Economic Performance.

ECONOMIC PERFORMANCE -- ECONOMIC PERFORMANCE -- Contents -- Preface -- The Adjustment Capacity of the European Economy Examined with an Input-Output Based Key Sector Analysis -- Abstract -- 1. Background -- 2. Layout, Data and Methods -- 3. Descriptive Analysis -- 4. Mapping Direct Linkages -- 5. Key Sector Analysis -- Output multipliers -- Employment multipliers -- Income multipliers -- Some further considerations on investment goods -- 6. Comparative Analysis of Multipliers -- 7. Sensitivity Analysis -- Removing main diagonals of each matrix of multipliers -- The median as threshold -- Unweighted backward and forward multipliers -- 8. Analysis of Selected Sectors by Member State -- Food industry -- Motor vehicles, trailers and semi-trailers -- Construction work -- Chemicals -- Pulp and paper -- 9. Concluding Remarks -- Manufacturing industries -- Construction, trade and services -- Acknowledgments -- References -- Appendix -- Methodological approach -- Identification of key sectors -- Calculation of direct forward and backward linkages -- and the flow index -- Social Preference, Financial and Economic Performance of Local Authorities -- Introduction -- Hypotheses -- Theoretical Framework -- Financial sources of local authorities -- Links between migration and financial performances -- Alternative systems of financing local services -- Research Concept and Method -- Method -- Examination of the financing sources of local authorities in GTAMA -- Investigating the links between inter-urban migration and fiscal performance of local authorities in (GTAMA) -- Examination of the feasibility of alternative financing schemes -- Results of GTAMA Case -- Financial sources of LAs -- Links between internal migration and financial performances -- Alternative financing of systems in GTAMA.

General attitudes towards current system of inter-metropolitan cost allocation -- Acceptance of proposed six reforms -- Discussion and Conclusion -- References -- Appendixes -- Appendix 1. Six local financial alternatives for GTAMA -- Appendix 2. Selected socioeconomic indicators of GTAMA rings (as of 2004) -- An Evaluation of the ECB Policy Response to Changing Economic Conditions in Euro Area Member States -- Abstract -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Empirical Methodology -- 2.1. The Taylor Rule -- 2.2. Estimation Issues -- 2.3. Data -- 3. Estimation Results -- 3.1. Full Sample Period Results -- 3.2. Structural Change -- 3.3. Recursive Estimation Results -- 4. Counterfactual Analysis -- 4.1. Counterfactual Analysis for Policy Rates -- 4.2. Counterfactual Analysis for "Target" Rates -- 4.3.Policy Stress -- 4.4. Robustness Check -- 5. Conclusions -- References -- Environmental Management Accounting to Support Economic and Environment Improvement in a Made-to-Order Production -- Abstract -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Objectives and the Conduction of the Research -- 3. Materials and Methods -- 3.1. Definition of the scope -- 3.2. Check-list preparation and NPO calculation -- 4. Results and discussion -- 5. Conclusion -- References -- World Economic Crisis of 2008 and its Impact on Housing Development and Livelihoods of the Poor: An Account for Urban Space Use in Sub-Saharan Africa Cities -- Abstract -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Study Approach -- 2.1. Case study description and selection criteria -- 2.2. Data collection -- 3. Results and Discussion -- 3.1. Housing development in Moshi Municipality -- 3.2. The Main Actors and their roles in Housing Development in Moshi Municipality -- National Housing Corporation (NHC) -- Local government authorities -- Individual Housing Developers -- 3.3. Price of land in Moshi Municipality according to location.

3.4. Price of Building Materials: A reflection on World -- economic crisis impacts -- 3.5. Perception of different stakeholders in housing -- construction and development -- 3.6. Impact of World economic crisis on city life changes -- 3.7. Obstruct in ensuring sustainable housing development in the Municipality -- 3.8. Building control in Moshi Municipality -- 4. Recommendation -- Strategy1 -- Strategy 2 -- Strategy 3 -- Strategy 4 -- 5. Conclusion -- References -- Transport and Economic Performance: A VES Production Function Approach for the Case of Mauritius -- Abstract -- 1. Introduction -- II. Literature Review -- III. Methodology and Data Source -- Extension of the translog framework: Decoupling public capital -- Extension of the translog framework: Disaggregating transport capital from public capital -- Data construction and sources -- IV. Empirics -- The Public capital-growth hypothesis -- Direct effects -- Indirect effects -- Transport capital-growth hypothesis -- Direct effects -- Indirect effects -- V. Summary of results -- References -- Appendix -- Model Derivation: The Translog model -- The Translog function: Variable Elasticity of Substitution (VES) -- Index.