Essays about: "cras"

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  1. 6. How do sovereign debt yields respond to credit rating announcements

    University essay from IHH, Economics, Finance and Statistics

    Author : Skirmantas Matelis; [2012]
    Keywords : credit rating agencies; sovereign debt yields; event study;

    Abstract : The concept of asymmetric information is probably best described by medieval idiom to buy a pig in a poke or to buy a cat in a sack, and is a long standing issue in a market economy. A solution to this predicament, is thought to be an objective third party certifier who would provide true information for the market participants. READ MORE

  2. 7. Sustainable water management through user participation : a field study in rural Maharashtra, India

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Economics

    Author : Patrik Cras; [2008]
    Keywords : participation; water management; development economics; common pool resource; rural India;

    Abstract : This research project deals with the topic of drinking water provision in rural Maharashtra, where availability of suitable drinking water is a major difficulty for the rural population. The focus is on hand pumps. These resource systems have been provided as tax financed public goods by the central government. READ MORE

  3. 8. Can income security enhance growth in developing countries? : A study of the effects on economic growth of income support programs for the unemployed and elderly in developing countries

    University essay from Nationalekonomiska institutionen

    Author : Patrik Cras; Christer Rosén; [2006]
    Keywords : economic growth; income security; social security; developing countries.;

    Abstract : This paper addresses the question if income security can enhance economic growth in developing countries? It takes its starting point in the income security problems of a developing country and summarizes evidence from published empirical research on formal income security mechanisms. We conclude that the findings on incomes security efficiency effects are ambiguous. READ MORE