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The impact on the U.S. Dollar of the conflict between the American locomotive’s model and the emerging economies’ autopoietic growth.
Viviani, Carlo; Savona, Paolo - EconWPA - 2005
«endogenous», or «autopoietic». The engine of autopoietic growth is the process of globalization, alimented by foreign investments …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005124951
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SAVINGS MOBILIZATION ROLE OF NIGERIAN COMMERCIAL BANKS:AN ANALYTICAL POLICY STUDY
NWAOBI, GODWIN CHUKWUDUM - EconWPA - 2003
CAPITAL ACCUMULATION HAS BEEN EMPHASISED AS THE MAJOR FACTOR GOVERING THE RATE OF DEVELOPMENT. THIS STUDY THEREFORE AIMS EXPLORING IN THE LIGHT OF PAST TRENDS, THE ROLE AND SCOPE OF COMMERCIAL BANKS AS FINANCIAL INTERMEDIARIES IN MOBILIZING DOMESTIC SAVINGS FOR DEVELOPMENT AND THE CONSTRAINTS IN...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005076971
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Using the Scaling Analysis to Characterize Financial Markets
Matteo, T. Di; Aste, T.; Dacorogna, Michel M. - EconWPA - 2004
The scaling properties encompass in a simple analysis many of the volatility characteristics of financial markets. That is why we use them to probe the different degree of markets development. We empirically study the scaling properties of daily Foreign Exchange rates, Stock Market indices and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005134766
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Agent Behaviour, Financial Market and Welfare Theory
Paranque, Bernard; Baets, Walter; Pruden, Henry - EconWPA - 2005
An important literature has pointed out the coordination problems faced by the agents, in particular the financial one when they have to manage risk and their portfolio. If we follow Kaldor and its definition of speculation, then we could point out that in this case agents are short term...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005413089
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Inter-pattern speculation: beyond minority, majority and $-games
Challet, Damien - EconWPA - 2005
A new model of financial market is proposed, based on the sequential and inter-temporal nature of trader-trader interaction. In this pattern- based speculation model, the traders open and close their positions explicitely. Information ecology can be precisely characterised, and is strikingly...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005561629
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INCOME CONVERGENCE DURING THE DISINTEGRATION OF THE WORLD ECONOMY 1919-39
Milanovic, Branko - EconWPA - 2003
Some economists have argued that the process of disintegration of the world economy between the two World Wars led to income divergence between the countries. This is in keeping with the view that economic integration leads to income convergence. The paper shows that the view that the period...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005076560
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The Influence of Globalization on Taxes and Social Policy – an Empirical Analysis for OECD Countries
Dreher, Axel - EconWPA - 2003
Using panel regression for the period 1970-2000 the paper analyzes whether globalization has influenced the OECD … endogeneity of the regressors, the results show that globalization (measured by an index covering 23 variables) did not generally … decrease the leeway for independent economic policy. Globalization even increased implicit tax rates on capital (as calculated …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005076616
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Is Islam really a development blockade? 12 predictors of development, including membership in the Organization of Islamic Conference, and their influence on 14 indicators of develo...
TAUSCH, Arno - EconWPA - 2005
. Our three-fold empirical understanding of the process of globalization – reliance on foreign savings, MNC penetration and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005125619
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GLOBALIZATION AND GOALS: Does soccer show the way?
Milnaovic, Branko - EconWPA - 2003
foreign clubs. This provides an example as how forces of efficiency but also inequality unleashed by globalization can be …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005125704
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A TALE OF TWO “GLOBALIZATIONS”: CAPITAL FLOWS FROM RICH TO POOR IN TWO ERAS OF GLOBAL FINANCE
Schularick, Moritz - EconWPA - 2005
globalization. The paper extends recent research on the developmental effects of international financial integration, long …-term trends in capital mobility and “globalization in historical perspective”. Analyzing the patterns of international financial … a central element of 19th century financial globalization, but plays only a minor role today. The Lucas paradox of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005125830