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Unternehmertum, Humankapital und Innovation in der wirtschaftlichen Entwicklung Jordaniens

Rifai, Firas - 2010

Entwicklungspolitik stark mit diesen Handlungsempfehlungen ?berschneidet. Jordanien f?rdert Humankapital und Unternehmertum durch … verschiedene Programme und Initiativen und betont dabei erfolgreich das Bildungssystem. Jordanien zeigt, dass trotz finanzieller … Schw?chen Wachstum und Entwicklung m?glich sind, wenn man Wissen und Humankapital f?rdert. Dennoch weist Jordanien viele …

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Trend and Cycles in Coal and Oil Prices in the Long Run: A Schumpeterian Approach

Bloch, Harry; Sapsford, D. - 2011

We contribute to the task of identifying trends and cycles in energy prices by examining very long series of prices for coal and oil, going back to 1650 in the case of coal and 1859 in the case of oil. We find annual rates of increase in real price of greater than two percent are found for coal...

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Economic Effects of Oil and Food Price Shocks in Asia and Pacific Countries: An Application of SVAR Model

Alom, Fardous - 2011

This study investigates the economic effects of external oil and food price shocks in thecontext of selected Asia and Pacific countries including Australia, New Zealand, SouthKorea, Singapore, Hong Kong, Taiwan, India and Thailand. The study is conducted withinthe framework of SVAR model using...

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A Test of a Two-Factor 'Market and Oil' Pricing Model

Faff, Robert W; Brailsford, Tim - 1999

In this paper we employ a GMM-based approach to test the restrictions imposed by a two-factor 'market and oil' pricing model when a risk-free asset is assumed to exist. We examine the Australian market which has several interesting features including self-sufficiency in relation to oil, a large...

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Potential bilateral trade between South Africa and Angola in the agricultural sector : a gravity model approach / J.L. Erero

Erero, Jean Luc - 2007

This study applies the gravity trade model to assess South Africa-Angola trade potential in the agriculturalsector. A step-by-step example of the model's empirical implementation is also provided. It is found thatthe gravity model, with foundations in the physical sciences, is a useful...

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Oil vulnerability in the Australian city: Assessing socioeconomic risks from higher urban fuel prices

Dodson, Jago; Sipe, Neil - 2007

Global oil prices have risen markedly over the past 18 months, generating considerable speculation regarding their economic and social impacts. Cities that are highly dependent on petroleum for urban transport are likely to be most adversely affected by rising oil prices. Yet there has been...

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Oil prices and their effect on potential output

Estrada García, Angel; Hernández de Cos, Pablo - 2009

Despite the relevance in terms of policy, we still know little in Spain about where and by whom jobs are created, and how that is affecting the size distribution of firms. The main innovation of this paper is to use a rich database that overcomes the problems encountered by other firm-level...

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Oilgopoly : a general equilibrium model of the oil-macroeconomy nexus

Nakov, Anton; Nuño Barrau, Galo - 2010

Saudi Arabia is the largest player in the world oil market. It maintains ample spare capacity, restricts investment in developing reserves, and its output is negatively correlated with other OPEC producers. While this behavior does not fit into the perfect competition paradigm, we show that it...

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A general equilibrium model of the oil market

Nakov, Anton; Nuño Barrau, Galo - 2011

Este documento presenta un modelo de equilibrio general del mercado global de petróleo, en el que tanto el precio del mismo como su producción y consumo se determinan conjuntamente como resultado de un proceso de decisiones estratégicas de importadores y exportadores de crudo. Por el lado de...

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Oil price and economic growth : a long story?

Gadea Rivas, María Dolores; Montañés Bernal, Antonio; … - 2016

Este trabajo analiza los cambios en la relación entre el precio del petróleo y el PIB de Estados Unidos desde una perspectiva de largo plazo. Aunque en ninguna de las dos series (tasas de crecimiento del PIB y del precio del petróleo) se detectan cambios estructurales en la media, se...

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