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2012

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The Economics Of Open Source, Christopher H. Hoebeke Nov 2012

The Economics Of Open Source, Christopher H. Hoebeke

Christopher H Hoebeke

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Disparities In Globalization Of The World Economies, Sudhanshu K. Mishra, Binod Kumar Oct 2012

Disparities In Globalization Of The World Economies, Sudhanshu K. Mishra, Binod Kumar

Sudhanshu K Mishra

This paper constructs composite indices of globalization of 131 countries spread over the five continents and classified into World-I, World-II and World-III countries. KOF, the Business Cycle Research Institute in the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Zurich is the source of data used in this study. The Composite Indices of Globalization have been computed by Pena’s method, which attributes the most desirable properties to the indices so constructed. On the basis of these indices, the paper investigates into the trends of globalization and disparities in globalization for a period of 11 years (1999-2009). Disparities have been obtained as the Gini’s …


A Comparative Study Of Trends In Globalization Using Different Synthetic Indicators, Sudhanshu K. Mishra Apr 2012

A Comparative Study Of Trends In Globalization Using Different Synthetic Indicators, Sudhanshu K. Mishra

Sudhanshu K Mishra

Using the KOF data at the annual level, we construct ten different composite indices for comparing the extent of globalization of 131 countries for eleven years, 1999-2009. We compare the different indices of globalization among themselves and also with the Dreher-KOF index of globalization and find that among the different indices the Dreher-Chebyshev index is the most representative one. Among the countries, we concentrate on the trends in globalization of India and her neighboring countries, Bangladesh, China, and Pakistan.


Wind Energy Economics: Potential Economic Development In West Michigan, Paul Isely Ph.D., Yue Fan, Erik Edward Nordman Ph.D.. Dec 2011

Wind Energy Economics: Potential Economic Development In West Michigan, Paul Isely Ph.D., Yue Fan, Erik Edward Nordman Ph.D..

Erik Edward Nordman

Economic analyses conducted by the West Michigan Wind Assessment indicate that wind energy development could generate economic benefits and new employment in West Michigan; however, much of the economic activity occurs during construction and the local benefits depend on how many turbine parts are manufactured locally. As the wind industry grows in Michigan, a higher portion of the spending to construct new wind facilities could remain in the state.