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The Long-Term Consequences Of Regional Specialization

Economists have long debated whether an abundance of natural resources adversely affects long term economic performance. Focusing on economic channels discussed in the literature, the author investigates whether resource abundance slows industrialization or human capital accumulation, or increases inequality. An author examines these channels using geological variation in oil abundance...

Tags: London School of Economics, abundance, economic performance, human capital

White papers 2007-07-19

Ex Post Versus Ex Ante Measures Of The User Cost Of Capital

When doing growth accounting, should we use ex post or ex ante measures of user costs to calculate the contribution of capital? The answer, based on a simple model of temporary equilibrium, is that ex post is better in theory. In practice researchers usually calculate ex post user costs by...

Tags: London School of Economics, theory, asset

White papers 2005-07-01

Globalisation, ICT And The Nitty Gritty Of Plant Level Datasets

The net entry contribution to aggregate productivity growth has increased dramatically in the UK over 1990s according to calculations based on data from the Annual Respondents Database ARD. Some studies have tried to link this to other structural changes over the same period such as increased globalisation and usage of...

Tags: Author, Information And Communication Technology, London School Of Economics, Strategy, Management

White papers 2004-09-01

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The Financial Services Authority has had only two chairmen since its creation in 1997, and as the Northern Rock debacle happened on the watch of the second incumbent, Sir Callum McCarthy, the model for his replacement is inevitably the original holder, Sir Howard Davies. On that basis, Adair Turner --...

Articles 2008-06-07

Developing the craft of mediation: Reflections on theory and practice

Roberts, M. (2007). Developing the craft of mediation: Reflections on theory and practice. London: Jessica Kingsley Publishers. Reviewed by Lynne Hornyak, PhD., Washington, D.C Qualified as a barrister and social worker, author Marian Roberts practices as a family mediator at the South East London Family Mediation Bureau, one of...

Articles 2008-04-01

Can London emerge from financial crises with its reputation intact?

How damaged is the City? As the decision about Northern Rock is gradually absorbed by the markets, people are switching attention to the secondary effects. Sir Howard Davies thinks that the combination of Northern Rock and the non-doms tax saga has indeed been damaging. He deserves to be listened to....

Articles 2008-02-21

Professor Jens Hilscher Named Senior Research Fellow at Kamakura Corporation

Kamakura Corporation reported today thatProfessor Jens Hilscher has been appointed Senior Research Fellow atKamakura Corporation. Professor Hilscher will continue to serve asAssistant Professor of Finance at Brandeis International Business School,located in Waltham, Massachusetts, while working with Kamakura. ProfessorHilscher earned his Ph.D. in Economics from Harvard University in 2005...

Articles 2008-02-06

Anti-dumping and countervailing action; limits imposed by economic and legal theory

Anti-dumping and countervailing action; limits imposed by economic and legal theory. Bentley, Philip and Aubrey Silberston. Edward Elgar Publishing 2007 225 pages $110.00 Hardcover K4635 Bentley works as an attorney in Brussels, while Silbertson...

Articles 2008-02-01

Explaining the Structure of the Audit Industry

As I mentioned last month, the doctoral program in accounting at the Sauder School of Business received thesis proposals from three promising young scholars this summer. I've already discussed the first of these proposals-Serena Wu's study of the effect of corporate governance on the efficiency of executive compensation-and this month...

Articles 2007-10-01

Cambridge tops university league table

LONDON AFP — Cambridge has edged out its historic rival Oxford to become Britain's top university, according to a guide published Monday. The Good University Guide graded a total of 113 academic institutions on the basis of nine factors, including exam results, research strength and student satisfaction. ...

Articles 2007-07-30

Pioneering e-learning tool launched to give undergraduates a head start in microeconomics.

LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM, Jul 3, 2007 CCNMatthews via COMTEX -- Today sees the launch of a new interactive e-learning tool to help undergraduates get a handle on microeconomics. LiveEcon Microeconomics Essentials aims to engage students in the subject by allowing them to manipulate economic variables and...

Articles 2007-07-03

Laws and Customs: Entrepreneurship, Institutions and Gender During Economic Transition.(Book review)

Laws and Customs: Entrepreneurship, Institutions and Gender During Economic Transition Ruta Aidis School of Slavonic and East European Studies, University College: London, 2004, 171pp, plus appendix. doi:10.1057/palgrave.ces.8100194 This book seeks to answer these questions: How is it that entrepreneurship...

Articles 2007-06-01

Wikinomics; how mass collaboration changes everything

Wikinomics; how mass collaboration changes everything. Tapscott, Don and Anthony D. Williams. Portfolio Pub. Co. 2007 324 pages $25.95 Hardcover HD69 Tapscott (management, U. of Toronto) and Williams (resesarch, London School of Economics) explore...

Articles 2007-05-01

The Size of the Global Commodities Derivatives Market is Now Estimated to be Around $750 Billion

DUBLIN, Ireland -- Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/reports/c52837) has announced the addition of Intelligent Commodity Investing to their offering. "In recent years, commodity investing has come of age. But the analytical underpinnings of the market are still less well understood than those of markets in other asset classes. Till...

Articles 2007-03-27

Ex-Clinton adviser to speak at Weber on world economics

Laura D'Andrea Tyson, former national economic adviser to President Clinton, will be the speaker at the first-ever Vernon M. and MaRee Buehler Leadership Lecture at 11:30 a.m. Thursday at the Val A. Browning Center, Austad Auditorium, at Weber State University. Tyson will discuss global economic issues. ...

Articles 2007-03-23

Melamid in Iran: an American Geographical Society photographic legacy.(Oil and the Economic Geography of the Middle East and North Africa: Studies )(Book review)

The photographs on these pages came from archival slides left to the American Geographical Society by Alexander Melamid, a particularly well-traveled member of the AGS Council. Dr. Melamid, who was born in Germany in 1914 and died in Mexico in 2001, earned his...

Articles 2007-03-22

Blair's guru sets out his stall for Brown

Professor Anthony Giddens, author of The Third Way and intellectual godfather of New Labour, is a hard man to pin down. After days of radio silence an email arrives confirming he can be interviewed; it's just that he's tied up in meetings with Colonel Gaddafi. 'Am in Libya at the...

Articles 2007-03-17

Privileged performance.(relatives of departing chief executive officers don't perform well)(Brief article)

If you want to ruin a business fast, give it to your kid. According to a recent study in the American Economic Review, firms that appoint a CEO who is related to either the departing CEO, a founder, or a major shareholder significantly underperform when compared to...

Articles 2007-03-01

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M2 BEST BOOKS-C2000-2007 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD The organisers of the Man Booker Prize for Fiction have announced the judging panel for this year's award. The panel will be chaired by Howard Davies, director of the London School of Economics and Political Science. He will...

Articles 2007-02-23

He's having the Time of his life

Framed by the iconic red border, the lead story of this week's Time magazine is a 10-page analysis of China's emergence as the next superpower, written by a Liverpool-born, former lecturer at the London School of Economics who joined the news game as an afterthought. Michael...

Articles 2007-01-15