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on Colombia finds some evidence that low-quality governance of sub-national governments compromises the internal … Kolumbien zeigen, dass eine niedrige Qualität der Governance kommunaler Regierungen, sich negativ auf die Produktionseffizienz …
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In this thesis we address problems associated with financial modelling from a Bayesian point of view. Specifically, we look at the problem of calibrating financial models, measuring the model uncertainty of a claim and choosing an optimal hedging strategy. Throughout the study, the local...
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The high pace at which many of the world's energy markets have gradually been opened tocompetition have generated a significant amount of new financial activity. Both academicians and practitioners alike recently started to develop the tools of energy derivatives pricing/hedging as a...
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Over the years, the East-West Center (EWC) has developed considerable expertise in refinery modeling, especially in the area of forecasting product balances for countries, given planned capacity changes, changes in product demand, changes in crude slates, and changes in product specifications....
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This paper is concerned with the determinants of international steam-coal trade. Most work in projecting coal trade has been either qualitative (a consensus of experts) or, if quantitative, has been based on competitive spatial-equilibrium models. Unfortunately, the competitive model of trade...
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Colombia negotiated bilateral Trade Agreements (TAs) with the UnitedStates and with the MERCOSUR region (Argentina … meat consumers in Colombia. Our resultssuggest that with free imports of chicken parts from the U.S, beefconsumption and … Colombia gradually decreasesthe tariff for imported beef. We identify the reduction in marginalcosts required to compete with …
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This paper investigates the impact of Familias en Acción, a conditional cash transfer program in Colombia, on …
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Colombia as a case study. In fact, knowing the factors affecting the choice of collaborating internationally will help the …
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This dissertation examines the ways international research collaboration affects the ability of Colombian research teams to produce bibliographic outputs, and to contribute to local knowledge. Research hypotheses are tested using Zero Inflated Negative Binomial Regression models to account for...
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research. Therefore, I shift focus and method, discussing the reform of rules governing land rights in Colombia in the late … nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Colombia’s insertion into the world economy raised demand for land fertile for growing … process. Peasants’ inability to create enduring forms of collective action, estate owners’ economic power and Colombia …
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