Rentier nation: Landlordism, patronage and power in Guyana’s gold mining sector

Ancient Gold Mining Activities in India - An Overview

Gold was obtained through washing or panning of the river sands during initial periods of civilisation. With the advent of knowledge of metallurgical processing of ores it was recovered through mining of in-situ quartz reefs, and then from auriferous sulphide ores. The metal mining activities are evidenced in the form of large number of ‘ancient metal mines’ or ‘old workings’ and ‘placer mining...

Patronage, the Pendleton Act, and the Power of the People

Libecap 1994a). I challenge these pervasive views by presenting evidence that public pressure was an important and frequently overlooked factor in explaining the adoption of civil service reform in the late nineteenth century. More generally, I argue that members of Congress will enact reforms that diminish their power or restrict their authority only when the public is attentive and united; ot...

Resurrection of the Rentier

the clustering and classification data mining techniques in insurance fraud detection:the case of iranian car insurance

با توجه به گسترش روز افزون تقلب در حوزه بیمه به خصوص در بخش بیمه اتومبیل و تبعات منفی آن برای شرکت های بیمه، به کارگیری روش های مناسب و کارآمد به منظور شناسایی و کشف تقلب در این حوزه امری ضروری است. درک الگوی موجود در داده های مربوط به مطالبات گزارش شده گذشته می تواند در کشف واقعی یا غیرواقعی بودن ادعای خسارت، مفید باشد. یکی از متداول ترین و پرکاربردترین راه های کشف الگوی داده ها استفاده از ر...

The Role of Human Capital and R&D in Total Factor Productivity in the Mining Sector

Promoting Total Factor Productivity (TFP) is one of the methods to improve the competitiveness in the mining sector. Even so, it is of great importance to find a practical solution for productivity improvement. In this study, value added was measured by an innovative method based on the Divisia quantity index for seven mineral activities for the period 1994-2016. The results of calculating TFP ...