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Nonparametric Efficiency Testing of Asian Stock Markets Using Weekly Data

LOS, CORNELIS A. - EconWPA - 2004

The efficiency of speculative markets, as represented by Fama's 1970 fair game model, is tested on weekly price index data of six Asian stock markets - Hong Kong, Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, Taiwan and Thailand - using Sherry's (1992) non-parametric methods. These scientific testing methods...

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Intercity Trade and the Industrial Diversification of Cities

Anas, Alex; Xiong, Kai - EconWPA - 2003

locally. A larger cost-share of services favors specialization, and high intracity commuting cost and population growth favor …

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Specialization and Geographic Concentration of East Java Manufacturing Industries

Landiyanto, Erlangga Agustino; Pradana, Anindita; … - EconWPA - 2005

concentration has a relation with industrial specialization which based on industrial structure on that region. The objective of … of that industries is, and how the relation between the spatial concentration and specialization and industrial structure … specialization index and Krugman bilateral index to analyze the data.. …

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Coasean economics and the evolution of marine property in Hawaii

kaiser, brooks; roumasset, james - EconWPA - 2004

population pressure in Hawaii co- evolved with specialization and increased governance, in accordance with the efficiency theory …. Instead of market-based specialization, however, economic organization in pre-contact Hawaii was hierarchically determined via …

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Trade Liberalisation and Poverty in Nepal A Computable General Equilibrium Micro Simulation Analysis

Cockburn, John - EconWPA - 2004

Concern is growing regarding the poverty impacts of trade liberalization. The strong general equilibrium effects of trade liberalization can only be properly analysed in a CGE model. However, the aggregate nature of CGE models is not suited to detailed poverty analysis. We bridge this gap by...

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Comércio Internacional - Boletim Mensal (Janeiro a Junho de 2005)

Estudos, Gabinete de Estratégia e - EconWPA - 2005

Evaluation of portuguese economy, international trade of Portugal and others countries and by groups of products. Trade of Portugal whith Ibero - Americans countries.

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Should We Set the Market Free? Some Notes on International Economic Sanctions

Caruso, Raul - EconWPA - 2005

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The Impact of Rules of Origin On Trade Flows

Patricia, AUGIER; Michael, GAZIOREK; Charles, LAITONG - EconWPA - 2004

Within any preferential trade agreement (PTA) origin rules exist in order to prevent third countries from taking advantage of the PTA concessions. The rules thus are there to preserve the existing external protection of countries within the PTA. However, depending on their formulation, they can...

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Aggregate Scale Economies, Market Integration, and Optimal Welfare State Policy

Molana, Hassan; Montagna, Catia - EconWPA - 2005

Using a two-sector-two-country model with aggregate scale economies and unionisation, we show that optimal welfare state policy entails positive levels of unemployment benefits under free-trade and capital mobility. In this setting, economic integration does not reduce the revenue raising...

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How Globalisation Improves Governance

Bonaglia, Fecerico; Macedo, Jorge Braga de; Bussolo, … - EconWPA - 2002

Globalisation, governance and economic performance affect each other in very complex mutual relationships. In this paper, we establish a clear and well-circumscribed hypothesis: “is there an effect of globalisation on governance?” To test this hypothesis or, even more specifically, to test...

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