The year 1999 has marked twenty years since Martin Feldstein asked Zvi Griliches, and Zvi agreed, to head up a new NBER Program on Technological Change and Productivity Measurement. Over the last two decades, one of the important research emphases of this NBER program has been a focus on price and output measurement. As part of the twentieth anniversary and during the NBER’s 1999 Summer Institu...

The importance of merchant guilds for the commercial development of Europe is beyond doubt. However, there is still little agreement as to why they emerged, persisted and ultimately declined between the 11 and 18 centuries. Historical studies have focused on individual cases and idiosyncratic circumstances that restrict severely comparability, while economic approaches based on game or contract...

DE PLUS EN PLUS DE MÉDECINS deviennent administrateurs d’hôpital au Canada et l’AMC aide à créer une organisation pour les représenter. Jeffrey Lozon, président d’un important hôpital de Toronto, a déclaré au cours de la réunion d’organisation de la Société canadienne des médecins cadres et gestionnaires que les possibilités abondent dans le domaine de la gestion pour les médecins, mais que ces...

this paper discusses the study of community’s preferences for biodiversity conservation management institution which may motivate them to support conservation efforts in the okwangwo division of the cross river national park, nigeria. the empirical data was generated from personal interviews and factors influencing the respondents’ choice were examined with the aid of multinomial logit mode...

BACKGROUND Both social and ethical arguments have been used to support preventive occupational health services (OHS). During the 1990s it became more common to support political argumentation for occupational health and safety by converting the consequences of ill health at work into monetary units. In addition, OHS has been promoted as a profitable investment for companies, and this aspect has...

In the globalization context and competitiveness, the role of a university is further enhanced. University is no longer confined to traditional roles. Universities need to interact with others in order to be relevant and progressive. Symbiosis relationships between the university and industry are very significant because the relationship between those two can foster economic development of a na...

Correspondence: Ross A Hammond Brookings Institution, 1775 Massachusetts Ave NW, Washington DC 20036, USA Tel 1 202 797 6000 Email [email protected] Abstract: Over the past several decades, obesity has grown into a major global epidemic. In the United States (US), more than two-thirds of adults are now overweight and one-third is obese. In this article, we provide an overview of the state ...