The paper is testing the Marshall-Lerner Condition and the J-curve phenomenon on the North Sumatera trade. We apply the panel regression model and analyze the impact of the real depreciation of Rupiah on the trade performance, both in the short run and the long run.The study indicates the...

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Rochester. Dept. of Economics, 1982.

While much attention has focused on the modelling of the interdependencies between key aggregates and stock indices in industrialised countries, this thesis is focused on investments in emerging markets and real estate – two research branches that have up to now not been investigated to a...

In previous literature, the degree of exchange rate pass-through to importing country’s currency has often been found to be incomplete, which supports the idea of imperfect competition in the forest products markets. In this study, exchange rate pass-through is examined by employing a mark-up...

In dieser Arbeit werden die Auswirkungen von spekulativen Attacken auf die Stabilität von Zielzonensystemenn in unterschiedlichen Ansätzen analysiert. Außerdem wird die Wirksamkeit verschiedener Politikoptionen zur Verteidigung eines Systems von Währungsbändern vor solchen Attacken...

Untersuchungsziel dieser finanzwissenschaftlichen Arbeit ist die Wirkung einer Tobin-Steuer als spezielle Transaktionssteuer auf das Devisen-Handelsvolumen und die Wechselkursvolatilität. Ausgangspunkt bildet das mikroökonomische Investitionsverhalten der Marktteilnehmer, das wir mit Hilfe von...

The thesis consists of two essays: "The CAPM -- A General Equilibrium Foundation" and "The Foreign Exchange Rate in Financial Markets".The Capital Asset Pricing Model (CAPM) is one of the most successful models for portfolio selection. The utility functions are assumed to depend positively on...