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Digitization of Retail Payment 零售支付数字化

Institutional & Transition Economics Policy Paper Series Pub Date : 2010-12-01 DOI: 10.2139/ssrn.1950148

W. Bolt, S. Chakravorti

引用次数: 16

Growth with Moderation and Uncertainty 适度和不确定性的增长

Institutional & Transition Economics Policy Paper Series Pub Date : 2010-11-01 DOI: 10.2139/ssrn.1805562

Z. Bogetic

引用次数: 4

Economic Planning and Industrial Policy: A Framework for Avoiding the Corner Solutions 经济规划和产业政策:避免角落解决方案的框架

Institutional & Transition Economics Policy Paper Series Pub Date : 2010-09-23 DOI: 10.2139/ssrn.1681803

R. Aggarwal

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Freedom as the Key to Prosperity: Lessons from the World's Growth Miracles and Economic Disasters 自由是繁荣的关键:世界增长奇迹和经济灾难的教训

Institutional & Transition Economics Policy Paper Series Pub Date : 2010-07-15 DOI: 10.2139/ssrn.1685037

M. Hlaváč

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Why Welcome Al Basheer? Contextualizing Turkey’s Darfur Policy 为什么欢迎Al Basheer?土耳其达尔富尔政策的背景分析

Institutional & Transition Economics Policy Paper Series Pub Date : 2010-07-01 DOI: 10.2139/ssrn.1641357

M. Ozkan, B. Akgun

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引用次数: 7

The Economics of Currency Redenomination: An Appraisal of Central Bank of Nigeria Redenomination Proposal 货币重新计价的经济学:对尼日利亚中央银行重新计价提案的评价

Institutional & Transition Economics Policy Paper Series Pub Date : 2010-06-08 DOI: 10.2139/ssrn.1622144

A. B. Dogarawa

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引用次数: 1

Time for Overhauling the Global Economy 是时候彻底改革全球经济了

Institutional & Transition Economics Policy Paper Series Pub Date : 2010-06-01 DOI: 10.2139/SSRN.1701047

L. Maggio

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Assessment of Private Health Sector in China 中国民营卫生部门评估

Institutional & Transition Economics Policy Paper Series Pub Date : 2010-03-28 DOI: 10.2139/ssrn.1579846

Jianmin Gao, Jun Xu

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引用次数: 1

Geography, Institutions and Human Development: A Cross-Country Investigation Using Bayesian Model Averaging 地理、制度与人类发展:使用贝叶斯平均模型的跨国调查

Institutional & Transition Economics Policy Paper Series Pub Date : 2010-03-18 DOI: 10.2139/ssrn.1574396

S. Malik, Y. Janjua

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When the Government Went Experimental 当政府进行实验时

Institutional & Transition Economics Policy Paper Series Pub Date : 2010-03-02 DOI: 10.2139/ssrn.2227501

Ido Kallir, A. R. Ofer

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