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Strongly Consistent Determination of the Rank of Matrix
Ratsimalahelo, Zaka - EconWPA - 2003
theory to construct or find a suitable bases of the kernel (null space) of the matrix and to determine the limiting … theory, enable to determine how many singular values of the estimated matrix are insignificantly different from zero and we …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005062540
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Fractional Reserve Banking as Economic Parasitism: A Scientific, Mathematical & Historical Expose, Critique, and Manifesto
Nuri, Vladimir Z. - EconWPA - 2002
This paper looks at the history of money and its modern form from a scientific and mathematical point of view. The approach here is to emphasize simplicity. A straightforward model and algebraic formula for a large economy analogous to the ideal gas law of thermodynamics is proposed. It may be...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005126382
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Wage and Productivity Differentials in Private and Public
Ozmucur, Suleyman - EconWPA - 2003
A model is used to study the impact of ownership on productivity and wages. Data on private and public manufacturing in Turkey during the 1950-1998 period indicate that productivity is higher in the private sector.There is a close relationship between wages and productivity in the private...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005561408
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The Economic Growth Effects of NAFTA in the Northern Border of Mexico
Diaz-Bautista, Alejandro - EconWPA - 2004
Luego de examinar el marco teórico y conceptual de la teoría del crecimiento y del comercio internacional, se mide la eficacia de la apertura comercial impulsada por el TLCAN para fomentar el intercambio comercial. Asimismo, se evalúan los efectos de éste en el crecimiento económico de los...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005413001
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El TLCAN y el Crecimiento Economico de la Frontera Norte de Mexico.
Diaz-Bautista, Alejandro - EconWPA - 2004
Luego de examinar el marco teórico y conceptual de la teoría del crecimiento y del comercio internacional, se mide la eficacia de la apertura comercial impulsada por el TLCAN para fomentar el intercambio comercial. Asimismo, se evalúan los efectos de éste en el crecimiento económico de los...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005119236
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The Empirics of the Solow Growth Model: Long-Term Evidence
Barossi-Filho, Milton; Silva, Ricardo Gonçalves; … - EconWPA - 2004
The purpose of this paper is to reassess the standard Solow growth model,using a dynamic panel data approach. A new … methodology is chosen to deal with this problem. First, unit root tests for individual country time series were run. Second, panel … data unit root and cointegration tests were performed. Finally, the panel cointegration dynamics is estimated by DOLS …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005556713
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Export variety and economic growth in East European transition economies
Funke, Michael; Ruhwedel, Ralf - EconWPA - 2003
Utilising panel data for 14 East European transition economies, we find support for the hypothesis that a greater …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005561365
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Instrument Choice and the Returns to Education: New Evidence from Vietnam
Arcand, Jean-Louis; d'Hombres, Béatrice; Gyselinck, Paul - EconWPA - 2005
This paper focuses on instrument choice while consistently estimating the returns to education in Vietnam. Using data culled from the 2 rounds of the Vietnam Living Standards Survey (VLSS), we explore different sets of exogenous instruments that rely on demand and supply side sources of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005076522
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The Contagion Effect of the Terrorist Attacks of the 11th of September
Leitao, Joao; Oliveira, Cristovao - EconWPA - 2005
In the context of interdependence of the financial markets, it becomes interesting to analyze the implications associated with the Terrorist Attacks of the 11th of September of 2001, in the USA, in terms of the development of contagion mechanisms between the main international stock exchanges....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005076942
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A Self-Consistent Model for the Forward Price Dynamics
Makhankov, Vlad - EconWPA - 2003
We consider mean-reverting stochastic processes and build a self- consistent model for forward price dynamics and their applications in power industries. This model with stochastic volatility of the forward price is built using the ideas and equations of stochastic differential geometry in order...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005124894