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Services trade and economic growth in India: an analysis in the post-reform period
Dash, Ranjan Kumar; Parida, Purna Chandra - In: International Journal of Economics and Business Research 4 (2012) 3, pp. 326-345
Services sector in India contributes more than 60% of the overall gross domestic product (GDP) and more than 40% of … imports) in economic growth of India using autoregressive distributed lag and vector error correction model (VECM) methodology …-led growth in India during the post-reform period. …
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Impact of GDP volatility on current account balances
MichaÅ‚ Brzozowski; Prusty, Sadananda - In: International Journal of Economics and Business Research 5 (2013) 3, pp. 239-252
This paper reports on an empirical investigation of the impact of GDP volatility on current account balances for a large sample of developed and developing countries. We extend the standard set of short- and long-term determinants of current accounts to include GDP volatility computed from the...
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Are reserve holdings in emerging Asian countries excessive? - The intertemporal balance perspective
Yan, Ho-Don; Tsong, Ching-Chuan - In: International Journal of Economics and Business Research 6 (2013) 3, pp. 304-323
Under the assumption of intertemporal balance, current foreign reserve holdings should equal the present value of the sum of future current account and financial account balances. To satisfy the intertemporal balance, a testable condition indicates that the change in foreign reserves needs to...
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Captive offshoring by US multinationals: measuring the domestic employment impacts of vertical FDI
Mullen, J.K.; Williams, Martin - In: International Journal of Economics and Business Research 4 (2012) 1/2, pp. 21-34
The complex nature of ‘international outsourcing’ makes it difficult to quantify its employment and broader impacts on national economies. Indeed, available evidence on the extent of ‘offshoring’ by US firms is scant, rendering analyses of its economic impacts as...
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The emergence of electronic trading in global financial markets: envisioning the role of futures exchanges in the next millennium
Scott, Susan V. - London School of Economics (LSE) - 1999
This paper describes our case study based research exploring the shift from traditional ‘open-outcry’ to electronic trading in the major futures Markets in London and Chicago. We outline the emergence of electronic trading in these Markets, with the aim of examining the influences that will...
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Exploring the nexus between urbanisation, services sector expansion, aid and growth in Fiji
Kumar, Ronald Ravinesh - In: International Journal of Economics and Business Research 5 (2013) 2, pp. 128-146
The study explores the contributory powers of urbanisation, services sector expansion and development assistance on per worker income in Fiji over the periods 1981-2009 using the ARDL bounds approach. The results show that sectors like tourism, information and communications technology,...
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A multi-level approach to understanding the impact of cyber crime on the financial sector
Lagazio, Monica; Sherif, Nazneen; Cushman, Mike - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2014
This paper puts forward a multi-level model, based on system dynamics methodology, to understand the impact of cyber crime on the financial sector. Consistent with recent findings, our results show that strong dynamic relationships, amongst tangible and intangible factors, affect cyber crime...
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EMU's flawed economic constitution: macroeconomic policy disabled
Martin, Andrew - In: International Journal of Economics and Business Research 2 (2010) 1/2, pp. 60-75
EMU's design is seriously flawed. Monetary union was established without political union, creating a single eurozone economy that cannot be governed with the combination of macroeconomic policy instruments that modern national governments have. Its exceptionally independent central bank, the...
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Inflation, inequality and social conflict
Crowe, Christopher - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2004
This paper presents a political economy model of inflation as a result of social conflict. Agents are heterogeneous in terms of income. Agents’ income levels determine their ability to hedge against the effects of inflation. The interaction of heterogeneous cash holdings and preferences over...
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On the international dimension of fiscal policy
Benigno, Gianluca; De Paoli, Bianca - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2009
This paper analyses the international dimension of fiscal policy using a small open economy framework in which the government finances its spending by levying distortionary taxation and issuing non-state-contingent debt. The main finding of the paper is that, once the open economy aspect of the...
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