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part of this paper studies the transition process in China and Vietnam from a planned economy to a free market economy. The … some elements of a free market, has boosted the growth rate in both China and Vietnam, and increased considerably the … standard of living of people in the two countries. China and Vietnam’s amazing achievements raise the question about what …
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In this thesis, we address issues of model estimation for longitudinal categorical data and of model selection for these data with missing covariates. Longitudinal survey data capture the responses of each subject repeatedly through time, allowing for the separation of variation in the measured...
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Highly structured generalised response models, such as generalised linear mixed models and generalised linear models for time series regression, have become an indispensable vehicle for data analysis and inference in many areas of application. However, their use in practice is hindered by...
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This paper examines the recent upsurge in foreign direct investment by emerging-market firms into the United States. Traditionally, direct investment flowed from developed to developing countries, bringing with it superior technology, organizational capital, and access to international capital...
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The paper focus on the time adjustment paths of the exchange rate and agricultural producer and industrial prices in response to unanticipated monetary shocks following model developed by Saghaian et al. (2002). We employ Johansen’s cointegration test along with a vector error correction model...
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This study estimates an econometric model that incorporates the linkages among agriculture, manufacturing, service and trade sectors using a vector error correction model for Poland and Romania. Three cointegrating vectors for Poland and one for Romania confirm that the different sectors in the...
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This article examines the impacts of monetary policy on agricultural prices in the Hungarian economy using time series analysis. The empirical results indicate that agricultural prices adjust faster to monetary shocks than industrial prices do, affecting relative agricultural prices in the short...
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The paper focus on the time adjustment paths of the exchange rate and agricultural producerand industrial prices in response to unanticipated monetary shocks following modeldeveloped by Saghaian et al. (2002). Results indicate that agricultural prices adjust faster thanindustrial prices to...
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The paper presents a case story of the fall and rise of the food industry in Poland's transitioneconomy, illustrated with the example of one of its most successful companies. The authordistinguishes three stages of the economic transition of Poland:· stage one, in which the Polish food...
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Typically, big changes in the economic system lead to alterations on the disposable income of families and thus on their spending for different type of products, including food. These may imply, in the long run, a structural modification of the quality of diet of the population. After the fall...
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