Development and Growth in Small Open Economics Iyare, S.O. & Moore, W.	57
4.	Sigma Convergence ‘Versus’ Beta Convergence: Evidence from the Portuguese Regions Andraz, J. & Norte, N.	71
5.	Was the Scandinavian Monetary Union an Optimum Currency Area? A Generalised Purchasing-Power Parity Approach Razgallah, B.	87
6.	Regulation & Labour Flexibility: Evidence from Greece Anagnostopoulos, A., Papadimopoulos, I., Siebert, S.W. & Bitzenis, A.	*101*
7.	Globalization and Business Cycle: A Parametric Test for Panel Data Analysis Seyrek, I.	*115*
8.	Empirical Study on Autocorrelation of Chinese Stock Market Returns Hou, Q., Mei, Q. & Zhao, X.	*135*
9.	Foreign Ownership and Total Factor Productivity in Mexico’s Manufacturing, 1988-1998 Huato, J.	*147*
10.	Social Norms, Culture and Economic Incentives in Firms Sotiriou, C. & Inoue, T.	*161*
11.	The Impact of Probabilities Change on Risky Behavior in the Case of Impending Death Harrant, V. & Vaillant, N.G.	*177*
12.	Better Databases for Economic Modelling: Constructing SAMs from the SNA Santos, S.	*193*
13.	Does an Emphasis on Revenue Growth Weaken Strategy and Reduce Profits? An Empirical Analysis Pendse, S.G.	*199*

Part 2: Policy Studies

14.	More Employers, More Jobs, More Money: An Empirical Analysis of Local Economic Development Policy Impacts in U.S. Cities Strother,S.	*213*
15.	Alternative Methods to Identify the European Monetary Policy Shocks Bobeica, G. & Bojesteanu, E.	*233*
16.	Italian Households’ Disposable Incomes: New and Old Reforms Declich, C. & D’Elia, F.	*249*
17.	Can Global Issues Explain the next in Financial Crises? Imer, E.,	*271*
18.	Property Rights and Private Autonomy in Montenegro Bacovic, M. & Vujovic, V.	*279*
19.	The Primacy of Institutions in Nowadays Economic Mosora, C-L & Marinescu, C.	*289*
20.	The Single-Mindedness of Labour Unions when Transfers are not Lump-Sum Canegrati, E.	*299*
21.	Industrial Policy for Mauritius: Managing for Competitiveness Chittoo, H.B., Munhurrun, P. & Nowbutsing, B.	*315*
22.	Legal Background of the Czech Republic Economy Transformation Sedova, J.	*331*
23.	China’s Role in a Global Economy – Consequences for Poland Konopelko, A.	*345*
24.	A Simple Macroeconomic Model with Non-Perfect Competition: Policy Implications in the Long Run Zhou, Y.	*357*

Part 3: Industry Studies
25.	Bridgehead or Barricade? Microfinance Regulation and Institutional Change in El Salvador and Honduras Garcia Cabello, M.	*381*
26.	How to make Bankers Richer: The Brazilian Financial Market with Public and Private Banks Rands Barros, A.	*393*
27.	Consumer Loyalty versus Propensity to Switch between Providers in Digital Product Markets Kazakevitch, G. & Torlina, L.	*407*
28.	Technical Efficiency and Institutional Change: A Stochastic Frontier Analysis of the Nicaraguan Coffee Industry (1965-1995) Saravia, S. & Dietrich, M.	*421*
29.	Building Technological Capabilities with High Degree of Coherence: A Challenging Task before Latecomer Software Companies Rousseva, R.	*435*
30.	Measuring the Degree of Market Power and Conjectural Variations in the Ukrainian Milk Processing Industry Perekhozhuk, O., Grings, M. & Glauben, T.	*451*
31.	Economies of Scale and Scope and the Banking Industry in Vermont Mohaghegh, M.E.	*465*
32.	Combating Money Laundering by German Banks – Results of an Empirical Survey Kramer, G.	*475*
33.	Management and Performance of a Social Company: Case Study about the Lisbon Food Bank Valenta da Costa M.T.G & Reis, H.M.P.	*487*
34.	Turkish Food Industry and Development Trends in Globalization Process Gunes, E. & Albayrak, M.	*501*
35.	A Study of the Why, When and How of Partnership Formation: A Managerial Perspective Dodourova, M.	*513*
36.	Human Implants: Actual Developments and Connected Aspects of Person’s Privacy Hugl, U.	*527*

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