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Inter-Regional Price Convergence and Market Integration in Russia

Gluschenko, Konstantin - EconWPA - 2005

The paper analyzes a spatial pattern of goods market integration in Russia. By the spatial pattern is meant a state of each individual region of the country: whether it is integrated, and if not, whether it moves towards integration. Time series of the cost of the basket of 25 basic foods across...

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A Box-Cox double-hurdle model of wildlife valuation: the citizen’s perspective.

Espineira, Roberto Martinez - EconWPA - 2004

A stated-preference approach is used to elicit the attitudes of the general public towards coyotes conservation. The payment vehicle is presented in a way that explicitly prompts individuals to adopt a citizen perspective, rather than a consumer perspective, when responding to the survey. To...

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The Power of Single Equation Tests for Cointegration when the Cointegrating Vector is Prespecified.

Zivot, Eric - EconWPA - 1996

In this paper I present an alternative derivation of the asymptotic distribution of Kremers, Ericsson and Dolado's (1992) conditional ECM- based t-test for no-cointegration with a single prespecified cointegrating vector. This alternative distribution, which is identical to the distribution of...

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Regime-switching Vector Error Correction Model (VECM) analysis of UK meat consumption

Kostov, Philip; Lingard, John - EconWPA - 2004

The standard Vector Error Correction Model (VECM) approach to investigating the underlying dynamics of economic variables assumes a constant co-integration space. This paper relaxes this assumption by implementing a regime switching VECM that allows for shifts in both the drift and the long-run...

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An Estimation of Residential Water Demand Using Co-integration and Error Correction Techniques

Espineira, Roberto Martinez - EconWPA - 2004

The purpose of this paper is to measure the short- and long-run effect ofthe price of water on residential water use. Unit root tests reveal that water use series and series of other variables affecting use are non-stationary. However, a long-run co-integrating relationship is found in the...

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Real Effective Exchange Rate Dynamics in Malawi and South Africa

Simwaka, Kisu - EconWPA - 2004

This study investigates the main determinants of real effective exchange rate in Malawi and South Africa. In our empirical analysis, we conducted unit root and cointegration test in order to determine the time series properties of the data and establish whether there is a long run relationship...

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The Behaviour of the Malawi Kwcha in a Liberalized Environment

Simwaka, Kisu - EconWPA - 2005

The paper investigates some of the key factors that have influenced exchange rate movements since the foreign exchange market was liberalized in 1994. The paper adopts a general empirical specification of the exchange rate equation involving the interest rate and price differentials, as well as...

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Microfinance Market Niches and Client Profiles in Bolivia

Gonzalez-Vega, Claudio; Meyer, Richard L.; Navajas, Sergio - EconWPA - 2001

This paper presents and interprets descriptive statistics generated from data obtained in a survey of clients of five microfinance organizations believed to be among the best in Bolivia. These lenders represent different combinations of organizational design, lending technology, and market area...

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MARKETING HIGHER EDUCATION: STUDENTS’ SERVICE EXPECTATIONS

Raposo, Mario; Alves, Helena - EconWPA - 2005

Facing a growing competitive environment, higher education institutions have increased dramatically the competition for recruiting and retaining students providing a high quality service as a solution to compete. Frequently, researchers who have studied the service quality and client...

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A Time Series Analysis to Asymmetric Marketing Competition Within a Market Structure

Ramos, Francisco F. R. - EconWPA - 1996

series methodology to provide a more detailed picture of marketing competition in relation to competitive market structure … effects of marketing variables on sales between brands existed even between differents submarkets. second, it was found that … quaklity brands while the reverse was not true, supporting the theory of asymmetric switching or sales effects of marketing …

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