This paper analyzes international trade in value added products when free trade and perfect competition in the market for an intermediate product, such as raw fish, are the exception rather than the rule. Current evidence from the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) regarding disputes...

The softwood lumber trade dispute between Canada and the United States has centered on the debate over the existence of a stumpage subsidy in Canada and recently on dumping by the Canadian softwood lumber producers in the U.S. markets. This thesis contains three essays that investigate the...

Offshore outsourcing continues to gain prominence as the printing industrystrides into the future. With different segments of the industry looking at reducingcosts and, in exchange providing value-added services, more companies turntowards outsourcing services offshore as a solution. Although it...

In this dissertation, three related issues of building empirical time series models forfinancial markets are investigated with respect to contemporaneous causality, dynamics,and structural change. In the first essay, nation-wide industry information transmissionamong stock returns of ten sectors...

An important goal of financial risk regulation is promoting coordination. Law's coordinating function minimizes costly conflict and encourages greater uniformity among market participants. Likewise, privately developed market standards, such as standard-form contracts and rules incorporated into...

Magistro baigiamajame darbe išanalizuotos asmeninių investicijų į Lietuvos finansų rinką grėsmės ir perspektyvos ekonomikos kilimo ir kritimo laikotarpiu. Lietuvos gyventojų asmeninės finansinės investicijos dažniau sąlygojamos emocijų, nei planuojamos ir valdomos, todėl...

Magistro baigiamajame darbe nagrinėjami pagrindiniai finansų, kuri peraugo į ekonominę, krizę nusakantys 2005–2009 metų Baltijos šalių ir Europos Sąjungos (ES-27) makroekonominiai ir finansiniai rodikliai ir pateikiamos krizės įveikimo priemonės, remiantis 1992 m. Švedijos...

Virtualus akcijų biržos modelis (SEGM), modeliuojantis virtualių investuotojų elgseną, kurie prie fiksuotos palūkanų normos naudoja fiksuotą pirkimo/pardavimo maržą, buvo pristatytas prof. habil. dr. Jono Mockaus 2009 metais. Kuriamas patobulintas virtualios akcijų biržos modelis...