Browsing by Subject "growth"
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In-situ characterisation of one-dimensional plasmonic Ag nanocluster arrays
(2011)One-dimensional Ag nanoparticle arrays have been grown on step-bunched vicinal Al2O3 in ultrahigh vacuum using deposition at a glancing angle. The structures grown showed a strong optical anisotropy in the visible region ... -
Local Warming, Local Economic Growth, and Local Change in Democratic Culture
(ESRI, 2011)In a 104-nation study we first demonstrate that cultural self-expression, individualism and democracy languish in poor countries with colder-than-temperate winters, but flourish in rich countries with such winters. Mild ... -
To Convergence and Beyond? Human Capital, Economic Adjustment and a Return to Growth
(ESRI, 04/01/2012)This paper considers the impact on growth and convergence in the EU over the last 20 years of investment in human capital. It examines the current adjustment of a range of economies to the external imbalances at the beginning ...