Many developing countries have adopted investor-friendly policies in recent years in order to attract export-oriented foreign direct investment (FDI). The effects of these policies on the external accounts have been largely ignored. This paper endogenizes FDI inflows in a structuralist general...

The extraordinary height of the U.S. current account deficits in the 90s gave rise to concern, a variety of papers and political recommendationsrevealing the very contrary opinions of economists on the subject.From this alarming evolution, the question of sustainability of such a...

The purpose of this study is to construct a macroeconometric model for theSaudi Arabian economy in order to assess the effects of external shocks through suchvariables as the price of (oil) exports, real (oil) exports, and the price of imports. Thismodel follows the methodology of the aggregate...

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

This paper examines the core aspects of China’s economic rebalancing process (from industry to services and innovations, from investment to consumption, and from exports to domestic demand), presents the main economic policy measures adopted to that end by China’s government, paying special...

En esta nota estadística se presenta la metodología aplicada en la compilación de las estadísticas complementarias de inversión exterior directa (IED) en España por última economía inversora, según el principio direccional y con datos coherentes con la balanza de pagos/posición de...

Small and Medium Enterprise (SMEs) have contributed significantly to the economic growth of Hong Kong and it is worth investigating how they prosper. This study was based on an examination of a sample of SMEs in the logistics industry operating during the economic crisis in Hong Kong. The...

This paper empirically investigates and identifies the main contributing factors to output and productivity growth in Australia for the period 1950-2005. Cointegration and a vector error-correction model are used along with Granger causality tests, impulse response functions and forecast error...

The Hudson-Jorgenson Energy/Economic Model - formally known as the Long Term Interindustry Transactions Model (LITM) - is an econometric model of the structure of the US economy. LITM integrates two separate models into one integrated system. These models are the Macroeconomic Model, a growth...

The Department of Energy's (DOE) Small Business Program is characterized by its diligent involvement in the procurement process to enhance participation by small businesses, small disadvantaged businesses, labor surplus area firms, and women-owned businesses. The DOE's primary means of securing...