Since the 1800s, habitat loss from land-use conversion and increased predation and competition stemming from species invasions have caused bilby populations to decline.
Moreover, we observe the degree of competition stemming from informal firms, hence we introduce it as an additional control.
In this paper it is argued that the restructuring following the stiffer competition stemming from increased global integration will trigger a race between countries to attract inward foreign direct investment (FDI).
Part of the increased competition stems from the creation, in 2005, of the National Research Agency (ANR), which funds short-term research projects in an open competition.
An alternative explanation, which does not involve competition, stems from the solitary nature of bears: fresh signs on a transect may tend to be from only one species because they resulted from the activities of only one bear.
X(_mathbf s ) will basically reflect imperfect competition variables stemming from the theoretical and empirical literature, such as the public sector effectiveness, labour market institutions (unions, wage bargaining), social security rules and tax wedge mix.
EADS's confidence that it could win the competition stemmed partly from the success that its A330 series had in commercial sales over Boeing's 767 jetliners.
The motivating force of modern international competition stems, he wrote, "from the citizenry's struggle for survival which is irrepressible according to the laws of natural selection and survival of the fittest.
The report continues months of speculation about a possible return to competition for Hingis, stemming from her admission in July that she had been approached by a member of Roger Federer's camp about possibly competing together for Switzerland in mixed doubles at the 2012 Olympics in London.
That said, changes in workers' wages due to varying competition may stem from two different sources: Either varying competition triggers wage changes for on-going jobs, i.e., for given worker plant pairs, or wages change due to altering worker composition.
