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Dollarization and Macroeconomic Stability in Latin America.

Castillo, Sofia - 2006

This paper examines if dollarization has had a positive impact on the macroeconomic stability of Latin American …. Currently four Latin American countries are officially dollarized and the rest experience varying levels of unofficial … dollarization. Data from the World Bank World Development Indicators for 21 Latin American countries from 1960 to 2003 are analyzed …

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Worth the price: Sarah as hero in John Updike's "S.".

Hilton, Bonita Clarice. - Florida Atlantic University

Sarah Price Worth is a hero in mythical and psychological terms. Her growth can be traced through her name changes within the novel: Sarah Price Worth/Kundalini/Rare Sarah. She leaves the Judeo-Christian belief system and enters an Eastern system in an ashram where yoga is practiced. Sarah's...

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Measuring Spillovers from Alternative Forms of Foreign Investment

Iyer, Krishna G.; Rambaldi, Alicia N.; Tang, Kam Ki - 2004

Much of the endogenous growth literature has dwelled on evaluating the spillover effects of trade on growth, but much less efforts have been directed towards tracing and quantifying the spillover effects of foreign investments. This paper, in incorporating the effects of various types of foreign...

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Foreign Portfolio Investment and the Financial Constraints of Small Firms

Knill, April Thompson - 2005

This essay examines the impact of foreign portfolio investment on the financial constraints of small firms. Utilizing a dataset of over 195,000 firm-year observations across 53 countries, I examine the impact of foreign portfolio investment on capital issuance and firm growth across countries...

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