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The impacts of the food, fuel and financial crises on households in Nigeria. A retrospective approach for research enquiry
Niño-Zarazúa, Miguel; Chiripanhura, Blessing - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2013
This paper examines the impacts of the financial, food and fuel crises on the livelihoods of low-income households … substitution for lower quality food, increasing the intensity of work, withdrawing children from school – especially girls – and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011259267
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Impact of Economic Crisis on Innovation Behaviour of Industrial Firms In Russia
Kuznetsov, Boris - 2013
The paper focuses on empirical analysis of major factors that determine innovation activities of Russian manufacturing firms during the crisis. We presume that the crisis has ambiguous effects on firms' behaviour, on one hand limiting their financial capabilities to invest into new products...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013082604
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Is There An Association Between Gasoline Prices & Physical Activity?Evidence from American Time Use Data.
Sen, Bisakha - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2011
Obesity is epidemic in the U.S, and there is an imperative need to identify policy tools that may help fight this epidemic. A recent paper in the economics literature finds an inverse relationship between gasoline prices and obesity-risk --- suggesting that increased gasoline prices via higher...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009644153
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The Tertiary Sector Is Going to Dominate the World Economy; Should We Worry?
Sultan, Muyed - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2008
This paper explains some practical experiences on service sector growth as well as its contribution to the economy throughout the world. In rich countries, service contributions are comparatively higher than that in poor countries. But service sector growth rates are higher in the poor countries...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008567950
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Le calcul de la valeur statistique d'une vie humaine
Dionne, Georges; Lebeau, Martin - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2010
Our society faces many risks that affect human life. Cost-benefit analysis is a very popular project-evaluation tool for reducing these social risks. The government has to set projects or regulations whose benefits will outweigh costs. It is quite easy to evaluate costs but how to evaluate the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011111759
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The Underground Economy in the U.S.A: Preliminary New Evidence on the Impact of Income Tax Rates (and Other Factors)on Aggregate Tax Evasion, 1975-2008
Cebula, Richard - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2013
This empirical study seeks to identify determinants of the underground economy in the U.S. in the form of aggregate federal personal income tax evasion over the period 1975-2008, with a specific focus upon the net impact of higher federal income tax rates on personal income tax evasion. In this...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011113392
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How Does the Oil Price Shock Affect Consumers?
Gao, Liping; Kim, Hyeongwoo; Saba, Richard - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2013
This paper evaluates the degree of the pass-through effect of the oil price shock to six CPI sub-indices in the US. We report substantially weaker pass-through effects in less energy-intensive sectors compared with those in more energy-intensive sectors. We attempt to find an explanation for...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011257727
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Relative price effects of monetary policy shock in Malaysia: a svar study
Abdul Karim, Zulkefly; Zaidi, Mohd Azlan Shah; W.N.W, … - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2011
Studies on Malaysia monetary policy mostly examine the effect of monetary policy change on output and inflation in aggregate terms. While sectoral output effects of monetary policy have also been investigated, there is however a lack in the study on the effect of policy change on disaggregated...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011110651
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Econometric analysis and forecasting of Latvia's balance of payments
Benkovskis, Konstantins - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2005
The main goal of the promotion paper is to forecast Latvia's current account, and using this forecast to define …, whether the current account deficit is a significant risk factor for Latvian economy. The modelling of Latvia's current … crisis during the time period before Latvia's accession into the Economic and Monetary Union (EMU). The econometric models …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008530704
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Expert assessment on agri-food implications of March 2011 earthquake, tsunami and Fukushima nuclear accident in Japan
Bachev, Hrabrin - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2015
The March 11, 2011 earthquake, tsunami and nuclear plant accident have had immense impacts on Japanese agri-food sector … agriculture, food industries and consumers as well as factors for persistence of negative impacts, and longer-term impacts on … Fukushima nuclear disaster on the Japanese agriculture and food sector. Nearly four years after the triple disaster, it gives …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011144090