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Speculative bubbles and tests of the contagion mechanism in financial markets.

Porras Gonzalez, Eva Raquel. - Florida Atlantic University

This dissertation extends previous research on bubbles by investigating whether changes in the financial asset prices of the S&P500 reflect changes in fundamentals. We propose that if this is not the case the volatility is due to a bubble. Hence, this is the general hypothesis from which several...

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Econometric models of individual house prices.

Schuler, Frederick Gerard. - Florida Atlantic University

This thesis takes a theoretical and analytical look at the implicit prices of housing characteristics in a South Florida submarket. Chapter II analyzes some of the vast body of previous studies that employ Econometric Techniques. Chapter III presents the information revealed by an examination of...

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A comparative analysis of three oligopoly models.

Perez, Carlos Francisco. - Florida Atlantic University

This thesis examines as well as compares three oligopoly models. In Seade (1980), the effect of entry on outputs and profits is analyzed. Firms may respond to entry in a perverse way by increasing their outputs. The equilibrium price set by firms always rests above marginal costs. In Perloff and...

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An empirical study of Florida nonprofit arts organizations.

Lu, Yu Hua. - Florida Atlantic University

This thesis contains an empirical study of nonprofit cultural organizations in the state of Florida. Transcendental and Cobb Douglas functions are compared for a sample of 76 organizations. The organizations produce under conditions of decreasing returns to scale and both labor and capital are...

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FDI in the Third World: The impact on growth and human development.

Krappen, Ute. - Florida Atlantic University

This thesis theoretically and empirically analyzes the effects of Foreign Direct Investment on Third World countries. The competing theories of the impact of FDI on developing countries are examined. The contradictory results of former econometric tests and empirical surveys measuring the impact...

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Impacts of federal deficits on the real GNP: The AMRC model.

Uysal, Ali Enis. - Florida Atlantic University

The economy is a system of interrelated variables which must be studied as a whole. Lack of understanding of the interrelationship between economic agents may result in misleading information. Government transactions are the only controllable input to the system. It is essential, therefore, to...

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A dynamic model of aggregate money demand in a European Monetary Union.

Rubin, Jonathan Laurence. - Florida Atlantic University

Recent proposals for a European Monetary Union raise the prospect of a European-wide monetary authority. Successful implementation of monetary policy by a European central bank would require the existence of a stable relationship between the quantity of money demanded and other macro-variables....

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Essential of Cournot oligopoly model.

Mahzabeen, Ishrat. - Florida Atlantic University

This thesis examines as well as compares four essential issues of the Cournot oligopoly model--existence, uniqueness, and stability of the equilibrium solution, and the competitive property of the model. A Cournot equilibrium solution exists for the market when the marginal revenue of each firm...

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Product cycle theory and the television industry of the United States.

Chen, Wei. - Florida Atlantic University

increase understanding of trade theory and introduce dynamics into trade. One of the model's major premises is that a country … the industry enters into a new phase. This approach has been accepted as an established theory though it still remains … cited as an evidence to support the product cycle theory. The whole life of monochrome television in the United States was …

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Health care expenditures in the United States and five industrialized economies: A pooled time-series cross-section model.

Shah, Sandhya K. - Florida Atlantic University

This thesis empirically analyzes the determinants of national health care expenditures in the United States and five other industrialized economies. A reduced-form model for national health care expenditures, based upon a partial-adjustment mechanism, is specified as a function of supply and...

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