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CONFERENCE PAPER » THE ESSENCE OF THE AUSTRIAN SCHOOL AND THE CONCEPT OF DYNAMIC EFFICIENCY By: Jesus Huerta DE SOTO Keywords: Austrian School of Economics, Dynamic Efficiency RESEARCH PAPER » HOW IMPORTANT ARE AGGLOMERATION ECONOMIES: A CASE STUDY OF ROMANIAN INDUSTRIAL CLUSTERS By: Valentin COJANU, Dragos PISLARU JEL: L52, M20, L60 Keywords: competitiveness, regional development, export performance, industry concentration » THE IMPACT OF PUBLIC AND PRIVATE INVESTMENTS ON THE NAMIBIAN ECONOMY- AN EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS By: Ravinder RENA JEL: E2, R53, O44 Keywords: Economic growth, competitiveness, Private Public Investments, Namibia, Education, health » THE IMPACT OF MERGERS AND ACQUISITIONS ON BANKING PERFORMANCE By: Andra Lavinia NICHITEAN, Alin Marius ANDRIES, Vasile COCRIS JEL: G30, G21 Keywords: efficiency, performance, M&A, banking » US AND THAI ADVERTISING: A CROSS CULTURAL ANALYSIS By: Pasinee KAEWMESRI, Nabil RAZZOUK, Victoria SEITZ JEL: M37 Keywords: standardization, marketing, culture, advertising, international, localization » RELIGION, FREEDOMS AND WEALTH By: Aurelian-Petrus PLOPEANU JEL: Z1, O11 Keywords: Religious freedom, Economic freedom, Political rights, Civil liberties, GDP per capita » INTERNATIONAL REMITTANCES AND INCOME INEQUALITY IN AFRICA By: John C. ANYANWU JEL: D31, D36, F24 Keywords: International Remittances, Income Inequality, Africa » COST-EFFECTIVE USE OF AGRICULTURAL LAND: A CASE STUDY By: Dmitri Mihailovici PARMAKLI, V. DOGA JEL: Q14, M41 Keywords: efficiency of land exploitation, cost of production, agricultural crop yield, net profit, marginal profit, profitability coefficient » RELEVANCE OF UTILITY MAXIMIZATION IN STUDENT UNIVERSITY CHOICE – A CONSUMPTION-BASED MODEL FOR HIGHER EDUCATION By: Eric S. SCHWARTZ JEL: A12, D01, D11 Keywords: higher education, College choice, consumer behavior, human capital, student-choice model » ESTIMATING PRIVATE RATE OF RETUN ON HIGHER EDUCATION IN PAKISTAN By: Malik Fahim BASHIR, Muhammad Mazhar IQBAL, Khalid ZAMAN JEL: O1, I21, I23 Keywords: Education, Human Capital, Economic Growth, Cost Benefit Analysis, Public Sector, Pakistan CASE STUDY » ASSESSING THE PERFORMANCE OF MONETARY POLICY UNDER ECONOMIC REFORM AND STRUCTURAL ADJUSTMENT PROGRAM: THE CASE OF EGYPT By: Ibrahim L. AWAD JEL: E31, E40, E42, E50 Keywords: Monetary Policy in Egypt; Economic Reform; Monetary Policy Objectives » THE STUDY OF HEALTHCARE ASSESSMENT IN PAKISTAN (1991-2007) By: Waseem IKRAM, Mehboob AHMAD, Mohammad Raza Ullah Khan NIAZI, Khalid ZAMAN JEL: I1 Keywords: Health for all, Health indices, Infant mortality rate, Maternal mortality, Maternal morbidity, Elasticity » OWNERSHIP STRUCTURE AND VOLUNTARY DISCLOSURE IN ANNUAL REPORTS OF BANGLADESH By: Abdur ROUF, Abdullah-Al HARUN JEL: G14, G32 Keywords: Corporate Governance, Ownership structure, Voluntary Disclosure ESSAY » THE POTENTIAL OF THE INVESTMENT IN EDUCATION IN CREATING SOCIO-ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IN THE NEW ECONOMY AND THE KNOWLEDGE-BASED SOCIETY By: Marta-Christina SUCIU, Remus Marian AVRAM, Emanuela Maria AVRAM, Raluca EFTIMIE JEL: I21, I25 Keywords: investment in education, socio-economic development, knowledge » THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT OF BUKOVINA (II) BUKOVINA AS AN AUTONOMOUS DUCHY: 1849-1918 By: Gabriel-Andrei DONICI, Liviu-George MAHA, Sorin-Stefan MAHA JEL: F15, F22, N13, N33, N43, O14, O52 Keywords: economic growth, values, mentalities, reforms, immigration, integration, economic development, Bukovina BOOK REVIEW » Ha-Joon Chang, 23 Things They Don’t Tell You About Capitalism, London, Penguin Books, 2010 By: Doris MIRONESCU » Branko Milanovic, The Haves and the Have-Nots: A Brief and Idiosyncratic History of Global Inequality, New York: Basic Books, 2011 By: Alexandra OPREA