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Trade liberalisation and inequalities in Nepal: A CGE analysis

Acharya, Sanjaya; Hölscher, Jens; Perugini, Cristiano - In: Economic Modelling 29 (2012) 6, pp. 2543-2557

In this paper we examine the effects of trade liberalisation on inequality in the small developing country of Nepal. We use a Computable General Equilibrium approach applied to a newly developed social accounting matrix, simulating three liberalisation scenarios: (i) import liberalisation; (ii)...

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Modelling the terminal gate prices of unleaded petrol in Australia

Valadkhani, Abbas - In: Economic Modelling 33 (2013) C, pp. 233-243

This paper examines whether or not unleaded petrol prices (at Australia's 18 wholesale distribution terminals) respond …

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Price setting behaviour in Latvia: Econometric evidence from CPI micro data

Benkovskis, Konstantins; Fadejeva, Ludmila; … - In: Economic Modelling 29 (2012) 6, pp. 2115-2124

This paper discovers the driving forces behind Latvian firms' decisions to adjust prices by using various panel logit models, which explain the probability of observing price change by a broad set of exogenous variables. The results show that the consumer price formation in Latvia is a...

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Heterogeneity in price setting behavior, spatial disparities and sectoral diversity: Evidence from a panel of Italian firms

Migliardo, Carlo - In: Economic Modelling 29 (2012) 4, pp. 1106-1118

In this paper, we analyze firms' pricing behavior using a full informative micro dataset that accounts for a large part of Italian firms. In our view, “the black boxes” to examine are the relations between price setting, market structure and spatial disparities. The paper aims to extend the...

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Fund expenses and vertical structures of the fund industry

Han, Jae-Joon; Kang, Kyeong-Hoon; Won, Seungyeon - In: Economic Modelling 35 (2013) C, pp. 856-864

fund market. Our first theoretical finding is that a distribution channel that is integrated with an asset management … company has an incentive to charge higher distribution fees than an independent channel: a vertically integrated distribution …

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The impact of issuing warrant and debt on behavior of the firm's stock

Xiao, Wei-Lin; Zhang, Wei-Guo; Yao, Zheng; Wang, Xiao-Hui - In: Economic Modelling 31 (2013) C, pp. 635-641

Unlike options, warrant issuance changes the distribution of the stock price process. Indeed, firms issuing warrants … are also debt financed. In this situation, it is natural to consider the distribution of the stock price process for a … distribution of a firm issuing both debt and warrants. We also apply the theoretical results to the risk-management. Moreover, some …

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Extreme value statistics and recurrence intervals of NYMEX energy futures volatility

Xie, Wen-Jie; Jiang, Zhi-Qiang; Zhou, Wei-Xing - In: Economic Modelling 36 (2014) C, pp. 8-17

Energy markets and the associated energy futures markets play a crucial role in global economies. It is of great theoretical and practical significance to gain a deeper understanding of extreme value statistics of the volatility of energy futures traded on the New York Mercantile Exchange...

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Endogenous (re-)distributive policies and economic growth: A comparative static analysis

Rehme, Günther - In: Economic Modelling 40 (2014) C, pp. 355-366

This paper analyzes the interplay of economic growth, (re-)distribution and policies when the latter are set …

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