NBER WORKING PAPER SERIES GROWTH IN REGIONS Nicola Gennaioli Rafael La Porta Florencio Lopez de Silanes Andrei Shleifer Working Paper 18937 http://www.nber.org/papers/w18937 NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH 1050 Massachusetts Avenue Cambridge‚ MA 02138 April 2013 We are grateful to Jan Luksic for outstanding research assistance‚ to Antonio Spilimbergo for sharing the structural reform data set‚ and to Robert Barro‚ Peter Ganong‚ and Simon Jaeger for extremely helpful comments. Shleifer
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What Kind of a Learner I Am? Throughout life everyone learns. How we learn and whether we are able to retain and recall that information is the problematic part. The way we absorb‚ analyze‚ and retain information is what makes each individual unique. What is successful for one individual may not be the most optimal way of learning for someone else. Therefore‚ everybody has a preferred learning style. Knowing and understanding our learning style helps us to learn more effectively. Through identifying
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Equatorial The equatorial‚ hot‚ wet‚ climate is found between 5 degrees north and 10 degrees south of the equator. The temperature of the equatorial regions is hot throughout the year‚ with a very low temperature range usually of less than 3 degrees Celsius. Due to the heat in the equatorial belt mornings are bright and sunny. This causes evaporation and conventional air currents are set up‚ followed by heavy down pours of convectional rain. The amount of rainfall recorded in one afternoon may
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What kind of person is an overambitious parent Each and every person on this planet has some goals‚ ambitions‚ dreams. We all have this picture in our minds of how our life is supposed to be and we do everything we can to make it real. But a wise man once said that while we’re making plans‚ God is laughing. Not achieving the life you yearn often leads to negative emotions and depression. Some people learn to let go of their dreams and set new targets. Others never quite get over their failure and
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REGION 13 Caraga is an administrative region of the Philippines‚ on the northeastern portion of the island of Mindanao‚ designated as Region XIII. The Caraga Region was created through Republic Act No. 7901 on February 23‚ 1995. The region is composed of five provinces: Agusan del Norte‚ Agusan del Sur‚ Surigao del Norte‚ Surigao del Sur and Dinagat Islands; six cities: Bayugan‚ Butuan‚ Cabadbaran‚ Surigao‚ Tandag‚ Bislig; 67 municipalities and 1‚311 barangays. Butuan City is the regional center
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What kind of learner am I? The learning style of people is logically characterised by their past experiences of learning‚ for example‚ when a person is exposed to a learning situation‚ he gains knowledge. While obtaining and thinking about the gained information the person develops a learning preference or learning style over time. Throughout this essay I will prove that I am an assimilator because I recognised that I obtain my knowledge through theory rather than practice. Firstly I will explain
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intersections points‚ and bounded and unbounded regions. I plan to use rules to further define the relationship. The following relationships will be investigated: # Lines# Lines# Lines# Lines # Lines# Intersects# Lines# Lines# Lines# Lines- # unbounded regions min # bounded shapes max # bounded shapes # possibilities of intersections max. # Intersections # bounded regions min # bounded triangles max # bounded triangles # bounded regions (not perpendicular lines) # bounded quads General
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Philippine Regions of Luzon Area The Philippines consists of 17 regions. The following are in the northern part of the country: Region Regional center Towns and Cities National Capital Region (NCR; Metro Manila) Manila Caloocan City Las Piñas City Makati City Malabon City Mandaluyong City Manila Marikina City Muntinlupa City Navotas City Parañaque City Pasay City Pasig City Pateros Quezon City San Juan City Taguig City Valenzuela City Cordillera Administrative
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Imbalance is a concept that suggests a lack of stability‚ and in relation to supply chain it is one type of instability that if occurs would have substantial costs on organizations. It is a mismatch that happens along the same corridor causing large numbers of empty containers to be shipped back to the source. That means “large surplus of containers at one side and a deficit of containers on another.”1 Studies show that “the situation is the worst in the corridor between Asia and USA‚ there is almost
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REGION II – Cagayan Valley “Cagayan Valley is a condensed version of the entire country” Location Cagayan Valley is the large mass of land in the northeastern region of Luzon. It is bounded to the west by theCordillera Mountain Range‚ to the east by the Sierra Madre Mountain Range‚ and to the north by the Luzon Strait. Geography Valley – is a low area between hills. History The earliest man in the Philippines is known to live in Cagayan. The first natives of Cagayan are Negrito/Atta – a short dark
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