Narrow search
Showing 1 - 10 of 239
Cover Image
Effect of market structure on international coal trade
Kolstad, C.D.; Abbey, D.S. - 2009
examine monopoly (South Africa) and duopoly (South Africa, Australia) with a competitive fringe (US, Canada, Poland, China and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009437106
Cover Image
Fiscal policy under alternative exchange rate regimes : on the specification of money demand in new open economy macroeconomics
Steffen, Dirk - 2005
The transmission of monetary and fiscal policies in an international context is one of the most prominent topics in the realm of international finance. In particular, researchers are interested in the effects of the respective policy on exchange rate movements, international price level...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009475313
Cover Image
Monetary and Fiscal Policies in Currency Board Systems and Monetary Unions
Grimm, Oliver - 2007
In der vorliegenden Arbeit beschäftige ich mich mit der theoretischen Analyse von Geld- und Fiskalpolitik in Currency-Board-Systemen und der Währungsunion. Beide Währungssysteme haben seit den neunziger Jahren zunehmend an Bedeutung gewonnen, Currency Boards durch die Rückgewinnung der...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009476166
Cover Image
Firm-level exchange rate exposure in the Eurozone
Hutson, Elaine; O'Driscoll, Anthony
Using a sample of 1154 European firms from 11 countries, we show that firm-levelexchange exposure for Eurozone and non-Eurozone … European firms has increased sincethe introduction of the euro, but this rise was smaller for Eurozone than non … Eurozone countries, so the advent of the euroappears to have been associated with a shift in exchange risk from systematic to …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009475709
Cover Image
A media analysis approach to evaluating national health information infrastructure development
Cockcroft, S. - 2009
Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to evaluate electronic health record (EHR) initiatives at the national/external level. Governments are investing large amounts of money in national EHR systems. These systems are socially and politically complex and a variety of stakeholders (e.g. at the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009448682
Cover Image
The importance of trade in services and environmental amenities to the location of producer service activities in the western United States
Allison, T. - 2008
The use of business services has had an increasingly important effect on economic performance in many industries, with the ability of firms in a given location to respond to changes in external markets, production techniques and material supplies often determined by the local provision of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009435432
Cover Image
Imbedding dynamic responses with imperfect information into static portraits of the regional impact of climate change
Yohe, G.W. - 2008
It is becoming increasingly clear, at least on a theoretical level, that modelers of the potential impacts of climate change must impose that change upon the world as it will be configured sometime in the future rather than confine their attention to considerations of what would happen to the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009435515
Cover Image
United States -- Mexican joint ventures: A case history approach
Moore, N.L.; Chidester, R.J.; Hughes, K.R.; Fowler, R.A. - 2008
Because the Mexican government has encouraged investment in Mexico by increasing the percentage of ownership of a Mexican business that a US company can hold, joint ventures are more attractive now than they had been in the past. This study provides preliminary information for US renewable...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009435543
Cover Image
Expanding the role of the cost engineer
Stutz, R.A.; Shaw, R.F. - 2009
There have been many questions about the costs of providing medical services. These questions have resulted in the development of Resource-Based Relative Values Scale (RBRVS) at the national level. Policymakers view RBRVS as a potential tool to pay physicians. The questions, about the cost of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009435601