Economic Essays

Edited by Gregory T. Papanikos

ISBN: 978-960-9549-84-4, 534 pages

First published in 2012 by ATINER

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Table of Contents

1.	Economic Essays: An Introduction Gregory T. Papanikos	1
Part I: Economic Development
2.	U-Shaped Female Labor Participation with Economic Development: Some Panel Data Evidence Henry Tam	11
3.	The Zimbabwe Land Reform Programme, 1980-2002: Success or Failure? Clever Chisoro	21
4.	Ensuring Effectiveness of Economic and Monetary Policies Through Considering Economic Schools of Thought: Lebanon 1990-2010 Georges N. Nehme	33
5.	Corruption and Economic Growth in Arab Countries Hany Elshamy	47
6.	The Grand Corruption and Organized Crime Nexus: The Challenge in Sub-Saharan Africa Simone Occansey	55
7.	A Housecat Surrounded by Tigers? An Analysis of Cambodia’s Economic and Social Development Nathalie Homlong and Elisabeth Springler	69
8.	Nowcasting: Trust the Purchasing Managers’ Index or Wait for the Flash GDP Estimate? Gabe J. de Bondt	83
Part II: Fiscal and Monetary Policy
9.	The German Historical School and its Relevance to Economic Philosophy Today Sabine Spangenberg	101
10.	Why are Tax Incentives Increasingly Used to Promote Private R&D? Adão Carvalho	113
11.	Loyal Voters and New Recruits in Finnish Universities. Do Fiscal Policies Matter? Takis Venetoklis	131
12.	How Can Public Procurement Influence Business and Social Development? Helena Lindskog, Staffan Brege and Per-Olof Brehmer	147
13.	Post Keynesian Interest Rate Channel of Monetary Transmission Mechanism: Evidence from Malaysia Sabri Nayan, Mat Saad Abdullah & Norsiah Kadir	161
14.	Estimating the Monetary Policy Reaction Function in Egypt Hany Elshamy	177
Part III: Open Economy
15.	Does Expansion of the European Union Mean Extension of the Single Market? Crina Viju and William A. Kerr	187
16.	The Effects of Fiscal Policy in Open Economies: Some Empirical Evidence Georgios Karras	201
17.	The Financial Crisis: Home made in the U.S.A.? Timur Han Gur	211
18.	What drives A Financial Crisis? A Perspective from Three Disciplines Angelos Gkanoutas-Leventis	223
19.	A Model to Estimate how Deep and how Long could be the Recession Lucian-Liviu Albu, Cristian Stanica and Marioara Iordan	239
20.	Modeling Stock Returns Dynamics in Central and Eastern European Emerging Markets Ciprian Necula, Gabriela Victoria Anghelache and Alina-Nicoleta Radu	251
21.	Monetary Transmission in (Ex)Transition Economies: Focus to Higher Exchange Rate and Monetary Flexibility Kosta Josifidis, Emilija Beker Pucar and Novica Supić	267
22.	What is Turkish Economy Currently Telling Us?A Comparative Analysis of Trade and Labor Market Indicators Aslı Şen-Taşbaşı and Pınar Soykut-Sarıca	285
23.	Does the FDI have any Positive Economic Effect on Hungarian Industry? Klára Katona	295
24.	Incoterms 2010 – A Risk Management Approach Roberto Bergami	309
25.	European Competition Policy versus Property Rights: the Chicago, Freiburg and Vienna Schools of Thought. Economic and Ethical Aspects of the Problem Andreas Stamate	323
Part IV: Applied Studies
26.	Work-Family Interaction and the Crisis Vulnerability of Married Women: Current Evidence for Spain Juan A. Cañada Vicinay	335
27.	Romania: Socioeconomic Metabolism and Sustainable Policies Raluca I. Iorgulescu, Lucian-Liviu Albu and Cristian Stanica	355
28.	The Information Sources for the Valuation of Company for the Purpose of Insurance Přečková Lenka	367
29.	Ownership Structure as Corporate Governance Mechanism in Chinese Private Enterprises: Evidence from Shantou City, Guangdong Province Zhong Qin	379
30.	Hurricane Risks for Coastal South Carolina: Estimating the Impact of Factors That Affect Property Insurance Rates Jeffrey Pompe	393
31.	Recruitment Models for Lifelong Careers Jens Graff	405
32.	Strategies and Performance of New Mexican Emerging Multinational Enterprises José G. Vargas-Hernández and Mohammad Reza Noruzi	419
33.	Model for Forecasting Passenger of Airport Farzaneh Ahmadzadeh	443
34.	Financial Shackles: An Analysis of Firms’ Financial Constraints in Portugal Filipe Silva & Carlos Carreira	455
35.	Tacit Knowledge Transfer of Key Workers by Hungarian Companies Andrea Bencsik, Viktória Stifter and Andrea Sólyom	467
36.	The Influence of Integration of Intellectual Capital and Activity-Based Management on Organisational Performance Saudah Sofian and Kamal ArefMuntaser	479
37.	Firm-Level Sources of Efficiency Growth: Evidence from Indian Automotive Parts and Services Industry Madhu Bala	493
38.	Creating an Organizational Competitive Advantage - Developing an Effective Sales Force Stanley C. Ross	507