“…Nevertheless, in contrast with part of the literature, we find that, even controlling for these idiosyncratic factors, cross-country differences concerning both gross job and worker flows appear large and of a similar magnitude. Both job and worker flows in countries such as the United States and the United Kingdom exceed those in certain continental European countries by a factor of two. …”

“…With France already having a very large public sector, most of the effort should be borne by holding down spending. …”

“…Finally, we show that observable determinants actually explain little of the herding levels, leaving a large part of herding unexplained…”

“…Countries that are poor, democratic and have a large population get more fragmented aid. However, this is only because poor and democratic countries attract more donors. …”

“…The appropriate conclusion from the model is not that public spending is bad per se, but that cuts to lower-priority spending items can deliver surprisingly large income gains compared with the alternative of raising taxes…”

“…Les analyses s’appuient sur un large éventail de données économiques et environnementales et contiennent également des recommandations de politique publique. …”

“…These results, based on bivariate regressions on secular time series, are largely confirmed on a shorter dataset (1960-2010) when using a multivariate growth framework that accounts for traditional drivers of long-term economic growth and model uncertainty. …”

“…Les analyses s’appuient sur un large éventail de données économiques et environnementales et contiennent également des recommandations de politique publique. …”

“…Les analyses s’appuient sur un large éventail de données économiques et environnementales et contiennent également des recommandations de politique publique. …”

“…Many of these support measures encourage the emission of environmentally-harmful pollutants, the generation of waste, and the excessive use of natural resources, and constitute a large drain on government budgets. In addition, much of the money spent on support may not reach the intended recipients as it can leak away to other sectors of the economy instead. …”

“…Consequently, financial market infrastructures will need to be strengthened to cope with large increases in private pension fund assets. Through this multi-disciplinary study, the OECD points to the need to take action now by implementing a comprehensive and consistent set of policies…”

“…Elles s’adressent à un large public et illustrent leur propos par de nombreuses cartes. …”

“…La population suisse jouit d’un bon état de santé, d’un large accès à une gamme complète de services de santé modernes et d’une très grande liberté de choix des prestataires. …”

“…Peacemaking includes a large array of activities from local to global attempts to attain peace. …”

“…Bridges computer science theory with practical business problems to lead readers from requirements to a working system without error or backtracking Explains use-definition analysis to derive process graphs and avoid large-scale designs that don’t quite work Demonstrates functional dependency graphs to allow databases to be designed without painful iteration Includes chapters on system dynamics and modeling, rule-based systems, user psychology, and project management…”

“…Intended to help every business from a small start-up to a large established consumer product company, this book serves as a source of knowledge and inspiration. …”

“…Helps you wade through the plethora of social media monitoring and metrics to discover what elements are most applicable to your needs Explains the meaning behind the social media metrics tools so that you can understand how to make those results work for you Shares examples of how to calculate both the financial and non-financial return on investment of your social media efforts Includes real-world case studies that demonstrate how small and large businesses are using social media metrics With this helpful book by your side, you will learn how to understand the information you acquire regarding your social media marketing efforts and then put that information to work for your business…”

“…What's inside Designing elastic domain models Building fault-tolerant systems Efficiently handling large data volumes Examples can be built in Scala or Java About the Reader Written for Java or Scala programmers familiar with distributed application designs. …”

“…Big data —this includes relatively cheap horizontal scale-out systems for collecting huge amounts of customer data. Cloud computing —large companies began managing reliable, scalable, cost-effective data centers; Amazon turned the concept into a business. …”

“…Beautifully illustrated with large, vibrant photos, this book offers the practical advice and expert shooting tips you need to get the food images you want every time you pick up your camera…”