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increasing in the volatility of demand they face, decreasing in the air premium they must pay, and increasing in the … firms with a real option to smooth demand volatility on international markets, and we provide simple calculations of that …
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volatility on foreign exchange markets. Starting point is the market participant's microeconomic investment decision, which is … trading volume and volatility on foreign exchange markets. We apply various two-country-models with representative market …
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into volatility persistence in stock returns. In part two, I show that the introduction of continuous trading on the WSE is … volatility on days after limit hits and positive autocorrelation in stock returns. I do not find significant advantages of this …
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volatility of the underlying component stocks. Traditional finance theory asserts that futures and "cash" markets are connected … experience significant increase in both trading volume and return volatility. However, deleted stocks experience no significant … change in either trading volume or return volatility. Both daily and monthly return variances increase following index …
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mid-1980s, in contrast to the simultaneous volatility decline of most aggregates, including overall hours and employment … the skill premium, it is interesting to check its short-run implications for employment volatility. The numerical results … DSGE models' implications for overall labor market' volatility. …
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Recent developments in intra-industry trade (IIT) literature focus on the relationships between IIT and adjustment costs associated with changes in trade pattern. The effects of trade liberalisation depend, inter alia, on whether trade is of an inter-industry or intra-industry nature. The belief...
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Microeconomic flexibility, by facilitating the process of creative-destruction, is at the core of economic growth in modern market economies. The main reason for why this process is not infinitely fast is the presence of adjustment costs, some of them technological, others institutional. Chief...
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Horticultural firms are dependent on energy to produce, while policy makers focus on reducingthe use of energy and investment in energy-saving technologies. The paper aimed to assesDutch greenhouse farmers‘ responses to policies that would affect prices of different energyinputs. The...
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The paper analyses the efficiency and the distributional effects of eliminating a tariff in a protected sector, in a Heckscher-Ohlin model of trade with costs of adjustment. The tariff can be eliminated at the onset or after a while. In case of postponing it the government may pre-announce the...
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Farmland and capital are an important and rapidly expanding component of the agriculturaleconomy, and empirical evidence suggests that these assets are quasi-fixed in that adjustment costs are incurred when holdings are altered. Increased interest in the rate of return for investing in farmland...
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