The objective of this study is to assess the determinants of poverty in Sri Lanka from 1977 to 2000. A general equilibrium model is developed for the Sri Lankan economy considering two sectors, two factors and two households assuming it is a small open economy. A specific factors model is used treating labor as the mobile factor. Three data sets are developed and used for calibration for the ye...

Small firms’ use of e-business is limited and little is known about what drives small businesses (SMEs) to embrace e-business. It first discusses different growth strategies adopted by SMEs and reviews Internet adoption in SMEs. Drivers and inhibitors of e-business are identified. Three research questions are derived does strategic intent drive e-business adoption and is it a factor of market p...

Besides those durational differences due to the binary quantity opposition in both vowels and consonants, there are many systematic effects on segment durations within the domain of accentual F0 movement in Finnish. Some such effects are shown in this paper, and it is argued that their motivation is to contribute to a uniform realisation of accent irrespective of segmental word structure.

External finance is critical for less established entrepreneurs, so poor investor protection can hinder competition. We model how lobbying for weaker investor protection reduces access to finance and decreases competition in countries where politicians are less accountable to voters. Weaker accountability thus produces a smaller economic elite. As empirical support for this result, in a broad p...