Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) have been the driving force to Chinese Taipei's economic development; especially in the 1970s and early 1980s, SMEs enjoyed a strong position in Chinese Taipei's production outputs, numbers of enterprises, numbers of employees and export value. During that period, the growth of the SME sector was mainly driven by the dynamic growth of enterprises in the manuf...

For generations it has been assumed that if the farmer could be protected against the natural and economic forces that threaten the prosperity of his farm business, he would be in a position to provide his own security against the more personal economic risks. Some farm and nonfarm groups question the validity of this belief under modern farming conditions. Data pertinent to an examination of t...

We study the effect of anti-immigrant sentiments among voters on the equilibrium position of political parties on the economic issue. We model political competition as taking place among three parties (Left, Right, and Extreme Right) on a two-dimensional policy space (economic issue, immigration issue) using an extension of the Party Unanimity Nash Equilibrium concept. We "calibrate" the model ...

Changes in mortality inequalities among middle-aged individuals were examined using a household amenities variable with analogous interpretation and distribution over time. Data were taken from the census-based Israel Longitudinal Mortality Studies I (1983-92, n = 91 656) and II (1995-2004, n = 120 973). Mortality differentials in socio-economic gradients for high household amenities showed rel...