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Development of China's rural industry and measurement of its productive efficiency at firm level

Song, Xiaojiang

Through the remarkable growth of over a decade China's rural industry has already become an important pillar of its national economy. The primary goal of this dissertation is to place China's rural industry in a historical and a market economic perspective in an efforts to link its rapid...

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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 … unlimited entry on oligopoly pricing behavior. Firms may set their equilibrium price equal to marginal cost; therefore, an … oligopoly may behave like a perfectly competitive industry. Salop (1979) offers a spatial model of oligopoly. The measure of the …

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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 …This thesis examines as well as compares four essential issues of the Cournot oligopoly model--existence, uniqueness …

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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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